List of plays produced by the Shaw Festival
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Chronological list of plays produced by the Shaw Festival in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada. The Shaw Festival is dedicated to producing plays by George Bernard Shaw, his contemporaries and new Canadian plays.
[edit] 2007
- The Philanderer by George Bernard Shaw
- Saint Joan by George Bernard Shaw
- Mack and Mabel music and lyrics by Jerry Herman, book by Michael Stewart
- Hotel Peccadillo by Georges Feydeau
- The Circle by Somerset Maugham
- Summer and Smoke by Tennessee Williams
- A Month in the Country by Brian Friel, based on the original by Ivan Turgenev
- Tristan by Paul Sportelli and Jay Turvey
- The Cassillis Engagement by St. John Hankin
- The Kiltartan Comedies by Lady Augusta Gregory
[edit] 2006
- Arms and the Man by George Bernard Shaw
- Too True to be Good by George Bernard Shaw
- High Society music and lyrics by Cole Porter, book by Arthur Kopit
- The Crucible by Arthur Miller
- The Magic Fire by Lillian Groag
- Rosmersholm by Henrik Ibsen, adapted by Neil Munro
- Love Among the Russians by Anton Chekhov, adapted by Morwyn Brebner
- The Heiress by Ruth Goetz and Augustus Goetz, adapted from Washington Square by Henry James
- The Invisible Man by Michael O'Brien, adapted from the novel by H.G. Wells
- Design for Living by Noël Coward
[edit] 2005
- Major Barbara by George Bernard Shaw
- You Never Can Tell by George Bernard Shaw
- Gypsy Music by Julie Styne, Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, Book by Arthur Laurents
- Journey's End by R.C Sherriff
- The Autumn Garden by Lillian Hellman
- Belle Moral by Ann-Marie MacDonald
- The Constant Wife by Somerset Maugham
- Happy End Music by Kurt Weill, Lyrics by Bertolt Brecht
- Bus Stop by William Inge
- Something on the Side(One Act) by Georges Feydeau and Maurice Desvallieres
[edit] 2004
- Pygmalion by Bernard Shaw
- The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde
- Three Men on a Horse by John Cecil Holm and George Abbott
- Pal Joey music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Lorenz Hart, book by John O’Hara
- Ah, Wilderness! by Eugene O’Neill
- Rutherford and Son by Githa Sowerby
- Waiting for the Parade by John Murrell
- The Tinker's Wedding by J.M. Synge
- Man and Superman by Bernard Shaw
- Nothing Sacred by George F. Walker
- Harlequinade by Terence Rattigan
- Floyd Collins music and lyrics by Adam Guettel, book by Tina Landau
[edit] 2003
- Misalliance by Bernard Shaw
- Three Sisters by Anton Chekhov
- The Coronation Voyage by Michel Marc Bouchard
- The Royal Family by George S. Kaufman
- WIDOWERS' HOUSES by Bernard Shaw
- Diana OF Dobson’s by Cicely Hamilton
- The Plough and the Stars by Sean O’Casey
- Afterplay by Brian Friel
- On the Twentieth Century book and lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green, music by Cy Coleman
- Blood Relations by Sharon Pollock
- Happy End lyrics by Bertolt Brecht, music by Kurt Weill
[edit] 2002
- Caesar and Cleopatra by Bernard Shaw
- Detective Story by Sidney Kingsley
- Candida by Bernard Shaw
- Hay Fever by Noel Coward
- The Return of the Prodigal by St John Hankin
- The House OF Bernarda Alba by Federico Garcia Lorca
- His Majesty by Harley Granville Barker
- Chaplin by Simon Bradbury
- The Old Ladies by Rodney Ackland
- Merrily We Roll Along music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, book by George Furth
- The Old Lady Shows Her Medals by J.M. Barrie
[edit] 2001
- The Millionairess by Bernard Shaw
- Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie
- The Man Who Came to Dinner by Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman
- Picnic by William Inge
- Fanny's First Play by Bernard Shaw
- Six Characters in Search of An Author by Luigi Pirandello
- The Return of the Prodigal by St John Hankin
- The Mystery of Edwin Drood a musical by Rupert Holmes
- Laura by Vera Caspary and George Sklar
- Love from a Stranger by Frank Vosper, based on a story by Agatha Christie
- Shadow Play by Noel Coward
[edit] 2000
- The Doctor's Dilemma by Bernard Shaw
- Easy Virtue by Noel Coward
- Lord of the Flies adapted for the stage by Nigel Williams from the novel by William Golding
- The Matchmaker by Thornton Wilder
- A Woman of No Importance by Oscar Wilde
- The Apple Cart by Bernard Shaw
- A Room of One's Own adapted by Patrick Garland from the essay by Virginia Woolf
- Six Characters in Search of an Authorby Luigi Pirandello
- Time and the Conwaysby J.B. Priestley
- She Loves Me book by Joe Masteroff, music by Jerry Bock, lyrics by Sheldon Harnick
- Still Life by Noel Coward
[edit] 1999
- Heartbreak House by Bernard Shaw
- You Can't Take it With You by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart
- Easy Virtue by Noel Coward
- All My Sons by Arthur Miller
- Getting Married by Bernard Shaw
- The Madras House by Harley Granville Barker
- S.S. Tenacity by Charles Vildrac
- Uncle Vanya by Anton Chekhov
- Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
- A Foggy Day music and lyrics by George and Ira Gershwin, book by Norm Foster and John Mueller, based on the play A Damsel in Distress by P.G. Wodehouse and Ian Hay, music arranged and orchestrated by Christopher Donison
- Waterloo by Arthur Conan Doyle
- Village Wooing by Bernard Shaw
[edit] 1998
- Major Barabara by Bernard Shaw
- You Can't Take it With You by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart
- Lady Windermere's Fan by Oscar Wilde
- The Lady's Not for Burning by Christopher Fry
- John Bull's Other Island by Bernard Shaw
- Joy by John Galsworthy
- A Foggy Day music and lyrics by George and Ira Gershwin, book by Norm Foster and John Mueller, *based on the play A Damsel in Distress by P.G. Wodehouse and Ian Hay, music arranged and orchestrated by Christopher Donison
- The Shop at Sly Corner by Edward Percy
- Passion Poinson and Petrafaction by Bernard Shaw
- Brothers in Arms by Merrill Denison
- Waterloo by Arthur Conan Doyle
[edit] 1997
- Mrs. Warren's Profession by Bernard Shaw
- Hobson's Choice by Harold Brighouse
- Will Any Gentleman by Vernon Sylvaine
- The Seagull by Anton Chekhov
- In Good King Charle's Golden Days'' by Bernard Shaw
- The Playboy of the Western World by J.M. Synge
- The Children's Hour by Lillian Hellman
- The Secret Life by Harley Granville Barker
- The Chcoclate Soldier music by Oscar Straus, adapted and arranged by Ronald Hanmer, original book and lyrics by Rudolf Bernauer and Leopold Jacobson, new English book by Agnes Bernelle, new English lyrics by Adam Carstairs
- The Two Mrs. Carrolls by Martin Vale
- The Conjuror Part 2 by David Ben and Patrick Watson
- Sorry Wrong Number by Lucille Fletcher
[edit] 1996
- The Devil's Disciple by Bernard Shaw
- Rashoman by Fay and Michael Kanin
- Hobson's Choice by Harold Brighouse
- An Ideal Husband by Oscar Wilde
- The Simpleton of the Unexpected Isles by Bernard Shaw
- The Playboy of the Western World by J.M. Synge
- Marsh Hay by Merrill Denison
- Mr. Cinders music by Vivian Ellis and Richard Myers, libretto and lyrics by Clifford Grey and Greatrex Newman, additional lyrics by Leo Robin and Vivian Ellis
- The Hollow by Agatha Christie
- Shall We Join the Ladies by J.M. Barrie
- The Conjuror by David Ben and Patrick Watson
[edit] 1995
- You Never can Tell by Bernard Shaw
- The Petrified Forest by Robert E. Sherwood
- Cavalcade by Noel Coward
- The Philanderer by Bernard Shaw
- An Ideal Husband by Oscar Wilde
- Waste by Harley Granville Barker
- The Voice of the Turtle by John van Druten
- Ladies in Retirement by Edward Percy and Reginald Denham
- The Zoo by Arthur Sullivan and B. C. Stephenson (writing under the pseudonym Bolton Rowe)
- The Six of Calais by Bernard Shaw
[edit] 1994
- Arms and the Man by Bernard Shaw
- The Front Page by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur
- Sherlock Holmes by William Gillette
- Too True to Be Good by Bernard Shaw
- Eden End by J.B. Priestley
- Ivona the Princess of Burgundia by Witold Gombrowicz
- Lady Be Good music and lyrics by George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin, book by Guy Bolton and Fred Thompson
- Busman's Honeymoon by Dorothy L. Sayers and Muriel St Clare byrne
- Roccoco by Harley Granville Barker
- Annajanska the Bolshevik Princess by Bernard Shaw
[edit] 1993
- Saint Joan by Bernard Shaw
- The Silver King by Henry Arthur Jones
- Blithe Spirit by Noel Coward
- Candida by Bernard Shaw
- The Unmentionables by Carl Sternheim, adapted by Paul Lampert and Kate Sullivan
- The Marrying of Anne Leete by Harley Granville Barker
- Gnetlemen Prefer Blondes music by Jule Styne, lyrics by Leo Robin, book by Anita Loos and Joseph Fields, adapted from the novel by Anita Loos
- Ane The There Were None by Agatha Christie
- The Man of Destiny by Bernard Shaw
[edit] 1992
- Pygmalion by Bernard Shaw
- Counsellor-at-Law by Elmer Rice
- Charley's Aunt by Brandon Thomas
- Widower's Houses by Bernard Shaw
- Drums in the Night by Bertolt Brecht
- Point Valaine by Noel Coward
- On the Town music by Leonard Bernstein, books and lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green, based on an idea by Jerome Robbins
- Ten Minute Alibi by Anthony Armstrong
- Overruled by Bernard Shaw
[edit] 1991
- The Doctor's Dilemma by Bernard Shaw
- A Cuckoo in the Nest by Ben Travers
- Lulu by Frank Wedekind, adapted by Peter Barnes
- The Millionairess by Bernard Shaw
- Hnery IV by Luigi Pirandello
- Hedda Gabler by Henrik Ibsen
- A Connecticut Yankee music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Lorenz Hart, book by Herbert Fields
- This Happy Breed by Noel Coward
- Press Cuttings by Bernard Shaw
[edit] 1990
- Misalliance by Bernard Shaw
- Trelawny of the 'Wells' by Arthur Wing Pinero
- The Waltz of the Toreadors by Jean Anouilh, translated by Lucienne Hill
- Present Laughter by Noel Coward
- Mrs. Warren's Profession by Bernard Shaw
- Nymph Errant music and lyrics by Cole Porter, libretto by Romney Brent, from the novel by James Laver
- Ubu Rex by Alfred Jarry, translated by David Copelin
- Night Must Fall by Emlyn Williams
- When We Are Married by J.B. Priestley
- Village Wooing by Bernard Shaw
[edit] 1989
- Man and Superman by Bernard Shaw
- Berkeley Square by John L. Balderston
- Once in a Lifetime by Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman
- Trelawny of the 'Wells' by Arthur Wing Pinero
- Getting Married by Bernard Shaw
- Peer Gynt by Henrik Ibsen, translated by John Lingard
- Nymph Errant music and lyrics by Cole Porter, libretto by Romney Brent, from the novel by James Laver
- An Inspector Calls by J.B. Priestley
- Good News music by Ray Henderson, book' by Laurence Schwab and B.G. DeSylva, lyrics by B.G. DeSylva and Lew Brown
- Shakes versus Shav and The Glimpse of Reality by Bernard Shaw
[edit] 1988
- You Never Can Tell by Bernard Shaw
- Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie
- War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy, adapted by Alfred Neumann, Erwin Piscator and Guntram Pruefer, translated by Robert David MacDonald
- Once in a Lifetime by Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman
- Geneva by Bernard Shaw
- The Voysey Inheritance by Harley Granville Barker
- He Who Gets Slapped by Leonid Andreyev
- Dangerous Corner by J.B. Priestley
- Hit the Deck music by Vincent Youmans, lyrics by Leo Robin, Clifford Grey and Irving Caesar, book by Herbert Fields
- The Dark lady of the Sonnets by Bernard Shaw
[edit] 1987
- Major Barbara by Bernard Shaw
- Hay Fever by Noel Coward
- Marathon '33 by June Havoc
- Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie
- Fanny's First Play by Bernard Shaw
- Night of January 16th by Ayn Rand
- Playing With Fire by August Strindberg
- Salomè by Oscar Wilde
- Not in the Book by Arthur Watkyn
- Anything Goes music and lyrics by Cole Porter, book by Guy Bolton and P.G. Wodehouse, revised by Howard Lindsay and Russell Crouse
- Augustus Does Hit Bit by Bernard Shaw
[edit] 1986
- Arms and the Man by Bernard Shaw
- Banana Ridge by Ben Travers
- Cavalcade by Noel Coward
- Back to Methuseleh by Bernard Shaw
- On the Rocks by Bernard Shaw
- Holiday by Philip Barry
- Tonight We Improvise by Luigi Pirandello
- Black Coffee by Agatha Christie
- Girl Crazy music by George Gershwin, lyrics by Ira Gershwin, libretto by John McGowan and Guy Bolton
- Passion, Poison and Petrefaction by Bernard Shaw
[edit] 1985
- Heartbreak House by Bernard Shaw
- The Madwoman of Chaillot by Jean Giraudoux, adapted by Maurice Valency
- One for the Pot by Ray Cooney and Tony Hilton
- Cavalcade by Noel Coward
- John Bull's Other Island by Bernard Shaw
- The Women by Clare Booth Luce
- Tropical Madness NO. 2 - Metphysics of the Two-Headed Calf by Stanislaw Witkiewicz, translated by Daniel and Eleanor Gerould
- Murder on the Nile by Agatha Christie
- Naughty Marietta book and lyrics by Rida Johnson Young, music by Victor Herbert, adapted by Christopher Newton
- The Inca of Perusalem by Bernard Shaw
[edit] 1984
- The Devil's Disciple by Bernard Shaw
- Private Lives by Noel Coward
- The Skin of Our Teeth by Thornton Wilder
- Célimar (or Friends of a Feather) by Eugene Labiche, adapted by Allan Stratton
- Androcles and the Lion by Bernard Shaw
- The Vortex by Noel Coward
- The Lost Letter by Ian Luca Caragiale, adapted by Christopher Newton and Sky Gilbert
- Roberta books and lyrics by Otto Harbach, music by Jerome Kern, adapted by Duncan McIntosh & Christopher Newton
- 'The Shaw Playlets' - The Fascinating Foundling and How He Lied to Her Husband by Bernard Shaw
- 1984 by George Orwell, adapted by Denise Coffey
[edit] 1983
- Caesar and Cleopatra by Bernard Shaw
- Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand, translated and adapted by Anthony Burgess
- Rookery Nook by Ben Travers
- Private Lives by Noel Coward
- The Simpleton of the Unexpected Isles by Bernard Shaw
- Candida by Bernard Shaw
- The Vortex by Noel Coward
- Tom Jones, an operetta by Sir Edward German, libretto by Robert Courtneidge and A. M. Thompson, from the novel by Henry Fielding, lyrics by Charles H. Taylor and Basil Hood, libretto and lyrics adapted by Christopher Newton and Sky Gilbert
- O'Flaherty V.C. by Bernard Shaw
[edit] 1982
- Pygmalion by Bernard Shaw
- See How They Run by Philip King
- Camille by Robert David MacDonald
- by Edmond Rostand, translated and, adapted by Anthony Burgess
- Too True to Be Good by Bernard Shaw
- The Singular Life of Alfred Nobbs adapted by Simone Benmussa from Albert Nobbs by George Moore
- The Desert Song book and lyrics by Otto Harbach, Oscar Hammerstein II and Frank Mandel, music adapted by Sigmund Romberg, adapted by Christopher Newton
- The Music-Cure by Bernard Shaw
[edit] 1981
- Saint Joan by Bernard Shaw
- Tons of Money by Will Evans and Valentine
- The Suicide by Nikolai Erdman
- Camille by Robert David MacDonald
- In Good King Charle's Golden Days by Bernard Shaw
- The Magistrate by Arthur Wing Pinero
- Rose Marie book and lyrics by Otto Harbach and Oscar Hammerstein II, music by Rudolf Friml and Herbert Stothart
- The Man of Destiny by Bernard Shaw
[edit] 1980
- Misalliance by Bernard Shaw
- The Cherry Orchard by Anton Chekhov
- A Flea in Her Ear by Georges Feydeau
- The Grand Hunt by Gyula Hernady
- The Philanderer by Bernard Shaw
- A Respectable Wedding by Bertolt Brecht, translated by Jean Benedetti
- Canuck by John Bruce Cowan
- Puttin' on the Ritz the music and lyrics of Irving Berlin
- Gunga Heath compiled and performed by Heath Lamberts
- Overruled by Bernard Shaw
[edit] 1979
- You Never Can Tell by Bernard Shaw
- The Corn in Green by Emlyn Williams
- Dear Liar by Jerome Kilty
- Captian Brassbound's Conversion by Bernard Shaw
- Blithe Spirit by Noel Coward
- My Astonishing Self from the writings of G.B.S., by Michael Voysey
- Village Wooing by Bernard Shaw
[edit] 1978
- Major Barabara by Bernard Shaw
- John Gabriel Borkman by Henrik Ibsen
- Heartbreak House by Bernard Shaw
- Lady Audley's Secret -- A Musical Melodrama by Mary Elizabeth Braddon, adapted by Douglas Seale, music by George Goehring, lyrics by John Kuntz
[edit] 1977
- Man and Superman by Bernard Shaw
- Thark by Ben Travers
- The Millionairess by Bernard Shaw
- Great Catherine by Bernard Shaw
- Widower's Houses by Bernard Shaw
[edit] 1976
- Mrs. Warren's Profession by Bernard Shaw
- The Admirable Crichton by J. M. Barrie
- Arms and the Manby Bernard Shaw
- The Apple Cart by Bernard Shaw
[edit] 1975
- Pygmalion by Bernard Shaw
- Leaven of Malice by Robertson Davies
- Caesar and Cleopatra by Bernard Shaw
- The First Night of Pygmalion by Richard Huggett
- G.K.C. The Wit and Wisdom of Gilbert Keith Chesterton compiled, arranged and performed by Tony van Bridge
[edit] 1974
- The Devil's Disciple by Bernard Shaw
- Too Good to be True by Bernard Shaw
- Charley's Aunt by Brandon Thomas
- The Admirable Bashville by Bernard Shaw
- Romersholm by Henrik Ibsen
[edit] 1973
- You Never Can Tell by Bernard Shaw
- The Brass Butterfly by William Golding
- Fanny's First Playby Bernard Shaw
- Sister of Mercy - A Musical Journey into the World of Leonard Cohen conceived by Gene Lesser
[edit] 1972
- The Royal Family by George S. Kaufman & Edna Ferber
- Getting Married by Bernard Shaw
- Misalliance by Bernard Shaw
[edit] 1971
- The Philanderer by Bernard Shaw
- Summer Days by Romain Weingarten, translated by Suzanne Grossman
- Tonight at 8:30 by Noel Coward
- War Women and Other Trivia -- A Social Successby Max Beerbohm
- O'Flaherty V.C. by Bernard Shaw
- Press Cuttings by Bernard Shaw
[edit] 1970
- Candida by Bernard Shaw
- Forty Years On by Alan Bennett
[edit] 1969
- The Doctor's Dilemma by Bernard Shaw
- Back to Methusela(Part 1) by Bernard Shaw
- Five Variations for Corno di Basetto from the music criticism of Bernard Shaw
- The Guardsman by Ferenc Molnar, English version by Frank Marcus
[edit] 1968
- Heartbreak House by Bernard Shaw
- The Importance of Being Oscar based on the life and works of Oscar Wilde, by Michael MacLiammoir
- The Chemmy Circle by Georges Feydeau, translated by Suzanne Grossman
[edit] 1967
- Arms and the Man by Bernard Shaw
- The Circle by W. Somerset Maugham
- Major Barbaraby Bernard Shaw
[edit] 1966
- Man and Supermanby Bernard Shaw
- Misalliance by Bernard Shaw
- The Apple Cart by Bernard Shaw
[edit] 1965
- Pygmalion by Bernard Shaw
- The Shadow of the Gunman by Sean O'Casey
- The Millionairess by Bernard Shaw
[edit] 1964
- Heartbreak House by Bernard Shaw
- Village Wooing by Bernard Shaw
- The Dark Lady of the Sonnets by Bernard Shaw
- John Bull's Other Island by Bernard Shaw
[edit] 1963
- You Never Can Tell by Bernard Shaw
- How He Lied to Her Husband by Bernard Shaw
- The Man of Destiny by Bernard Shaw
- Androcles and the Lion by Bernard Shaw
[edit] 1962
- Don Juan in Hell (from Man and Superman) by Bernard Shaw
- Candida by Bernard Shaw
[edit] External link
[edit] Bibliography
Holmes, Katherine ed. (1986). Celebrating!: twenty-five years on the stage at the Shaw Festival. Erin, Ontario: Boston Mills Press. ISBN 0-919783-48-1.
