When Thou Art King
Adapted from Shakespeare’s plays of Henry IV parts 1 and 2 and Henry V into three parts, The Battle of Shrewsbury, The Rejection of Falstaff, and The Battle of Agincourt.
Part of Theatregoround tour 1970.
Key to productions: King John, KJO; Pleasure and Repentance, PLS; The Hollow Crown, HOL; Doctor Faustus, DRF; When Thou Art King, WHE; A Midsummer Night’s Dream, MND. Venues:
29 January, The Gulbenkian Theatre, The University, Canterbury, Kent, HOL.
30 January, Staplehurst Drama Society, Kent, PLS.
4 February, Stevenage College of Further Education, Herfordshire, HOL.
13 February, BP Theatre, Britannic House, London, HOL.
16 February, Hedley Walter School, Brentwood, Essex, PLS.
17 February, Twickenham County School for Girls, Middlesex, HOL.
10–21 March, Abbey Theatre, Dublin, Ireland, DRF, PLS.
30 March-4 April, Oxford Playhouse, Oxfordshire, DRF.
6–11 April, Arts Theatre, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, DRF.
13–14 April, Theatre at Rosehill, Cumberland, DRF.
27 April, Cardiff College of Education, HOL.
29 April, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, DRF.
1 May, Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, HOL.
4–5 May, Malvern Festival Theatre, Worcestershire, DRF.
6 May, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, DRF.
11 May, Rolleston School, Burton-upon-Trent, HOL.
13 May, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, DRF.
15 May, North Staffordshire Polytechnic, Stafford, HOL.
2–4 June, Nuffield Theatre, University of Southampton, KJO.
10 June, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, KJO.
15–16 June, Nuffield Theatre, Southampton, DRF.
17 June, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, KJO.
19 June, The Cockpit, Marylebone, London, HOL.
22 June, The Civic Theatre, Corby, Northamptonshire, KJO.
24 June, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, DRF.
26 June, Keele University, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, PLS.
29 June, Bugbrooke Secondary School, Northamptonshire, HOL.
1 July, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, KJO.
7–10 July, Barclays Bank Great Hall, London, part of City of London Festival, WHE.
7 July, Alun Comprehensive School, Mold, Flintshire, HOL.
8 July, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, DRF.
26, 29 July, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, PLS, KJO.
31 July, St Mary’s College, Strawberry Hill, Twickenham, Middlesex, HOL.
2,5 August, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, HOL, DRF.
3 August, Conference Hall, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, MND.
3–7 August, Theatre Royal Bath, WHE.
9 August, Newport Little Theatre, Monmouthshire, HOL.
12 August, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, KJO.
14 August, Conference Hall, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, MND.
17 August, Midland Arts Centre, Cannon Hill Park, Birmingham. MND.
19 August, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, KJO.
21 August, Luton Library Theatre, Bedfordshire, PLS.
25–27 August, Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh (Edinburgh Festival), PLS.
9 September, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, DRF.
15 September, Newport Little Theatre, Monmouthshire, DRF.
16,23 September, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, KJO.
24 September, The Civic Hall, Camberley, Surrey, WHE.
25 September, St Agnes RC Grammar School, Erdington, Birmingham. KJO.
30 September, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, DRF.
2 October, Elmfield School, Stourbridge, Worcestershire, PLS.
6 October, Bishop Douglass School, Finchley, London, WHE.
19 October, St Peter’s College, Birmingham, HOL.
23 October, The Castle Keep, Norwich, HOL.
25 October, Svenska Riksteatern, Stockholm, Sweden, HOL.
26 October, Studentaftonutskottet, Akademiska Foreningen. Lund, Sweden, HOL.
30 October, Dacorum College, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, KJO.
2–6 November, Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford, Surrey, DRF, HOL, KJO.
14 November, Uppingham School, Rutland, PLS.
15 November, Abbey Theatre, Dublin, Ireland, PLS.
7–8 December, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, DRF, KJO.
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