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Shakespeare productions by the National Theatre
(This list does not include visiting productions or NT Education/Lloyds TSB Live! productions)
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Antony and Cleopatra
- Director - Peter Hall
Olivier 9 April 1987
Mark Antony - Anthony Hopkins
Cleopatra - Judi Dench
- Director - Sean Mathias
Olivier 20 October 1998
Mark Antony - Alan Rickman
Cleopatra - Helen Mirren
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As You Like It
- Director - Clifford Williams
Old Vic 3 October 1967
Orlando - Jeremy Brett
Rosalind - Ronald Pickup
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- Director - John Dexter
Olivier 1 August 1979
Orlando - Simon Callow
Rosalind - Sara Kestelman
- Director - Sean Holmes
Cottesloe 9 May 2000 (Mobile)
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Coriolanus
- Director - Manfred Wekwerth & Joachim Tenschert
Old Vic 6 May 1971
Coriolanus - Anthony Hopkins
- Dir Peter Hall
Olivier 15 December 1984
Coriolanus - Ian McKellen
Cymbeline
Director - Peter Hall
Cottesloe 20 May 1988
Olivier 15 Sep 1988
Innogen - Geraldine James
Iachimo - Tim Pigott-Smith
Hamlet
- Director - Laurence Olivier
Old Vic 22 October 1963
Hamlet - Peter O'Toole
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- Director - Peter Hall
Old Vic 10 December 1975
Lyttelton 16 Mar 1976
Olivier 22 Nov 1976
Hamlet - Albert Finney
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- Director - Cicely Berry
Cottesloe 9 January (Mobile) 1986
Hamlet - Tim McInnerny
- Director - Richard Eyre
Olivier 16 March 1989
Hamlet - Daniel Day-Lewis/Ian Charleson
- Director - John Caird
Lyttelton 5 Sep 2000
Hamlet - Simon Russell Beale
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Julius Caesar
Director - John Schlesinger
Olivier 22 March 1977
Julius Caesar - John Gielgud
Brutus - Brian Cox
King Lear
- Director - David Hare
Olivier 11 December 1986
King Lear - Anthony Hopkins
- Director - Deborah Warner
Lyttelton 26 July 1990
King Lear - Brian Cox
- Director Richard Eyre
Cottesloe 27 March 1997
King Lear - Ian Holm
Love's Labour's Lost
Director - Laurence Olivier
Old Vic 19 December 1968
Duke Ferdinand - Derek Jacobi
The Princess of France - Louise Purnell
Macbeth
- Director - Michael Blakemore
Old Vic 9 November 1972
Macbeth - Anthony Hopkins
Lady Macbeth - Diana Rigg
- Director Peter Hall with John Russell Brown
Olivier 6 June 1978
Macbeth - Albert Finney
Lady Macbeth - Dorothy Tutin
- Director - Michael Bogdanov with Justin Greene & Alan Cohen
Cottesloe 16 May (Mobile) 1983
Macbeth - Peter Needham
Lady Macbeth - Yvonne Bryceland
- Director - Richard Eyre
Olivier 1 April 1993
Macbeth - Alan Howard
Lady Macbeth - Anastasia Hille
Measure For Measure
- Director - Jonathan Miller
Old Vic 15 January (Mobile) 1974
Isabella - Gillian Barge
Angelo - Julian Curry
- Director - Michael Rudman
Lyttelton 14 April 1981
Isabella - Yvette Harris
Angelo - Norman Beaton
The Merchant of Venice
- Director - Jonathan Miller
Old Vic 28 April 1970
Shylock - Laurence Olivier
Portia - Joan Plowright
- Director - Trevor Nunn
Cottesloe 17 June 1999
Olivier 29 November 1999
Shylock - Henry Goodman
Portia - Derbhle Crotty
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The Set Design
The Merry Wives of Windsor
Director - Terry Hands
Olivier 26 January 1995
Falstaff - Denis Quilley
Mistress Page - Maureen Beattie
Mistress Ford - Geraldine Fitzgerald
A Midsummer Night's Dream
- Director - Bill Bryden
Cottesloe 25 November 1982
Oberon - Paul Scofield
Titania - Susan Fleetwood
- Director - Robert Lepage
Olivier 9 July 1992
Oberon - Jeffery Kissoon
Titania - Sally Dexter
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Much Ado About Nothing
- Director - Franco Zeffirelli
Old Vic 16 February 1965
Benedick - Robert Stephens
Beatrice - Maggie Smith
- Director - Peter Gill
Olivier 14 August 1981
Benedick - Michael Gambon
Beatrice - Penelope Wilton
Othello
- Director - John Dexter
Old Vic 21 April 1964
Othello - Laurence Olivier
Iago - Frank Finley
Desdemona - Maggie Smith
- Director - Peter Hall
Olivier 20 March 1980
Othello - Paul Scofield
Iago - Michael Bryant
Desdemona - Felicity Kendal
- Director - Sam Mendes
Cottesloe 18 September 1997
Lyttelton 1 May 1998
(co-production with Salzburg Festival)
Othello - David Harewood
Iago - Simon Russell Beale
Desdemona - Claire Skinner
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Sam Mendes Platform on this production
Pericles
Director - Phyllida Lloyd
Olivier 19 May 1994
Pericles - Douglas Hodge
Richard II
- Director - David William
Old Vic 29 March 1972
Richard II - Ronald Pickup
- Director - Deborah Warner
Cottesloe 2 June 1995
Richard II - Fiona Shaw
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Richard III
- Director - Christopher Morahan
Olivier 4 October 1979
Richard, Duke of Gloucester - John Wood
- Director - Richard Eyre
Lyttelton 25 July 1990
Richard, Duke of Gloucester - Ian McKellen
Romeo and Juliet
- Director - Bill Bryden
Old Vic 28 August 1974 (Mobile)
Romeo - Michael Kitchen
Juliet - Veronica Quilligan
- Director - Tim Supple
Olivier 3 October 2000
Romeo - Chiwetel Ejiofor
Juliet - Charlotte Randle
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The Tempest
- Director - Peter Hall
Old Vic 5 March 1974
Prospero - John Gielgud
- Director - Peter Hall
Cottesloe 19 May 1988
Olivier 20 Aug 1988
Prospero - Michael Bryant
Titus Andronicus
Director - Gregory Doran
Cottesloe 18 July 1995
(Market Theatre Johannesburg in association with the NT Studio)
Titus Andronicus - Antony Sher
Troilus and Cressida
- Director -Elijah Moshinsky
Young Vic, 17 Jun 1976
Troilus - Simon Ward
Cressida - Diana Quick
- Director - Trevor Nunn and John Caird
Olivier 15 March 1999
Troilus - Peter de Jersey
Cressida - Sophie Okonedo
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Twelfth Night
- Director - Peter James
Old Vic 6 January (Mobile) 1973
Viola - Louise Purnell
Orsino - John Shrapnel
Olivia - Anna Carteret
Malvolio - Benjamin Whitrow
- Director - Brigid Larmour
Cottesloe 16 May (Mobile) 1997
Viola - Raquel Cassidy
Orsino - David Rubin
Olivia - Brigid Zengeni
Malvolio - Joseph Lewis
The Winter's Tale
- Director - Peter Hall
Cottesloe 18 May 1988
Olivier 13 Aug 1988
Leontes - Tim Pigott-Smith
Hermione - Sally Dexter
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- Director - Nicholas Hytner
Olivier 11 May 2001
Leontes - Alex Jennings
Hermione - Claire Skinner
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