Theatre Royal
A–Z of all Productions
- Accolade, H M Tennent, in association with Joshua Logan and Leland Hayward
31st July 1950 – 10th February 1951.
- According to the Evidence, Le Clare Productions Ltd and Sherwood and Reid Ltd
14th August 1967 – 8th June 1968.
- After the Assassinations, Royal Shakespeare Company
11th (press night) – 12th March 1985.
- Age of Consent, Jack Waller
15th June – 29th August 1953.
- Aida, Northern Opera
22nd – 25th June 1983.
- Alarms & Excursions, Michael Codron and Lee Dean
15th July 1998 – 6th March 1999.
- Alfie, Corner Table Productions
28th October – 12th December 1992.
- All for Mary, David Conville
29th April – 6th July 1968.
- All in the Family, Henry Sherek Ltd
4th May – 25th July 1959.
- All’s Well That Ends Well, Royal Shakespeare Company
16th March 1982 (press night).
- All’s Well That Ends Well, Royal Shakespeare Company
6th (press night) – 10th March 1990.
- The Amazing Dr Clitterhouse, Emile Littler
1st March 1937 – 22nd January 1938.
- The Amorous Prawn, Murray Macdonald and John Stevens Ltd
12th October 1959 – 17th February 1962.
- Angels in Love, Jack De Leon
24th August – 3rd October 1953.
- The Angry Deep, Stephen Mitchell and Kenneth More
16th January – 18th February 1961.
- Animal Farm, Children’s Theatre Partnership
22nd January – 28th May 2022.
- The Animal Kingdom, Stephen Mitchell and Emile Littler
started 3rd March 1947.
- Another Country
1983 – 1984.
- Antony and Cleopatra, Royal Shakespeare Company
2nd (press night) – 9th March 1993.
- Antony and Cleopatra, Royal Shakespeare Company
9th (press night) – 13th November 1999.
- Antony and Cleopatra, Royal Shakespeare Company
8th (press night) – 12th October 2002.
- Antony and Cleopatra, Royal Shakespeare Company
1992 – 1993.
- Anyone for Denis?, John Newman
3rd March – 30th October 1982.
- The Arcadians, Robert Courtneidge
9th – 14th September 1918.
- Arms and the Man, Royal Exchange Theatre Company and Mobil Touring Theatre
22nd December 1988 – 8th April 1989.
- As You Like It, Royal Shakespeare Company
13th February 1978 (press night).
- As You Like It, Royal Shakespeare Company
31st March 1981 (press night).
- As You Like It, Royal Shakespeare Company
20th February (press night) – 17th March 1990.
- As You Like It, Royal Shakespeare Company
22nd (press night) – 27th February 1993.
- As You Like It, Royal Shakespeare Company
30th October (press night) – 4th November 2000.
- As You Like It, Royal Shakespeare Company
20th (press night) – 24th October 2009.
- The Aspern Papers, Peter Daubeny
27th July 1959 – 16th July 1960.
- The Bacchae, National Theatre
May – 29th June 2002.
- The Banana Box, Oxford Playhouse Company
12th March – 28th July 1973.
- The Bed-Sitting Room, Associated London Theatre and Bloomsbury Plays Ltd
20th February – 25th November 1967.
- The Beekeeper of Aleppo, Nottingham Playhouse, Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse, and UK Productions Ltd
3rd February – 1st July 2023.
- Bell, Book and Candle, H M Tennent Ltd
13th September 1954 – 21st January 1956.
- Ben-My-Chree, Mr. Charles Dornton’s Company
29th July – 7th December 1889.
- Big Bad Mouse, Paul Elliott and Duncan C Weldon for Triumph Theatre Productions
28th June 1971 – 29th January 1972.
- Billy Liar, Oscar Lewenstein Plays Ltd
5th March – 24th November 1962.
- Billy Liar, Oscar Lewenstein Plays Ltd
5th March – 24th November 1962.
- Bird in Hand, Barry Jackson
13th August – 15th December 1928.
- Birds of Paradise
31st May – 31st July 1976.
- Birds on the Wing, Peter Bridge
23rd September 1969 – 10th January 1970.
- A Bit Between the Teeth, Brian Rix Enterprises
11th April 1974 – 22nd November 1975.
- Black Chiffon, Windsor Theatre Company and Murray Macdonald and John Stevens Ltd
2nd September – 14th December 1963.
- Black Chiffon, Ivan Hale in association with the Theatre Royal Windsor
16th January – 20th April 1996.
- Black Coffee, Duncan C Weldon & Louis I Michaels for Triumph Theatre Productions Ltd
20th April – 5th September 1981.
- Black Limelight, Daniel Mayer Company
29th August – 10th December 1938.
- Blue Murder, Theatre Royal Plymouth and The Touring Partnership
5th September – 2nd November 1996.
- Boeing Boeing, Mansion Plays Ltd
10th March – 29th November 1975.
- Book of the Month, Emile Littler
30th August 1954 – 11th June 1955.
- The Breed of the Treshams
1903 – 1904.
- The Bride and the Bachelor, Peter Saunders
12th November 1956 – 9th August 1958.
- Brideshead Revisited, aYlNlfdX and CV Enterprises Ltd
13th March – 26th August 1995.
- Brush With a Body, City Stage Productions and Anna Deere Wiman
21st May – 11th August 1962.
- Busybody, Bill Kenwright and Rod H Coton
10th May – 14th August 1976.
- Butterflies are Free
26th June – 29th July 1972.
- The Cabinet Minister, Theatre Royal Plymouth
October 1991 – 22nd February 1992.
- Calamity Jane, Gerald and Woolf Ltd, Marcus Productions, and Belgrade Theatre Company
25th March – 13th July 1996.
- Camille
6th March – 24th May 2003.
- The Caretaker, Duncan C Weldon and Jerome Minskoff for Triumph Proscenium Productions Ltd
7th May – 14th September 1991.
- Castle in the Air, Jack Buchanan and Stanley French
20th September 1949 – 16th December 1950.
- The Cat and the Canary, Guy Charles and Bill Luckwell
26th September – 17th December 1966.
- The Cat and the Canary, George Grossmith and J A E Malone
30th July – 1st December 1923.
- Change of Tune, Toby Rowland Ltd and Gilbert Miller
13th April – 6th June 1959.
- Charley’s Aunt, 69 Theatre Company
30th August 1971 – 13th February 1972.
- Charley’s Aunt, Bernard Delfont, Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Richard M Mills, and Harold Fielding
17th April – 15th September 1979.
- Charley’s Aunt, H M Tennent Ltd and The Brandon Thomas Company
18th June – 11th August 1956.
- Chatsky, Almeida Theatre Company
11th March – 5th June 1993.
- Cinderella
1st December 2009 – 16th January 2010.
- The Circle, Chichester Festival Theatre Production and Duncan C Weldon & Louis I Michaels for Triumph Theatre Productions Ltd
started 1978.
- A Coat of Varnish , Duncan C Weldon with Paul Gregg & Lionel Becker for Triumph Apollo Productions
started 13th September 1982.
- The Comedy of Errors, Royal Shakespeare Company
29th March (press night) – 9th April 1977.
- The Comedy of Errors, Royal Shakespeare Company
28th February 1984 (press night).
- The Comedy of Errors, Royal Shakespeare Company
12th (press night) – 16th March 1991.
- The Comedy of Errors, Royal Shakespeare Company
7th (press night) – 11th November 2000.
- The Comedy of Errors, Royal Shakespeare Company
29th November (press night) – 3rd December 2005.
- The Comedy of Errors, Royal Shakespeare Company
7th November 2009 (press night).
- The Complaisant Lover
13th June – 13th August 1960.
- Conduct Unbecoming, David Gordon Productions
19th April – 24th July 1971.
- Coriolanus, Royal Shakespeare Company
14th March 1978 (press night).
- Coriolanus, Royal Shakespeare Company
12th February (press night) – 3rd March 1990.
- Coriolanus, Royal Shakespeare Company
16th (press night) – 19th May 2007.
- The Corn is Green, Stephen Mitchell
15th August 1938 – 15th June 1940.
- The Count of Clérambard, Jack De Leon
25th July – 12th November 1955.
- The Count of Luxembourg
14th June – 18th November 1943.
- Cry Liberty
20th March – 13th May 1950.
- Cymbeline, Royal Shakespeare Company
14th (press night) – 18th October 1997.
- Dad’s Army, Forum Theatre Billingham, Duncan C Weldon & Louis I Michaels for Triumph Theatre Productions Ltd, and Bernard Delfont & Richard M Mills for Bernard Delfont Organisation Ltd
22nd March – 4th September 1976.
- The Damascus Blade, Laurence Olivier Productions
13th March – 15th April 1950.
- The Dame of Sark, Ray Cooney Productions
7th July – 25th October 1975.
- Dancing at Lughnasa, Bill Kenwright, Noel Pearson, and Abbey Theatre Dublin
22nd January – 4th July 1992.
- Dear Charles, John Gale for Volcano Productions Ltd and Talus Productions Ltd
23rd September – 30th November 1968.
- Dear Delinquent, Minster Productions Ltd
21st May 1957 – 23rd August 1958.
- Dear Miss Phoebe, Emile Littler
20th August – 8th December 1951.
- Dear Octopus, Peter Bridge and Allied Theatre Productions
19th September 1967 – 8th June 1968.
- Death on Demand, Eddie Kulukundis for Knightsbridge Theatrical Productions Ltd
30th October – 9th December 1972.
- Deathtrap, Newpalm Productions
22nd February – 17th July 1982.
- Derek, Royal Shakespeare Company
11th (press night) – 12th March 1985.
- The Devil’s Sanctuary, Tod Slaughter and Hubert Woodward
19th August – 6th September 1941.
- Diary of a Somebody, David Kirk Productions
18th January – 21st May 1988.
- Dinner
15th June – 7th August 2004.
- Doctor in the House, Doctor in the House Associates Ltd and Lee Menzies Ltd
20th March – 28th July 2012.
- Dodsworth, Lee Ephraim and Alfred E Bundy
22nd February – 25th June 1938.
- Donkeys’ Years, Grosvenor Entertainments
27th March – 22nd July 1978.
- Double Door, Howard and Wyndham Tours Ltd and Moss Empires
5th February – 9th June 1934.
- Dr Angelus, Alec L Rea, E P Clift, and Roy Limbert
23rd June 1947 – 24th January 1948.
- Dr Angelus, Malcolm Knight Productions
6th September – 3rd December 1977.
- The Dressmaker, Windsor Theatre Company and Triumph Proscenium Productions Ltd
19th June – 15th September 1990.
- Dusty, Eleanor Lloyd Theatrical Productions Ltd 2017
23rd June – 28th July 2018.
- Edward IV, Royal Shakespeare Company
15th February (press night) – 4th March 1989.
- Edward, My Son, Henry Sherek and Gilbert Miller
21st April 1947 – 23rd April 1949.
- The Elephant’s Foot, Nottingham Theatre Trust Ltd
19th April – 5th June 1965.
- Emma, Bloomsbury Plays Ltd
18th March – 15th June 1968.
- Expresso Bongo, Oscar Lewenstein, Neil Crawford, and Strand Productions
24th March 1958 – 24th January 1959.
- Fiddler on the Roof, Richard Pilbrow and Harold Prince
16th April 1970 – April 1971.
- The Fifth Column, The Archers
21st February – 18th March 1944.
- The First Gentleman, Henry Sherek Ltd
2nd April 1945 – 16th November 1946.
- Five Finger Exercise, H M Tennent Ltd and New Watergate Presentations Ltd
30th June 1958 – 26th March 1960.
- Flowering Cherry, H M Tennent Ltd and Frith Banbury Ltd
14th October 1957 – 4th April 1959.
- Fool’s Paradise
1959 – 1960.
- French Without Tears, Bronson Albery, Howard Wyndham, and Emile Littler
2nd August – 11th December 1937.
- Fringe Benefits, Ray Cooney Productions Ltd, Triumph Theatre Productions Ltd, Brian Rix Enterprises, and Forum Theatre Billingham
16th February 1976 – 8th January 1977.
- Full House
29th January – 11th May 1940.
- A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
1973 – 1974.
- The Further Confessions of a Window Cleaner, Mark Furness and Barbara Plays Ltd
20th June – 5th November 1977.
- Gaslight, Linnit and Dunfee Ltd
17th October – 17th December 1949.
- The Gay Invalid, Peter Daubeny Presentations Ltd
6th November 1950 – 24th March 1951.
- The Gazebo, Harold Fielding Ltd
29th February 1960 – 27th May 1961.
- Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Addey, Owen and Hollerith Ltd and Kenneth Wagg
3rd July 1962 – 20th April 1963.
- George and Margaret, John C Wilson
9th August – December 1937.
- Getting Married, Peter Bridge and Allied Theatre Productions
14th March – 26th August 1967.
- Getting Married, Chichester Festival Theatre and Duncan C Weldon
30th April – 11th September 1993.
- A Ghost on Tiptoe, Ray Cooney Productions
25th February 1974 – 22nd March 1975.
- Gilt and Gingerbread, John Clements Plays Ltd
10th November – 20th December 1958.
- The Girl Friend, Windsor Theatre Company and Permutt-Hadley Productions Ltd
13th July – 8th October 1988.
- Giving the Bride Away, Montague Lyons Productions Ltd
2nd October 1939 – 13th January 1940.
- Good Morning Bill!, Ashcroft Theatre
18th April – 23rd June 1984.
- Goodnight Mrs Puffin, Sherwood and Reid Ltd
22nd May 1961 – 16th March 1963.
- The Government Inspector, Compass Theatre Ltd
7th March – 4th June 1988.
- Grand National Night
18th February 1946 – 1st February 1947.
- The Grass is Greener
15th February – 31st July 1971.
- A Greek Slave, George Edwardes
20th December 1926 – 16th April 1927.
- Guilty Party, Peter Bridge for Bridge Productions Ltd
17th August 1961 – 1st September 1962.
- Hamlet, Royal Shakespeare Company
10th March 1981 (press night).
- Hamlet, Royal Shakespeare Company
18th February 1985 (press night).
- Hamlet, Royal Shakespeare Company
15th (press night) – 23rd September 1997.
- Hamlet, Royal Shakespeare Company
5th (press night) – 10th November 2001.
- Hamlet, Royal Shakespeare Company
1st (press night) – 6th November 2004.
- Hanging Judge, Walter P Chrysler Jr and Michael Powell
25th August – 13th December 1952.
- Happy Birthday, Portman Theatrical Productions
7th April – 26th July 1980.
- The Happy Man, E P Clift, Jack Minster, and Minster Productions Ltd
7th October 1957 – 1st February 1958.
- The Hasty Heart, Paul Elliot & Duncan C Weldon
1st February – 18th May 1974.
- The Hasty Heart, Play Plans Ltd
20th August 1945 – 9th November 1946.
- He That Plays the King, Royal Shakespeare Company
22nd March 1979 (press night).
- The Heiress, Royal National Theatre, Sheffield Theatres, and Touring Partnership
20th April – 5th August 2000.
- Henry IV, Part 1, Royal Shakespeare Company
17th (press night) – 29th February 1992.
- Henry IV, Part 2, Royal Shakespeare Company
21st (press night) – 29th February 1992.
- Henry V, Royal Shakespeare Company
20th February 1978 (press night).
- Henry V, Royal Shakespeare Company
26th February 1985 (press night).
- Henry V, Royal Shakespeare Company
20th (press night) – 25th February 1995.
- Henry V, Royal Shakespeare Company
21st (press night) – 25th November 2000.
- Henry VI, Royal Shakespeare Company
13th February (press night) – 4th March 1989.
- Henry VI, Part 1, Royal Shakespeare Company
22nd February 1978 (press night).
- Henry VI, Part 2, Royal Shakespeare Company
24th February 1978 (press night).
- Henry VI, Part 3, Royal Shakespeare Company
27th February 1978 (press night).
- Henry VIII, Royal Shakespeare Company
27th March 1984 (press night).
- Highly Confidential, John Gale for Volcano Productions Ltd and Marvin Liebman
12th May – August 1969.
- Hippo Dancing, H M Tennent Ltd
26th September 1955 – 31st March 1956.
- Hippo Dancing, H M Tennent Ltd
1st February 1954 – 7th May 1955.
- The Hitch Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
8th June 2012 – 20th October 2013.
- The Hollow Crown, Royal Shakespeare Company
24th March 1979 (press night).
- The Hollow, aYlNlfdX, John Newman, and Newpalm Productions
15th February – 13th November 1982.
- Home and Away, Stanley Willis-Croft for Playguild Ltd
11th July – 10th September 1955.
- Horizontal Hold, H M Tennent Ltd and John Counsell Ltd
20th March – 17th June 1967.
- The House by the Lake, Peter Daubeny Presentations Ltd
17th March – 21st June 1958.
- The House of Jeffreys, Alex B Nichols and Jeffreys Production Ltd
17th August 1942 – 20th March 1943.
- The Husband-in-Law, H M Tennent Ltd
10th May – 10th July 1976.
- I Do, I Do!, H M Tennent Ltd
13th March – 24th August 1968.
- I’ve Seen You Cut Lemons, Gene Persson (in association with Sam Coslow)
17th November 1969 – January 1970.
- An Ideal Husband, Bill Kenwright, Peter Hall Company, and Thorndike Theatre
26th August 1992 – 12th June 1993.
- The Importance of Being Earnest, Bill Kenwright
15th September – 5th December 1998.
- An Inspector Calls, National Theatre
8th – 13th February 2016.
- Intimate Relations, Jack Waller
7th May – 24th November 1951.
- It’s a Two-Foot-Six-Inches Above-the-Ground World, Stage Arts Players Ltd
31st August – 17th October 1970.
- Jane Eyre, National Theatre and Bristol Old Vic Theatre Company
10th February 2014 – 21st October 2017.
- Jane Eyre, Barry O’Brien
14th February – 17th June 1944.
- Jane Eyre, Emile Littler
16th August 1937 – 4th June 1938.
- Jane Eyre, Hubert Woodward
10th February – 13th June 1964.
- Jane Eyre, Hubert Woodward and Ariadne (Theatrical Managers) Ltd
13th February – 1st July 1967.
- Jew Suss, Matheson Lang and Willhut Ltd
29th July 1929 – 6th December 1930.
- The Jockey Club Stakes, Henry Sherwood Prouctions Ltd and Peter Saunders
7th September 1970 – 20th November 1971.
- Joyce Grenfell in a programme of Monologues and Songs
1957 – 1958.
- Julius Caesar, Royal Shakespeare Company
4th March 1980 (press night).
- Julius Caesar, Royal Shakespeare Company
13th March 1984 (press night).
- Julius Caesar, Royal Shakespeare Company
10th (press night) – 14th March 1992.
- Julius Caesar, Royal Shakespeare Company
13th (press night) – 16th March 1996.
- Julius Caesar, Royal Shakespeare Company
20th (press night) – 24th November 2001.
- Julius Caesar, Royal Shakespeare Company
3rd (press night) – 7th November 2009.
- Just the Three of Us, Peter Hall Company
6th October – 8th December 1997.
- The King and I, Williamson Music Ltd
19th March 1956 – 9th March 1957.
- King Lear, Royal Shakespeare Company
15th March 1983 (press night).
- King Lear, Royal Shakespeare Company
12th (press night) – 16th February 1991.
- King Lear, Royal Shakespeare Company
21st (press night) – 26th February 1994.
- King Lear, Royal Shakespeare Company
16th (press night) – 20th November 2004.
- King Lear, Royal Shakespeare Company
24th March 2007 – 12th January 2008.
- La Contessa, H M Tennent Ltd, Leland Hayward, and Ray Stark
6th April – 15th May 1965.
- Lady Frederick, Henry Sherwood Prouctions Ltd and Yvonne Arnaud Theatre
2nd February 1970 – 9th January 1971.
- Lady Windermere’s Fan, Royal Exchange Theatre Company
22nd February – 22nd July 2000.
- Lady Windermere’s Fan, Tennent Plays Ltd and CEMA
18th June 1945 – February 1947.
- The Lady’s Not for Burning, Prospect Theatre Company
started 3rd July 1978.
- The Lark, Tennent Productions Ltd
28th March – 13th August 1955.
- The Last Joke, Irene Mayer Selznick and Tennent Productions Ltd
1st August – 19th November 1960.
- The Last Romantic, Actors’ Company
started 2nd June 1975.
- The Late Edwina Black, David Gordon Productions
19th September – 10th December 1977.
- Let Sleeping Wives Lie, Brian Rix Enterprises
7th April – 13th September 1969.
- Let’s Be Frank, Geoffrey Hastings, Michael Hamilton, and Windsor Theatre Company
9th September 1963 – 15th February 1964.
- The Letter, Gladys Cooper
6th February – 2nd June 1928.
- Life with Father, Firth Shephard and Play Plans Ltd
19th May 1947 – 4th September 1948.
- The Linden Tree, London Mask Theatre
23rd June 1947 – 21st August 1948.
- Lock, Stock and Barrel, Philip Ridgeway and Dramframe Ltd
10th October – 5th November 1960.
- Look After Lulu!, H M Tennent Ltd and LOP Ltd
20th July – 19th December 1959.
- Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime, E and B Productions Ltd
9th September – 30th November 1968.
- Love’s Labour’s Lost, Royal Shakespeare Company
6th March 1979 (press night).
- Love’s Labour’s Lost, Royal Shakespeare Company
5th March 1985 (press night).
- Love’s Labour’s Lost, Royal Shakespeare Company
22nd (press night) – 26th March 1994.
- The Loving Voyage, Royal Shakespeare Company
22nd March 1979 (press night).
- Macbeth, Royal Shakespeare Company
8th March 1983 (press night).
- Macbeth, Royal Shakespeare Company
7th (press night) – 11th March 1989.
- Macbeth, Royal Shakespeare Company
9th (press night) – 13th November 2004.
- The Magistrate, Chichester Festival Theatre Company and Duncan C Weldon with Alexander H Cohen and Max Cooper
1st October 1997 – 28th March 1998.
- Make Way for Lucia, Churchill Theatre Bromley, The Touring Partnership, PW Productions, and The Theatre of Comedy Company
13th September – 4th November 1995.
- A Man About the House, H M Tennent Ltd
15th October 1945 – 25th May 1946.
- A Man for All Seasons, Chichester Festival Theatre Company, Duncan C Weldon & Jerome Minskoff for Triumph Theatre Productions Ltd, and Ed & David Mirvish for the Old Vic
11th January – 27th February 1988.
- The Man Most Likely To…, Henry Sherwood Prouctions Ltd, Sherwood and Reid Ltd, and Le Clare Productions Ltd
1st April 1968 – June 1974.
- Mansfield Park, Chichester Festival Theatre
22nd May – 23rd November 1996.
- Marlene, Michael Rose Ltd, Michael Redington, and Oldham Coliseum Theatre
27th January – 6th September 1997.
- Mary, Mary, H M Tennent Ltd and Roger L Stevens
17th February – 11th April 1964.
- Matilda Shouted Fire, Linnit and Dunfee Ltd
20th October – 15th November 1958.
- The Mating Game, Volcano Productions and Ray Cooney Productions
1st June – 11th July 1970.
- Measure for Measure, Royal Shakespeare Company
13th March 1979 (press night).
- Measure for Measure, Royal Shakespeare Company
6th March 1984 (press night).
- Measure for Measure, Royal Shakespeare Company
8th (press night) – 13th February 1988.
- Measure for Measure, Royal Shakespeare Company
21st (press night) – 25th March 1995.
- Measure for Measure, Royal Shakespeare Company
13th (press night) – 17th October 1998.
- Measure for Measure, Royal Shakespeare Company
25th (press night) – 29th November 2003.
- Medea, Tennent Productions Ltd
23rd August – 20th November 1948.
- Meet Mr Callaghan, B A Meyer in association with Concanen
6th April – 11th July 1953.
- The Merchant of Venice, Royal Shakespeare Company
26th February 1979 (press night).
- The Merchant of Venice, Royal Shakespeare Company
26th March 1985 (press night).
- The Merchant of Venice, Royal Shakespeare Company
23rd February (press night) – 12th March 1988.
- The Merchant of Venice, Royal Shakespeare Company
11th (press night) – 19th March 1994.
- The Merchant of Venice, Royal Shakespeare Company
28th September (press night) – 3rd October 1998.
- The Merchant of Venice, Royal Shakespeare Company
7th (press night) – 25th October 2008.
- The Merry Wives of Windsor, Royal Shakespeare Company
18th February 1980 (press night).
- The Merry Wives of Windsor, Royal Shakespeare Company
26th September (press night) – 4th October 1997.
- A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Royal Shakespeare Company
22nd February 1982 (press night).
- A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Royal Shakespeare Company
28th February (press night) – 7th March 1995.
- A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Royal Shakespeare Company
1st (press night) – 6th November 1999.
- A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Royal Shakespeare Company
14th (press night) – 19th November 2005.
- A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Royal Shakespeare Company
12th October 1996 – 24th May 1997.
- The Miser, Royal Exchange Theatre Company and Duncan C Weldon
December 1991 – 4th April 1992.
- Monique, Le Clare Productions Ltd
3rd August – 12th September 1964.
- The More the Merrier
started 21st September 1959.
- Mrs Warren’s Profession, The Touring Partnership
30th April – 5th July 1997.
- Mrs Warren’s Profession
10th October 2002 – 27th July 2003.
- Much Ado About Nothing, Royal Shakespeare Company
10th March (press night) – 7th April 1977.
- Much Ado About Nothing, Royal Shakespeare Company
22nd March 1983 (press night).
- Much Ado About Nothing, Royal Shakespeare Company
19th (press night) – 23rd February 1991.
- Much Ado About Nothing, Royal Shakespeare Company
7th (press night) – 11th October 1997.
- Much Ado About Nothing, Royal Shakespeare Company
24th September (press night) – 3rd October 2002.
- Murder at the Vicarage, Ray Cooney Productions and Scotia Theatrical Ltd
10th February 1975 – October 1979.
- A Murder is Announced, Barbara Plays Ltd
2nd October – 9th December 1978.
- Murderer, Michael White Ltd
11th February – 19th July 1975.
- My Three Angels, H M Tennent Ltd and George and Alfred Black
31st January – 26th November 1955.
- Night Must Fall, Martin Tickner for Firmont Plays Ltd
29th April – 29th June 1968.
- Night Must Fall
8th March – 31st July 1943.
- No Escape, E P Clift
5th July – 23rd October 1954.
- No Room at the Inn, Jack Hylton and Barry O’Brien
19th January – 5th June 1948.
- Noises Off, Old Vic Theatre Company
27th March – 27th July 2013.
- The Norman Conquests, Vagabond Theatre Productions
4th August – 3rd October 1981.
- The Notorious Mrs Ebbsmith, Fred G Latham
19th August – 21st December 1895.
- Nude with Violin, H M Tennent Ltd
24th September 1956 – 15th February 1958.
- Oklahoma!
October 1961 – 24th February 1962.
- On ‘Change, Mr. Wm. Duck & Miss Eweretta Lawrence’s Company
25th January – 19th June 1886.
- Once Upon a Crime, Jack Boyer and Alan Russell
14th June – 21st August 1948.
- One for the Pot, Brian Rix Enterprises
6th July – 7th November 1964.
- One More River, LOP Ltd
14th September – 5th December 1959.
- Othello, Royal Shakespeare Company
26th February 1980 (press night).
- Othello, Royal Shakespeare Company
16th (press night) – 20th November 1999.
- Otherwise Engaged, Donald Bodley Productions
22nd May – 2nd September 1978.
- Out of Order, Swallow Productions
started 20th March 2000.
- Out of the Question, Commonwealth United Entertainment, John Roberts, and Doris Cole Abrahams
16th September 1968 – July 1969.
- Pack of Lies, Newpalm Productions and Dina and Alexander E Racolin
18th February – 27th July 1985.
- Peace in Our Time, Touring Partnership in association with Michael Redington
28th February – 15th April 1995.
- The Perfect Woman, Sonnie Hale and Peter Saunders
14th June 1948 – 26th March 1949.
- Peter Pan, Daniel Mayer Company
16th December 1966 – 1st April 1967.
- Piaf, Newpalm Productions in association with Dina and Alexander E Racolin
9th August – 10th December 1983.
- Pink Dominos, Henry S Dacre’s Company
24th May – 11th December 1880.
- Pinocchio, Theatre Royal Newcastle and Newcastle Theatre Company
28th November 2023 – 14th January 2024.
- Plaintiff in a Pretty Hat, E P Clift Productions Ltd and Minster Productions Ltd
12th October 1956 – 14th September 1957.
- The Plantagenets, Royal Shakespeare Company
13th February (press night) – 4th March 1989.
- The Platinum Set, Danny O’Neil and Stanley French
7th March – 8th April 1950.
- Play It Again, Sam, Malcolm Knight Productions
12th March – 9th June 1979.
- Pleasure and Repentance, Royal Shakespeare Company
24th March 1979 (press night).
- Plunder, Churchill Theatre and Theatre of Comedy
19th September 1996 – 15th February 1997.
- The Poltergeist, Linnit & Dunfee Ltd
1st April 1946 – 1st February 1947.
- Popcorn, Phil McIntyre Promotions
22nd September 1998 – 3rd May 1999.
- A Present from Harry, Stephen Mitchell and Helen Arnold
11th May – 6th June 1970.
- Present Laughter, H M Tennent Ltd and John Gale Productions Ltd
28th March – 14th May 1966.
- Pride and Prejudice, Barry O’Brien
1st February – 22nd May 1937.
- Private Lives, Lee Dean
13th August – 9th November 1991.
- A Public Mischief, Martin Landau for Marlan Productions
started 19th April 1965.
- Pygmalion, Sherek Players Ltd
14th August 1951 – 5th January 1952.
- Pyjama Tops, Mark Furness and Stepham Bell Promotions Ltd
21st May – 20th October 1990.
- The Quaker Girl, Newcastle Upon Tyne & District Amateur Operatic Society
8th – 13th November 1982.
- Rain On The Just
? – 4th December 1948.
- Rattle of a Simple Man, Michael Codron Ltd
23rd July 1962 – April 1964.
- The Rehearsal, Bristol Old Vic Trust Ltd and Tennent Productions Ltd
14th March 1961 – 7th April 1962.
- Relatively Speaking, Cameron Mackintosh and George Borwick
28th April – 25th October 1975.
- Relatively Speaking, Peter Bridge Productions Ltd
20th February 1967 – 3rd February 1968.
- The Reluctant Debutante, E P Clift, Minster Productions Ltd, and Anna Deere Wiman
16th May 1955 – 3rd August 1957.
- Restless Heart, Stephen Mitchell (Theatrical Productions) Ltd
4th February – 25th May 1957.
- Richard II, Royal Shakespeare Company
3rd March 1981 (press night).
- Richard II, Royal Shakespeare Company
26th February (press night) – 2nd March 1991.
- Richard III, Royal Shakespeare Company
17th March 1981 (press night).
- Richard III, Royal Shakespeare Company
19th March 1985 (press night).
- Richard III, Royal Shakespeare Company
17th February (press night) – 4th March 1989.
- Richard III, Royal Shakespeare Company
19th (press night) – 23rd March 1996.
- Richard III, Royal Shakespeare Company
17th (press night) – 22nd November 2003.
- The Ring of Truth, Robin Fox Partnership Ltd, Donmar Productions Ltd, and Frith Banbury Ltd
8th June 1959 – 20th February 1960.
- Ring Round the Moon, Malcolm Knight Productions
28th August – 4th November 1978.
- The Rivals, H M Tennent Ltd in association with CEMA
3rd September 1945 – 16th February 1946.
- Roar Like a Dove, Murray Macdonald and John Stevens Ltd
2nd September 1957 – 11th June 1960.
- Roar Like a Dove, Murray Macdonald and John Stevens Ltd
2nd September 1957 – 11th June 1960.
- Robert and Elizabeth, Marlan Productions Ltd
started 13th February 1967.
- The Rocky Horror Show
17th – 21st November 1992.
- The Rocky Horror Show
5th – 10th August 2019.
- Roger’s Last Stand, Charles Ross Productions
15th September 1975 – 3rd April 1976.
- Romance!, Charles Ross, Henry Sherwood, and Leeds Playhouse
28th July – 2nd October 1971.
- Romeo and Juliet, Royal Shakespeare Company
15th (press night) – 26th March 1977.
- Romeo and Juliet, Royal Shakespeare Company
23rd February 1981 (press night).
- Romeo and Juliet, Royal Shakespeare Company
3rd (press night) – 7th March 1992.
- Romeo and Juliet, Royal Shakespeare Company
1st (press night) – 9th March 1996.
- Romeo and Juliet, Royal Shakespeare Company
14th (press night) – 18th November 2000.
- Romeo and Juliet, Royal Shakespeare Company
13th (press night) – 18th November 2006.
- Rough Justice, Tom Kinninmont, Tom Conti, and Panache and Brio Ltd
10th September – 26th October 2013.
- The Rules of the Game, National Theatre
started 7th June 1971.
- The Rules of the Game, Duncan C Weldon, Paul Gregg and Lionel Becker for Triumph Apollo Productions and Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough in association with Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford
22nd June 1982 – 8th January 1983.
- The Sack Race, Ray Cooney Productions
14th May – August 1974.
- Saint Joan, Compass Theatre Ltd
11th September – 23rd November 1985.
- Same Time Next Year, Paul Elliott and Mark Furness
16th September – 14th December 1985.
- Say Who You Are, Peter Bridge for Bridge Productions Ltd
25th January – 15th April 1967.
- The Sea Shell, Stephen Mitchell
12th October – 28th November 1959.
- The Seagull, Royal Shakespeare Company
29th June (press night) – 7th July 2007.
- The Seagull, Royal Shakespeare Company
17th April 2007 – 12th January 2008.
- Second Helping, CWL Ltd
31st October 1939 – 16th March 1940.
- The Secretary Bird, Paul Elliott and Duncan C Weldon for Triumph Theatre Productions
17th April – 9th December 1972.
- The Secretary Bird, John Gale for Volcano Productions Ltd
9th September 1968 – 10th June 1972.
- Separate Tables, Bill Kenwright and Peter Hall Company
6th April – 30th October 1993.
- Shadowlands, Carnival Theatre, Armada Productions Ltd, and Yvonne Arnaud Theatre
18th September – 7th December 1991.
- Shadowlands, Andrew Welch for Armada Productions
20th September 1994 – 4th February 1995.
- The Shakespeare Revue, Royal Shakespeare Company
March 1995.
- The Shakespeare Revue, Hiss & Boo Company and Royal Shakespeare Company
November 1999.
- Shavings
11th July – 27th August 1927.
- The Shell Seekers, Nick Brooke Ltd and Kenneth H Wax Ltd
1st September 2003 – 20th March 2004.
- The Shop at Sly Corner, Jack De Leon and Barry O’Brien
19th July – 14th December 1946.
- The Shot in Question, Jack Minster
1st April – 18th May 1963.
- Shut Your Eyes and Think of England, Mark Furness and Stepham Bell Promotions Ltd
23rd July – 13th October 1979.
- Sign Here, Please (aka I Want to See Musov!), Ernest Hecht and Stanley Dubens
29th May – September 1967.
- Signpost to Murder, Emile Littler
13th November 1961 – 1st June 1963.
- Single Spies, Theatre Royal Bath Productions, David Pugh, and Dafydd Rogers
11th March – 31st May 2008.
- Six
24th October 2019 – 25th July 2020.
- Sleuth, Michael White
12th February – 23rd June 1973.
- Sleuth, Mobil Touring Theatre
19th January – 5th June 1999.
- Sleuth, Bill Kenwright Ltd
22nd January – 5th July 2008.
- Someone Waiting, H M Tennent Ltd
14th September 1953 – 12th June 1954.
- Space in My Pyjamas, Mark Furness
28th June – 16th October 1982.
- Spider’s Web, Peter Saunders
27th September 1954 – 17th November 1956.
- Spring Meeting, Gladys Cooper and Philip Merivale
17th October 1938 – 4th March 1939.
- Springtime for Henry, E G Norman and TW Productions
18th March – 14th December 1940.
- Star Quality, Ian Fricker
10th October 2011 – 31st March 2012.
- Steaming, Newpalm Productions
27th February – 24th November 1984.
- A Streetcar Named Desire, Tennent Productions Ltd
21st August – 16th December 1950.
- Suite in Two Keys, Duncan C Weldon & Louis Michaels for Triumph Theatre Productions Ltd
21st August – 18th November 1978.
- Suspect, Windsor Repertory Company, E P Clift for Minster Productions Ltd, and Anna Deere Wiman for ADW Productions Ltd
26th September – 10th December 1955.
- Talking Heads
1993.
- The Taming of the Shrew, Royal Shakespeare Company
27th February 1979 (press night).
- The Taming of the Shrew, Royal Shakespeare Company
22nd February 1983 (press night).
- The Taming of the Shrew, Royal Shakespeare Company
1st (press night) – 8th March 1988.
- The Taming of the Shrew, Royal Shakespeare Company
12th (press night) – 20th March 1993.
- The Taming of the Shrew, Royal Shakespeare Company
19th (press night) – 27th February 1996.
- The Taming of the Shrew, Royal Shakespeare Company
10th (press night) – 25th October 2008.
- The Tempest, Royal Shakespeare Company
1st March 1983 (press night).
- The Tempest, Royal Shakespeare Company
14th (press night) – 18th March 1989.
- The Tempest, Royal Shakespeare Company
1st (press night) – 8th March 1994.
- The Tempest, Royal Shakespeare Company
6th (press night) – 10th October 1998.
- The Tempest, Royal Shakespeare Company
21st (press night) – 25th November 2006.
- The Tenth Man, Michael Codron
13th March – 19th August 1961.
- There Goes the Bride, Ray Cooney Productions
22nd July 1974 – 26th July 1975.
- Tiger at the Gates, Stephen Mitchell and Robert L Joseph
25th April – 3rd September 1955.
- Time and the Conways, Theatre Royal Bath Productions and Adam Kenwright
11th November 2003 – 14th February 2004.
- Time and the Conways, Theatr Clwyd Company and Triumph Proscenium Productions Ltd
14th September 1990 – 6th March 1991.
- Time Remembered, Tennent Productions Ltd
25th October 1954 – 30th July 1955.
- Timon of Athens, Royal Shakespeare Company
23rd (press night) – 27th November 1999.
- Titus Andronicus, Royal Shakespeare Company
23rd March 1982 (press night).
- Titus Andronicus, Royal Shakespeare Company
2nd (press night) – 6th December 2003.
- Towards Zero, Churchill Theatre Bromley and Lee Menzies and Nick Salmon for Grangewood Productions Ltd
22nd February – 7th October 1989.
- Traveller’s Joy, H M Tennent Ltd
15th March 1948 – 16th December 1950.
- Treasure Island, Arthur Bourchier
23rd July 1923 – 26th January 1924.
- Trespass, H M Tennent Ltd and Stephen Mitchell
9th June – 29th November 1947.
- Troilus and Cressida, Royal Shakespeare Company
22nd March (press night) – 2nd April 1977.
- The Tulip Tree, Tennent Productions Ltd
5th November 1962 – 30th March 1963.
- The Turning Point, Henry Sherwood Productions
15th July – 12th October 1974.
- Twelfth Night, Royal Shakespeare Company
11th March 1980 (press night).
- Twelfth Night, Royal Shakespeare Company
21st February 1984 (press night).
- Twelfth Night, Royal Shakespeare Company
16th (press night) – 27th February 1988.
- Twelfth Night, Royal Shakespeare Company
17th (press night) – 21st March 1992.
- Twelfth Night, Royal Shakespeare Company
10th (press night) – 18th March 1995.
- Twelfth Night, Royal Shakespeare Company
20th (press night) – 24th October 1998.
- Twelfth Night, Royal Shakespeare Company
13th (press night) – 17th November 2001.
- Twelfth Night, Royal Shakespeare Company
22nd (press night) – 26th November 2005.
- Twelfth Night, Prospect Theatre Company
started 24th April 1978.
- Two and Two Make Sex, Ray Cooney Productions Ltd
23rd July 1973 – 9th November 1974.
- The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Royal Shakespeare Company
23rd March 1982 (press night).
- Two Into One, Lee Menzies and Churchill Theatre Bromley
30th March – 24th July 1993.
- Uncle Harry, H M Tennent Ltd and Linnit & Dunfee Ltd
24th January 1944 – 17th February 1945.
- Uncle Vanya
started 19th November 1963.
- Under Milk Wood
13th August – 15th September 1956.
- Under the Sycamore Tree, Tennent Productions Ltd
18th February – 4th October 1952.
- Wait Until Dark, Peter Bridge
22nd June 1966 – 15th March 1968.
- Watch It, Sailor!
started 2nd October 1961.
- When We Are Married, Portman Theatrical Productions
24th July – 7th December 1985.
- While the Sun Shines, H M Tennent Ltd and Linnit & Dunfee Ltd
25th October 1943 – 7th September 1946.
- The White Carnation, H M Tennent Ltd
5th January – 25th July 1953.
- Who Goes Bare?, David Gordon Productions Ltd
15th July – 21st September 1974.
- Wild Oats, Royal Shakespeare Company
20th February 1979 (press night).
- Wild Violets, Tom Arnold
24th December 1932 – 6th May 1933.
- Wild Violets, Tom Arnold
10th July 1933 – 14th April 1934.
- Windfall, John Gale and Packard Productions
8th April – 10th August 1963.
- The Winter’s Tale, Royal Shakespeare Company
2nd March 1982 (press night).
- The Winter’s Tale, Royal Shakespeare Company
23rd (press night) – 27th March 1993.
- The Winter’s Tale, Royal Shakespeare Company
27th (press night) – 31st October 2009.
- Women of Twilight, Jack Hylton and Barry O’Brien
6th April – 22nd August 1953.
- The Wooden Dish, E P Clift
12th July – 11th September 1954.
- Worm’s Eye View, David Kirk Productions
4th September – 9th December 1978.
- Worm’s Eye View
7th April – 30th August 1952.