Chichester Festival production history

Chichester Festival Theatre, located in Chichester, England, is one of the United Kingdom's flagship theatres with an international reputation for quality and innovation. The following is a chronological list of the Chichester Festival production history of productions that have been staged since its inception.^[1]

1962

• The Chances - by John Fletcher, directed by Laurence Olivier
• The Broken Heart - by John Ford, directed by Laurence Olivier
• Uncle Vanya - by Anton Chekhov, directed by Laurence Olivier

1963

• Saint Joan - by George Bernard Shaw, directed by John Dexter
• Uncle Vanya - by Anton Chekhov, directed by Laurence Olivier
• The Workhouse Donkey - by John Arden, directed by Stuart Burge

1964

• The Royal Hunt of the Sun - by Peter Shaffer, directed by John Dexter
• The Dutch Courtesan - by John Marston, directed by William Gaskill
• Othello - by William Shakespeare, directed by John Dexter

1965

• Armstrong's Last Goodnight - by John Arden, directed by John Dexter and William Gaskill
• Trelawny of the 'Wells' - by Arthur Wing Pinero, directed by Desmond O'Donovan
• Miss Julie - by August Strindberg, directed by Michael Elliott
• Black Comedy - by Peter Shaffer, directed by John Dexter

1966

• The Clandestine Marriage - by George Colman the Elder and David Garrick, directed by Desmond O'Donovan
• The Fighting Cock - directed by Norman Marshall
• The Cherry Orchard - by Anton Chekhov, translation by John Murrell, directed by Lindsay Anderson
• Macbeth - by William Shakespeare, directed by Michael Benthall

1967

• The Farmer's Wife - by Eden Phillpots, directed by John Clements
• The Beaux' Stratagem - by George Farquhar, directed by William Chappell^{[disambiguation needed ]}
• Heartbreak House - by George Bernard Shaw, directed by John Clements
• The Italian Straw Hat - by Eugène Labiche, directed by Peter Coe

1968

• The Unknown Soldier and His Wife - written and directed by Peter Ustinov
• The Cocktail Party - by T. S. Eliot, directed by Alec Guinness
• The Tempest - by William Shakespeare, directed by David Jones
• The Skin of Our Teeth - by Thornton Wilder, directed by Peter Coe

1969

• The Caucasian Chalk Circle - by Bertolt Brecht, directed by Peter Coe
• The Magistrate - by Arthur Wing Pinero, directed by John Clements
• The Country Wife - by William Wycherley, directed by Robert Chetwyn
• Antony and Cleopatra - by William Shakespeare, directed by Peter Dews

1970

• Peer Gynt - by Henrik Ibsen, directed by Peter Coe
• Vivat! Vivat Regina! - by Robert Bolt, directed by Peter Dews
• The Proposal - by Anton Chekhov, directed by John Clements
• Arms and the Man - by George Bernard Shaw, directed by John Clements
• The Alchemist - by Ben Jonson, directed by Peter Dews

1971

• The Rivals - by Richard Brinsley Sheridan, directed by John Clements
• Dear Antoine - by Jean Anouilh, directed by Robin Phillips
• Caesar and Cleopatra - by George Bernard Shaw, directed by Robin Phillips
• Reunion in Vienna - by Robert E. Sherwood, directed by Frith Banbury

1972

• The Beggar's Opera - by John Gay, directed by Robin Phillips
• The Doctor's Dilemma - by George Bernard Shaw, directed by John Clements
• The Taming of the Shrew - by William Shakespeare, directed by Jonathan Miller
• The Lady's Not for Burning - by Christopher Fry, directed by Robin Phillips

1973

• The Director of the Opera - directed by Peter Dews
• The Seagull - by Anton Chekhov, directed by Jonathan Miller
• R Loves J - directed by Wendy Toye
• Dandy Dick - directed by John Clements

1974

• Tonight We Improvise - by Luigi Pirandello, directed by Peter Coe
• The Confederacy - directed by Wendy Toye
• Oedipus Tyrannus, by Sophocles, - directed by Hovhannes Pilikian
• A Month in the Country - by Ivan Turgenev, directed by Toby Robinson

1975

• Cyrano de Bergerac - by Edmond Rostand, directed by José Ferrer
• An Enemy of the People - by Henrik Ibsen, directed by Patrick Garland
• Made in Heaven - directed by Wendy Toye
• Othello - by William Shakespeare, directed by Peter Dews

1976

• Noah - directed by Eric Thompson
• Twelfth Night - by William Shakespeare, directed by Keith Michell
• The Circle - by Somerset Maugham, directed by Peter Dews
• Monsieur Perrichon's Travels - directed by Patrick Garland

1977

• Waters of the Moon - by NC Hunter, directed by John Clements
• In Order of Appearance - directed by Keith Michell
• Julius Caesar - by William Shakespeare, directed by Peter Dews
• The Apple Cart - by George Bernard Shaw, directed by Patrick Garland

1978

• A Woman of No Importance - by Oscar Wilde, directed by Patrick Garland
• The Inconstant Couple - directed by Noel Willman
• The Aspern Papers - by Henry James, adapted by Michael Redgrave, directed by David William
• Look After Lulu - by Noël Coward, directed by Patrick Garland

1979

• The Devil's Disciple - by George Bernard Shaw, directed by Peter Dews
• The Eagle Has Two Heads - by Jean Cocteau, directed by David William
• The Importance of Being Earnest - by Oscar Wilde, directed by Peter Dews
• The Man Who Came to Dinner - by Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman, directed by Patrick Lau

1980

• The Last of Mrs Cheyney - by Frederick Lonsdale, directed by Patrick Lau
• Terra Nova - by Ted Talley, directed by Peter Dews
• Much Ado About Nothing - by William Shakespeare, directed by Peter Dews
• Old Heads and Young Hearts - by Dion Boucicault, directed by Michael Simpson^{[disambiguation needed ]}

1981

• The Cherry Orchard - by Anton Chekhov, translation by John Murrell, directed by Patrick Garland
• Feasting with Panthers - directed by Peter Coe
• The Mitford Girls - directed by Patrick Garland
• Underneath the Arches - directed by Roger Redfarn

1982

• On the Rocks - by George Bernard Shaw, directed by Jack Emery and Patrick Garland
• Valmouth - by Sandy Wilson, directed by John Dexter
• Cavell - directed by Patrick Garland
• Goodbye, Mr Chips - directed by Patrick Garland and Chris Selbie

1983

• A Patriot for Me - by John Osborne, directed by Ronald Eyre
• Time and the Conways - by J.B. Priestley, directed by Peter Dews
• As You Like It - by William Shakespeare, directed by Patrick Garland
• The Sleeping Prince - directed by Peter Coe

1984

• Forty Years On - by Alan Bennett, directed by Patrick Garland
• Oh, Kay! - directed by Ian Judge
• The Merchant of Venice - by William Shakespeare, directed by Patrick Garland
• The Way of the World - by William Congreve, directed by William Gaskill

1985

• Cavalcade - by Noel Coward, directed by David Gilmore
• Antony and Cleopatra - by William Shakespeare, directed by Robin Phillips
• The Philanthropist - by Christopher Hampton, directed by Patrick Garland
• The Scarlet Pimpernel - by Baroness Emmuska Orczy, directed by Nicholas Hytner

1986

• Annie Get Your Gun - directed by David Gilmore
• The Chalk Garden - by Enid Bagnold, directed by Ronald Eyre
• The Relapse - by Sir John Vanbrugh, directed by Matthew Francis
• Jane Eyre - directed by Peter Coe
• A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum - music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, book by Burt Shevelove and Larry Gelbart, directed by Larry Gelbart

1987

• Robert and Elizabeth - directed by Stewart Taylor
• An Ideal Husband - by Oscar Wilde, directed by Tony Britton
• A Man for All Seasons - by Robert Bolt, directed by Frank Hauser
• Miranda - directed by Wendy Toye

1988

• Hay Fever - by Noel Coward, directed by Tony Britton
• Major Barbara - by George Bernard Shaw, directed by Christopher Morahan
• The Royal Baccarat Scandal - by Royce Ryton, directed by Val May
• Ring Round the Moon - by Jean Anouilh, directed by Elijah Morrissey

1989

• Victory - directed by Patrick Garland and Matthew Francis
• The Heiress - by Ruth Goetz and Augustus Goetz, directed by Vivian Matalan
• London Assurance - by Dion Boucicault, directed by Sam Mendes
• A Little Night Music - lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, book by Hugh Wheeler, directed by Ian Judge
• Summerfolk - by Maxim Gorky
• Culture Vultures -
• Warrior -
• The Triumph of Love - by Pierre Carlet de Chamblain de Marivaux,
• Cloud Nine - by Caryl Churchill
• Love's Labours Lost - by William Shakespeare
• The Purity Game -
• War and Peaces -

1990

• The Merry Wives of Windsor - by William Shakespeare, directed by Michael Rudman
• The Power and the Glory - directed by Tim Luscombe
• The Silver King - by Henry Arthur Jones, directed by Peter Wood
• Rumours - directed by Michael Rudman
• Born Again - music by Jason Carr, Libretto and lyrics by Peter Hall - directed by Peter Hall
• Thérèse Raquin - directed by David Leveaux
• Eurydice - directed by Michael Rudman
• 70, Girls, 70 - directed by Paul Kerryson
• My Mother Said I Never Should - directed by Annie Castledine
• Scenes from a Marriage - directed by Rita Russek

1991

• Arsenic and Old Lace - by Joseph Kesselring, directed by Annie Castledine
• Henry VIII - by William Shakespeare, directed by Ian Judge
• Tovarich - directed by Patrick Garland
• Preserving Mr Panmure - directed by Peter Wood
• Point Valaine - by Noel Coward, directed by Tim Luscombe
• The Sisterhood - directed by Tony Britton
• Valentine's Day - directed by Gillian Lynne
• Adam was a Gardener - directed by Caroline Sharman
• Talking Heads - directed by Alan Bennett

1992

• Coriolanus - by William Shakespeare, directed by Tim Supple
• Venus Observed - directed by James Roose Evans
• King Lear in New York - directed by Patrick Garland
• She Stoops to Conquer - by Oliver Goldsmith, directed by Peter Wood
• Me and My Girl - directed by Ian Rickson
• Double Take - directed by Hugh Wooldridge
• Nijinsky - Death of a Faun - directed by Jane McCulloch
• Vita & Virginia - directed by Patrick Garland
• Cain - directed by Edward Hall

1993

• Getting Married - by George Bernard Shaw, directed by Tim Supple
• Relative Values - by Noel Coward, directed by Tim Luscombe
• Pickwick - directed by Patrick Garland
• The Matchmaker - by Thornton Wilder, directed by Patrick Mason
• Carrington - directed by Annie Castledine
• Rope - directed by Keith Baxter
• Elvira '40 - directed by Patrick Garland

1994

• The Rivals - by Richard Brinsley Sheridan, directed by Richard Cottrell
• Pygmalion - by George Bernard Shaw, directed by Patrick Garland
• The Schoolmistress - directed by Matthew Francis
• Noel/Cole: Let's Do It - directed by Jeff Thacker and David Kernan
• A Doll's House - directed by Annie Castledine
• Dangerous Corner - by J.B. Priestley, directed by Keith Baxter
• Three Sisters - by Anton Chekhov, directed by Lisa Forellp

1995

• Hadrian the Seventh - by Peter Luke, directed by Terry Hands
• Hobson's Choice - by Harold Brighouse, directed by Frank Hauser
• The School for Scandal - by Richard Brinsley Sheridan, directed by Richard Cottrell
• The Miser - by Molière, directed by Nicholas Broadhurst
• The Visit - by Friedrich Dürrenmatt, directed by Terry Hands
• Taking Sides - by Ronald Harwood, directed by Harold Pinter
• A Word from Our Sponsor - directed by Alan Ayckbourn
• Playing the Wife - directed by Richard Clifford
• The Hothouse - by Harold Pinter, directed by David Jones
• Monsieur Amilcar - directed by Tim Luscombe

1996

• Love for Love - by William Congreve, directed by Ian Judge
• Mansfield Park - directed by Michael Rudman
• Beethoven's 10th - directed by Joe Harmston
• When We Are Married - by J.B. Priestley, directed by Jude Kelly
• Fortune's Fool - directed by Gale Edwards
• Simply Disconnected - directed by Richard Wilson
• Talking Heads - directed by Alan Bennett
• Uncle Vanya - by Anton Chekhov, directed by Bill Bryden
• Hedda Gabler - by Henrik Ibsen, directed by Lindy Davies
• Beatrix - directed by Patrick Garland
• The Handyman - directed by Christopher Morahan
• It Could Be Any One of Us - directed by Alan Ayckbourn

1997

• The Admirable Crichton - by J.M. Barrie, directed by Michael Rudman
• Lady Windermere's Fan - by Oscar Wilde, directed by Richard Cottrell
• Blithe Spirit - by Noel Coward,
• Our Betters - directed by Michael Rudman
• The Magistrate - by Arthur Wing Pinero, directed by Nicholas Broadhurst
• After October - directed by Keith Baxter
• Nocturne for Lovers - directed by Kado Kostzer
• Tallulah - directed by Michael Rudman
• Suzanna Andler - directed by Lindy Davies
• Misalliance - by George Bernard Shaw, directed by Frank Hauser
• Electra - by Sophocles, directed by David Leveaux

1998

• Saturday, Sunday ... and Monday - directed by Jude Kelly
• Racing Demon - Christopher Morahan
• Chimes at Midnight - directed by Patrick Garland
• Katherine Howard
• Loot - directed by David Grindley
• Song of Singapore - directed by Roger Redfarn
• The Glass Menagerie - by Tennessee Williams, directed by Jacob Murray

1999

• The Importance of Being Earnest - by Oscar Wilde, directed by Christopher Morahan
• Semi-Detached - by David Turner, directed by Christopher Morahan
• Easy Virtue - by Noel Coward, directed by Maria Aitken
• The Man Who Came to Dinner - by Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman, directed by Joe Dowling
• The King of Prussia - directed by Sean Holmes
• Insignificance - directed by Loveday Ingram
• Nymph Errant - music and lyrics by Cole Porter, libretto by Romney Brent, from the novel by James Laver, directed by Roger Redfarn
• The School of Night - directed by Jack Shepherd
• The Retreat from Moscow - directed by Christopher Morahan

2000

• The Recruiting Officer - directed by James Kerr
• Heartbreak House - by George Bernard Shaw, directed by Christopher Morahan
• A Small Family Business
• Arcadia - directed by Peter Wood
• The Sea - directed by Sean Holmes
• The Blue Room - directed by Loveday Ingram
• Pal Joey - music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Lorenz Hart, book by John O’Hara, directed by Loveday Ingram
• Aristocrats - directed by Sean Holmes
• Hysteria - directed by Loveday Ingram

2001

• On the Razzle - directed by Peter Wood
• The Winslow Boy - directed by Christopher Morahan
• My One & Only - directed by Loveday Ingram
• Three Sisters - by Anton Chekhov, directed by Loveday Ingram
• Song of Singapore - directed by Roger Redfarn
• Shang-a-Lang - directed by Andy Brereton
• In Celebration - directed by Sean Holmes
• The Secret Rapture - directed by Indhu Rubasingham
• Pulling It Together - directed by Edward Hall
• Alice's Adventures - directed by Dale Rooks

2002

• The Front Page - by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur, directed by Edward Kemp
• Wild Orchids - directed by Edward Kemp
• Cabaret - book by Joe Masteroff, lyrics by Fred Ebb, music by John Kander, directed by Roger Redfarn
• Romeo and Juliet - by William Shakespeare, directed by Indhu Rubasingham
• The Lady's Not for Burning - directed by Samuel West
• Up on the Roof - directed by Angus Jackson
• Blunt Speaking - directed by Mark Clements
• Songs of the Western Men - directed by Andy Brereton
• Dead Funny - directed by Loveday Ingram

2003

• The Gondoliers - music by Arthur Sullivan, libretto by W. S. Gilbert, directed by Martin Duncan
• The Merchant of Venice - by William Shakespeare, directed by Gale Edwards
• The Waterbabies - music and lyrics by Jason Carr, book by Gary Yershon - directed by Jeremy Sams
• The Seagull - by Anton Chekhov, directed by Steven Pimlott
• Nathan the Wise - directed by Steven Pimlott
• Holes in the Skin - directed by Simon Usher
• The Coffee House - directed by Simon Gonella
• I Caught My Death in Venice - directed by Martin Duncan
• Pinocchio - by Brian Way, directed by Dale Rooks

2004

• Out of This World - directed by Martin Duncan
• A Midsummer Night's Dream - by William Shakespeare, directed by Gale Edwards
• Just So - directed by Anthony Drewe
• The Master and Margarita - translation by Edward Kemp - directed by Steven Pimlott
• Seven Doors by Botho Strauß, translated by Jeremy Sams - directed by Martin Duncan^[2]
• Cruel and Tender - directed by Luc Bondy
• Three Women and a Piano Tuner - directed by Samuel West
• Doctor Faustus - directed by Martin Duncan, Edward Kemp and Dale Rooks

2005

• How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying - directed by Martin Duncan
• Scapino, or The Trickster - directed by Silviu Pucarete
• The Government Inspector - by Nikolai Gogol, directed by Martin Duncan
• 5/11 - by Edward Kemp - directed by Steven Pimlott
• Six Pictures of Lee Miller - Music and lyrics by Jason Carr, book by Edward Kemp - directed by Anthony Van Laast
• King Lear - by William Shakespeare, directed by Steven Pimlott
• The Scarlet Letter - directed by Phyllis Nagy
• Arabian Nights - directed by Dale Rooks

2006

• Entertaining Angels - directed by Alan Strachan
• Carousel - by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II, directed by Angus Jackson
• The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby parts 1 & 2 - directed by Jonathan Church and Philip Franks
• Pravda - directed by Jonathan Church
• Peter Pan - directed by Dale Rooks
• In Praise of Love - directed by Philip Wilson^{[disambiguation needed ]}
• Tonight at 8:30 Parts I & II - directed by Lucy Bailey
• The Father - directed by Angus Jackson
• Grimm Tales - directed by Dale Rooks

2007

• The Last Confession - directed by David Jones
• Babes in Arms - by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart, directed by Martin Connor
• Twelfth Night - by William Shakespeare, directed by Philip Franks
• Hobson's Choice - directed by Jonathan Church
• The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby parts 1 & 2 - directed by Jonathan Church and Philip Franks
• James and the Giant Peach - directed by Dale Rooks
• Office Suite - directed by Edward Kemp
• Macbeth - by William Shakespeare, directed by Rupert Goold
• The Waltz of the Toreadors - by Jean Anouilh, translated by Lucienne Hill, directed by Lindsay Posner
• I am Shakespeare - directed by Matthew Warchus and Mark Rylance

2008

• The Cherry Orchard - by Anton Chekhov directed by Philip Franks
• The Music Man - by Meredith Wilson directed by Rachel Kavanaugh
• The Circle - by Somerset Maugham directed by Jonathan Church
• Calendar Girls - by Tim Firth directed by Hamish McColl
• Funny Girl - by Isobel Lennart directed by Angus Jackson
• Six Characters in Search of an Author - by Luigi Pirandello directed by Rupert Goold
• Taking Sides - by Ronald Harwood directed by Philip Franks
• Collaboration - by Ronald Harwood directed by Philip Franks
• Aristo - by Martin Sherman directed by Nancy Meckler

2009

• The Last Cigarette - by Simon Gray and Hugh Whitemore directed by Richard Eyre
• Hay Fever - by Noël Coward directed by Nikolai Foster
• Taking Sides - by Ronald Harwood directed by Philip Franks
• Collaboration - by Ronald Harwood directed by Philip Franks
• Cyrano de Bergerac - by Edmond Rostand directed by Trevor Nunn
• Wallenstein - by Friedrich Schiller directed by Angus Jackson
• Oklahoma! - by Rodgers & Hammerstein directed by John Doyles
• The House of Special Purpose - by Heidi Thomas directed by Howard Davies
• The Grapes of Wrath - by John Steinbeck, adapted by Frank Galati directed by Jonathan Church
• ENRON - by Lucy Prebble directed by Rupert Goold
• Separate Tables - by Terence Rattigan directed by Philip Franks

2010

• Bingo - by Edward Bond directed by Angus Jackson
• Yes, Prime Minister - by Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn directed by Jonathan Lynn
• Love Story - by Erich Segal music by Howard Goodall directed by Rachel Kavanaugh
• 42nd Street - music by Harry Warren directed by Paul Kerryson
• The Critic and The Real Inspector Hound - by Richard Brinsley Sheridan and Tom Stoppard directed by Jonathan Church
• Pygmalion - by George Bernard Shaw directed by Philip Prowse
• The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists - by Robert Tressell directed by Christopher Morahan
• The Master Builder - by Henrik Ibsen directed by Philip Franks
• ENRON - by Lucy Prebble directed by Rupert Goold
• A Month In The Country - by Ivan Turgenev directed by Jonathan Kent
• The Firework-Maker's Daughter - by Phillip Pullman directed by Dale Rooks

References

1. ^ Previous Productions, Chichester Festival Theatre, UK.
2. ^ Three Plays (The Park, Seven Doors, Time and the Room) translated by Jeremy Sams, Oberon, 2006 ISBN 9781840024760

External links

• The Chichester Festival Theatre website
• CFT Productions
• CFT Podcast — The CHi-pod