Vancouver Playhouse production history

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Contents 1 1963-1964 2 1964-1965 3 1965-1966 4 1966-1967 5 1967-1968 6 1968-1969 7 1969-1970 8 1970-1971 9 1971-1972 10 1972-1973 11 1973-1974 12 1974-1975 13 1975-1976 14 1976-1977 15 1977-1978 16 1978-1979 17 1979-1980 18 1980-1981 19 1981-1982 20 1982-1983 21 1983-1984 22 1984-1985 23 1985-1986 24 1986-1987 25 1987-1988 26 1988-1989 27 1989-1990 28 1990-1991 29 1991-1992 30 1992-1993 31 1993-1994 32 1994-1995 33 1995-1996 34 1996-1997 35 1997-1998 36 1998-1999 37 1999-2000 38 2000-2001 39 2001-2002 40 2002-2003 41 2003-2004 42 2004-2005 43 2005-2006 44 2007-2008 45 External links

The Vancouver Playhouse is the regional theatre for the province of British Columbia, founded in 1963. The following is a chronological list of the productions that have been staged since its inception.

[edit] 1963-1964

• The Hostage - by Brendan Behan
• Private Lives - by Noel Coward
• The Boy Friend - by Sandy Wilson
• Julius Caesar - by William Shakespeare
• The Caretaker - by Harold Pinter
• Charley's Aunt - by Brandon Thomas

[edit] 1964-1965

• Ring Around the Moon - by Jean Anouilh
• Desire Under the Elms - by Eugene O'Neill
• The Taming of the Shrew - by William Shakespeare
• Christmas in the Market Place - by Henry Gheon
• The Seagull - by Anton Chekov
• Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mama's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feelin' So Sad - by Arthur Kopit
• Stop the World - I Want to Get Off - by Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley

[edit] 1965-1966

• Oh! What a Lovely War - by Joan Littlewood
• A Month in the Country - by Ivan Turgenev
• The Knack - by Ann Jellicoe
• Major Barbara - by George Bernard Shaw
• The Typists & The Tiger - by Murray Schisgal
• Romeo and Juliet - by William Shakespeare
• Like Father, Like Fun - by Eric Nicol
• Lock Up Your Daughters - adapted from Henry Fielding by Bernard Miles

[edit] 1966-1967

• Candida - by George Bernard Shaw
• Count Down to Armageddon - by James Clavell
• Peer Gynt - by Henrik Ibsen
• She Stoops to Conquer - by Oliver Goldsmith
• How to Run the Country - by Paul St. Pierre
• Anything Goes - by Cole Porter

[edit] 1967-1968

• Androcles and the Lion - by George Bernard Shaw
• The Ecstasy of Rita Joe - by George Ryga
• The Beaux' Stratagem - by George Farquhar
• Philadelphia Here I Come - by Brian Friel
• A Streetcar Named Desire - by Tennessee Williams
• The Firebugs - by Max Frisch
• Walking Happy - by Harold Brighouse
• Listen to the Wind - by James Reaney
• Three Rituals - by Ryunosuke Akutagawa, Brian Shein and Sheldon Feldner
• Requiem for a Dinosaur - by James Cruikshank

[edit] 1968-1969

• The Fourth Monkey - by Eric Nicol
• Summer of the 17th Doll - by Ray Lawler
• A Thurber Carnival - by James Thurber
• Moby Dick-Rehearsed - adapted by Orson Welles
• Mrs. Mouse Are You Within? - by Frank Marcus
• The Filthy Piranesi - by William D. Roberts
• Black Comedy - by Peter Shaffer
• Grass and Wild Strawberries - by George Ryga
• Fortune & Men's Eyes - by John Herbert
• Tiny Alice - by Edward Albee
• The Partition - by Jacques Languirand
• Land Before Time - by M. Charles Cohen
• The Visitor - by Betty Lambert

[edit] 1969-1970

• The Royal Hunt of the Sun - by Peter Shaffer
• The Show - by George Kelly^{[disambiguation needed]}
• Colours in the Dark - by James Reaney
• Events While Guarding the Bofors Gun - by John McGrath
• Village Wooing - and Dear Liar by George Bernard Shaw and Jerome Kitty
• Tango - by Slawomir Mrozek
• Staircase - by Charles Dyer
• Che Guevara - by Mario Fratti
• Foreplay - by Barry Friesen
• The Candidate - by James Schevill
• Space-Fan - by James Schevill
• The Criminals - by Jose Triana

[edit] 1970-1971

• The Secretary Bird - by William Douglas-Home
• Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead - by Tom Stoppard
• Othello - by William Shakespeare
• A Day in the Death of Joe Egg - by Peter Nichols
• Plaza Suite - by Neil Simon
• Hobson's Choice - by Harold Brighouse

[edit] 1971-1972

• The Chemmy Circle - by Georges Feydeau
• The Sorrows of Frederick - by Romulus Linney
• Treasure Island - adapted by Bernard Miles
• Crabdance - by Beverley Simons
• Relatively Speaking - by Alan Ayckbourn
• The Native - by Merv Campone
• Hadrian VII - by Peter Luke

[edit] 1972-1973

• Forty Years On - by Alan Bennett
• How the Other Half Loves - by Alan Ayckbourn
• Treasure Island - by Robert Louis Stevenson
• Lulu Street - by Ann Henry
• Old Times - by Harold Pinter
• Pillar of Sand - by Eric Nicol
• Arms and the Man - by George Bernard Shaw

[edit] 1973-1974

• Julius Caesar - by William Shakespeare
• Leaving Home - by David French
• Mr. Scrooge - music by Doroles Claman, book by Richard Morris and Ted Wood
• Mandragola - by Niccolo Machiavelli
• A Doll's House - by Henrik Ibsen
• Dutch Uncle - by Simon Gray
• Queer Sights, A Mouldy Tale - by Frank McEnaney

[edit] 1974-1975

• The Taming of the Shrew - by William Shakespeare
• Harvey - by Mary Coyle Chase
• The Adventures of Pinocchio - adapted by John Wood
• Of the Fields, Lately - by David French
• The Caucasian Chalk Circle - by Bertolt Brecht
• And Out Goes You? - by Sharon Pollock
• Frankenstein - adapted by Alden Knowlan and Walter Learning

[edit] 1975-1976

• Equus - by Peter Shaffer
• The Speckled Band - by Arthur Conan Doyle
• Macbeth - by William Shakespeare
• Leonce and Lena - by George Buchner
• Camille - by Robert David MacDonald
• Kennedy's Children - by Robert Patrick
• Komagata Muru Incident - by Sharon Pollock
• Back to Beulah - by W.O. Mitchell
• Dear Janet, Dear Mr. Kooning - by Stanley Eveling
• Why Hanna's Skirt Won't Stay Down - by Tom Eyen

[edit] 1976-1977

• Tartuffe - by Molière
• Count of Monte Cristo - by Ken Hill
• King Lear - by William Shakespeare
• Travesties - by Tom Stoppard
• Camino Real - by Tennessee Williams
• Dirty Linen and New-Found-Land - by Tom Stoppard
• The Blues - by Hrant Alianak
• The Sound of Distant Thunder - by Christopher Newton
• 7 Under the 0 - by Allan Stratton

[edit] 1977-1978

• Pygmalion - by George Bernard Shaw
• Arsenic and Old Lace - by Joseph Kesselring
• Oedipus (Swollen Foot) - by Seneca, adapted by Ted Hughes
• The Contractor - by David Storey
• Twelfth Night - by William Shakespeare
• Ashes - by David Rudkin
• A Respectable Wedding - by Bertolt Brecht
• Jack Sprat - by Joe Wiesenfeld
• Loot - by Joe Orton

[edit] 1978-1979

• Hamlet - by William Shakespeare
• A Flea in Her Ear - by Georges Feydeau
• The Crucible - by Arthur Miller
• Tales from the Vienna Woods - by Ödön von Horváth
• Ghosts - by Henrik Ibsen
• The Elocution of Benjamin Franklin - by Steve J. Spears
• Midtown Aces - by Jesse Boydan
• The Promise - by Aleksei Arbuzov
• Endgame - by Samuel Beckett

[edit] 1979-1980

• Jitters - by David French
• Blithe Spirit - by Noel Coward
• The Innocents - by William Archibald
• Love for Love - by William Congreve
• A Streetcar Named Desire - by Tennessee Williams
• Henry VI, Part 1 - by William Shakespeare
• As You Like It - by William Shakespeare
• Gunga Heath - by Heath Lamberts

[edit] 1980-1981

• The Servant of Two Masters - by Carlo Goldoni
• The Red Devil Battery Sign - by Tennessee Williams
• The Man Who Came to Dinner - by Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman
• The Lady From the Sea - by Henrik Ibsen
• Macbeth - by William Shakespeare
• Dreaming and Duelling - by John Lazarus
• The Tempest - by William Shakespeare
• Much Ado About Nothing - by William Shakespeare

[edit] 1981-1982

• The Notebook of Trigonin - by Tennessee Williams
• The Curse of the Werewolf - by Ken Hill and Ian Armit
• Wings - by Arthur Kopit
• Hunchback of Notre Dame - by Dennis Foon
• Romeo and Juliet - by William Shakespeare
• See How They Run - by Philip King
• Billy Bishop Goes to War - by John Gray and Eric Peterson

[edit] 1982-1983

• The Black Bonspiel of Willie MacCrimmon - by W.O. Mitchell
• The Dresser - by Ronald Harwood
• A Gift to Last - by Gordon Pinsent, adapted by Alden Nowlan and Walter Learning
• Mass Appeal - by Bill C. Davis
• The Tempest - by William Shakespeare
• A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum - by Stephen Sondheim, Larry Gelbart and Burt Shevelove
• Dry Rot - by John Chapman
• White Boys - by Tom Walmsey
• Clarence Darrow - by David W. Rintels
• As Loved Our Fathers - by Tom Kahill
• Dylan Thomas Bach - by Leon Pownall

[edit] 1983-1984

• Death of a Salesman - by Arthur Miller
• The Murder of Auguste Dupin - by J. Ben Tarver
• Godspell - by Michael Tebelak
• K-2 - by Patrick Meyers
• The Tomorrow Box - by Anne Chislett
• Amadeus - by Peter Shaffer
• Terrace Tanzi: The Venus Flytrap - by Claire Luckham
• North Shore Live - by Tom Wood, Nicola Cavendish and Bob Baker
• The Guys - Jean Barbeau, translated by Linda Gaboriau
• Win, Lose, Draw - by Mary Gallagher and Ava Watson

[edit] 1984-1985

• A Man For All Seasons - by Robert Bolt
• Terra Nova - by Ted Talley
• Better Watch Out, You Better Not Die - by John Gray
• Clarence Darrow - by David W. Rintels
• The School for Scandal - by Richard Brinsley Sheridan
• Cloud 9 - by Caryl Churchill
• I'll Be Back Before Midnight - by Peter Colley

[edit] 1985-1986

• Goodnight Disgrace - by Michael Mercer
• Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? - by Edward Albee
• Season's Greetings - by Alan Ayckbourn
• Of Mice and Men - by John Steinbeck
• Noises Off - by Michael Frayn
• A Chorus Line - by Michael Bennett
• Under the Influence - by Cedric Smith
• Salt Water Moon - by David French

[edit] 1986-1987

• Noises Off - by Michael Frayn
• Paracelsus - by George Ryga
• Diary of Anne Frank - by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett
• Private Lives - by Noel Coward
• Master Class - by David Pownall
• Foxfire - by Susan Cooper and Hume Cronyn
• I'm Not Rappaport - by Herb Gardner

[edit] 1987-1988

• A Midsummer Night's Dream - by William Shakespeare
• Fire - by Paul LeDoux and David Young
• B-Movie, The Play - by Tom Wood
• Back to Beulah - by W.O. Mitchell
• We, the Undersigned - by Aleksandr Gelman
• The Dining Room - by A.R. Gurney Jr.

[edit] 1988-1989

• A Lie of the Mind - by Sam Shepard
• Nothing Sacred - by George F. Walker
• The Glass Menagerie - by Tennessee Williams
• Health, The Musical - by John Gray
• Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune - by Terrence McNally
• Les Liaisons Dangereuses - by Christopher Hampton

[edit] 1989-1990

• Hedda Gabler - by Henrik Ibsen
• Blithe Spirit - by Noel Coward
• We Won't Pay! We Won't Pay! - by Dario Fo
• Shirley Valentine - by Willy Russell
• Doc - by Sharon Pollock
• Rock and Roll - by John Gray

[edit] 1990-1991

• A Streetcar Named Desire - by Tennessee Williams
• The Heidi Chronicles - by Wendy Wasserstein
• Hosanna - by Michel Tremblay
• Pygmalion - by George Bernard Shaw
• Other People's Money - by Jerry Sterner
• Herringbone, The Musical - by Tom Cone, Skip Kennon and Ellen Fitzhugh

[edit] 1991-1992

• A Moon for the Misbegotten - by Eugene O'Neill
• The Miser Molière - adapted by Tom Cone
• Love and Anger - by George F. Walker
• Macbeth - by William Shakespeare
• Fallen Angels - by Noel Coward
• My Children! My Africa! - by Athol Fugard

[edit] 1992-1993

• The Millionairess - by George Bernard Shaw
• The Wingfield Trilogy - by Dan Needles
• Shirley Valentine - by Willy Russell
• Lips Together, Teeth Apart - by Terrence McNally
• Much Ado About Nothing - by William Shakespeare
• Death and the Maiden - by Ariel Dorfman
• Private Lives - by Noel Coward

[edit] 1993-1994

• Born Yesterday - by Garson Kanin
• A Little of Wot You Fancy - by Susan Cox
• If We Are Women - by Joanna McClelland Glass
• The Relapse - by Sir John Vanbrugh
• A Doll's House - by Henrik Ibsen
• Struggle of the Dogs & the Black Bernard - by Marie Koltes

[edit] 1994-1995

• Oleanna - by David Mamet
• Charley's Aunt - by Brandon Thomas
• Fronteras Americanas - by Guillermo Verdecchia
• The Cherry Orchard - by Anton Chekov
• Waiting for the Parade - by John Murrell
• Homeward Bound - by Elliott Hayes

[edit] 1995-1996

• Three Tall Women - by Edward Albee
• The Importance of Being Earnest - by Oscar Wilde
• The Crucible - by Arthur Miller
• Later Life - by A.R. Gurney
• Betrayal - by Harold Pinter
• Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde, A Love Story - adapted by James Nichol
• True Mummy - by Tom Cone

[edit] 1996-1997

• Ghosts - by Henrik Ibsen
• Tons of Money - by Alan Ayckbourn
• 2000 - by Joan MacLeod
• Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? - by Edward Albee
• The Heiress - by Ruth Goetz and Augustus Goetz
• Money and Friends - by David Williamson

[edit] 1997-1998

• 2 Pianos, 4 Hands - by Ted Dykstra and Richard Greenblatt
• The Overcoat - by Morris Panych and Wendy Gorling
• A Perfect Ganesh - by Terrence McNally
• Atlantis - by Maureen Hunter
• Mrs. Warren's Profession - by George Bernard Shaw
• Picasso at the Lapin Agile - by Steve Martin

[edit] 1998-1999

• An Ideal Husband - by Oscar Wilde
• The Attic, The Pearls and 3 Fine Girls - by Ann-Marie MacDonald, Alisa Palmer, Martha Ross
• Billy Bishop Goes to War - by John Gray and Eric Peterson
• Skylight - by David Hare
• Tartuffe - by Molière
• The History of Things to Come - by Morris Panych, Gary Jones^{[disambiguation needed]} and Shawn Macdonald
• Suburban Motel - by George F. Walker

[edit] 1999-2000

• Of Mice and Men - by John Steinbeck
• The Rise and Fall of Little Voice - by Jim Cartwright
• She Stoops to Conquer - by Oliver Goldsmith
• Patience - by Jason Sherman
• The Bachelor Brothers on Tour - by Bill Dow and Martin Kinch
• 2 Pianos, 4 Hands - by Ted Dykstra and Richard Greenblatt
• The Overcoat - by Morris Panych and Wendy Gorling

[edit] 2000-2001

• The Coronation Voyage - by Michel Marc Bouchard, translated by Linda Gaboriau
• Guys and Dolls - music & lyrics by Frank Loesser, book by Jo Swerling
• Wit - by Margaret Edson
• Candida - by George Bernard Shaw
• The Beauty Queen of Leenane - by Martin McDonagh
• Game Misconduct - by Lesley Uyeda and Tom Cone
• Kilt - by Jonathan Wilson
• Dona Flora - by Electric Company

[edit] 2001-2002

• The Edible Woman - by Dave Carley, based on the novel by Margaret Atwood
• The Music Man - by Meredith Willson and Franklin Lacey
• The School for Wives - by Molière
• The Drawer Boy - by Michael Healey
• The Rainmaker - by N. Richard Nash
• The Dead Reckoning - by Aaron Bushkowsky

[edit] 2002-2003

• Proof - by David Auburn
• Fiddler on the Roof - book by Joseph Stein, music by Jerry Bock, lyrics by Sheldon Harnick
• Mary's Wedding - by Stephen Massicotte
• Romeo and Juliet - by William Shakespeare
• The Caretaker - by Harold Pinter
• Earshot - by Morris Panych
• Asylum of the Universe - by Camyar Chai

[edit] 2003-2004

• Stones in His Pockets - by Marie Jones
• Hello, Dolly! - book by Michael Stewart, music & lyrics by Jerry Herman
• Arms and the Man - by George Bernard Shaw
• One Last Kiss - by Aaron Bushkowsky
• Equus - by Peter Shaffer
• Cloud Tectonics - by Jose Rivera

[edit] 2004-2005

• Joni Mitchell: River - by Allan McInnis
• Noises Off - by Michael Frayn
• Humble Boy - by Charlotte Jones
• Copenhagen - by Michael Frayn
• Trying - by Joanna McLelland Glass

[edit] 2005-2006

• The Syringa Tree - by Pamela Gien
• A Little Night Music - lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, book by Hugh Wheeler
• Vincent in Brixton - by Nicholas Wright
• I Am My Own Wife - by Doug Wright
• No Great Mischief - by David S. Young

[edit] 2007-2008

• The Wars - by Timothy Findley
• Oliver! - by Lionel Bart
• The Blonde, the Brunette and the Vengeful Redhead - by Robert Hewett
• The Amorous Adventures of Anatol - by Arthur Schnitzler
• True West - by Sam Shepard

[edit] External links

• Vancouver Playhouse website