MISSION AND HISTORY

OUR MISSION

Classic Stage Company (CSC) challenges the traditional perception of classic work by exploring and reimagining great stories across the world’s repertoire that illuminate our common humanity. As a home for the classics, we collaborate with artists to produce work that is inclusive, relevant and accessible. We believe that theater can both reflect and improve our society by reaching across cultural divides in order to foster shared empathy and understanding.

Read our EDIA Commitment and Core Values here.

ABOUT CSC

In 1967, director Christopher Martin founded CSC Repertory in a 100-seat theater at Rutgers Presbyterian Church on West 73rd Street. Following short stints in small spaces, CSC grew to the point where it needed a permanent home. In 1973, the theater moved to its present premises on 13th Street, an intimate space that was formerly an East Village carriage house.

In the 55 years since, CSC has become a leading Off-Broadway theater that is a home for new and established artists, as well audiences seeking epic stories intimately told. Productions have been cited by all major Off-Broadway theater awards including the Obie, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle, Drama League, and the Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Body of Work.

TIMELINE

2022-PRESENT

Jill Rafson became Producing Artistic Director in 2022. Jill has been a trailblazer in her support of the next generation of playwrights whose work can be considered modern classics. We look forward to seeing her perspective on what defines classic theater and how this new vision will bolster CSC into 2023 and beyond. Read more about Jill joining CSC as Producing Artistic Director here.

2016-2022

Tony Award-winning director John Doyle became Artistic Director in 2016, having been Associate Artistic Director since 2013. For CSC, he has directed acclaimed productions of Stephen Sondheim’s Pacific Overtures and Passion, and Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Allegro. He leads the charge in revitalizing CSC’s mission of reimagining the classics for today’s audiences.

2022-2023
black odyssey by Marcus Gardley, directed by Stevie Walker-Webb
A MAN OF NO IMPORTANCE book by Terrence McNally, music by Stephen Flaherty, lyrics by Lynn Ahrens, directed and designed by John Doyle

2021-2022
ASSASSINS music & lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, book by John Weidman, directed by John Doyle
SNOW IN MIDSUMMER by Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig, directed by Zi Alikahn

2020-2021
TELL THE STORY: Celebrating Sondheim & Weidman’s Assassins featuring Stephen Sondheim, John Weidman and John Doyle

2019-2020
MACBETH by William Shakespeare, directed by John Doyle
DRACULA by Kate Hamill, directed by Sarna Lapine
FRANKENSTEIN by Tristan Bernays, directed by Timothy Douglas

2018-2019
THE RESISTIBLE RISE OF ARTURO UI by Bertolt Brecht, directed by John Doyle
MIES JULIE by Yaël Farber, directed by Shariffa Ali
THE DANCE OF DEATH by Conor McPherson, directed by Victoria Clark
THE CRADLE WILL ROCK, a play in music by Marc Blitzstein, directed by John Doyle

2017-2018
AS YOU LIKE IT by William Shakespeare, directed by John Doyle
THE STOWAWAY written and directed by Drew Petersen
Fiasco Theater’s TWELFTH NIGHT, or WHAT YOU WILL by William Shakespeare, directed by Noah Brody and Ben Steinfeld
FIRE AND AIR by Terrence McNally, directed by John Doyle
Young Company: JULIUS CAESAR by William Shakespeare, directed by Ashley Brooke Monroe
SUMMER AND SMOKE by Tennessee Williams, directed by Jack Cummings III
CARMEN JONES book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, music by Georges Bizet, directed by John Doyle

2016-2017
DEAD POETS SOCIETY by Tom Schulman, directed by John Doyle
THE LIAR adapted by David Ives, directed by Michael Kahn
PACIFIC OVERTURES music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, book by John Weidman, directed by John Doyle
Young Company: THE COMEDY ERRORS by William Shakespeare, directed by Tyne Rafaeli
FIRST LOOK FESTIVAL: THE AMERICANS featuring works by Arthur Miller, Eugene O’Neill and James Baldwin

Anika Noni Rose and Tramell Tillman in Carmen Jones. Photo by Joan Marcus.
Kelvin Moon Loh, Austin Ku, George Takei, Marc Oka and Thom Sesma in Pacific Overtures. Photo by Joan Marcus.
Raúl Esparza in The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui. Photo by Joan Marcus.
James Udom, Elise Kibler and Patrice Johnson Chevannes in Mies Julie. Photo by Joan Marcus.

2003-2016

Brian Kulick became Artistic Director in 2003 and produced critically-acclaimed productions of Shakespeare and programs like the Chekhov Cycle and Brecht Initiative. He instituted the Musical Theater Initiative, as well as introducing new work and important writers to CSC, including David Ives, whose Venus in Fur became CSC’s first Broadway transfer. The show went on to receive a Tony Award nomination for Best Play. In 2004, CSC began presenting productions for young audiences, introducing thousands of students across New York City to the enduring power of classic stories.

2015-2016
GREEK FESTIVAL three Greek plays by Euripides, Phaethon, and Aeschylus, directed by Rachel Chavkin, Alice Reagan, and Jonathan Vandenberg
MOTHER COURAGE AND HER CHILDREN by Bertolt Brecht, directed by Brian Kulick
Young Company: OTHELLO by William Shakespeare, directed by Tyne Rafaeli
NATHAN THE WISE by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, adapted by Edward Kemp, directed by Brian Kulick
PEER GYNT by Henrik Ibsen, directed and adapted by John Doyle
MONDAY NIGHT: UNCLE VANYA by Anton Chekhov, directed by Brian Kulick
MUSICAL MASTERWORKS: THE LADIES WHO SING SONDHEIM A Benefit for Classic Stage Company, directed by John Doyle
FIRST LOOK FESTIVAL: IBSEN four plays by Henrik Ibsen, directed by Scott Ebersold, Joanna Settle, Oliver Butler, and Tyne Rafaeli

2014-2015
ALLEGRO music by Richard Rodgers, book & lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, directed by John Doyle
MONDAY NIGHT: THE SEAGULL by Anton Chekhov, directed by Brian Kulick, John Christopher Jones, and Austin Pendleton
A MONTH IN THE COUNTRY by Ivan Turgenev, translated by John Christopher Jones, directed by Erica Schmidt
Young Company: A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM by William Shakespeare, directed by Tyne Rafaeli
HAMLET by William Shakespeare, directed by Austin Pendleton
FIRST LOOK FESTIVAL: IMPERIAL DREAMS a trilogy by Charles L. Mee freely adapted from the works of Euripides, directed by Scott Ebersold
DOCTOR FAUSTUS adapted by David Bridel & Andrei Belgrader from the play by Christopher Marlowe, directed by Andrei Belgrader

2013-2014
ROMEO & JULIET by William Shakespeare, directed by Tea Alagic
MONDAY NIGHT: JULIUS CAESAR by William Shakespeare, directed by Brian Kulick
THE LAST TWO PEOPLE ON EARTH by Paul Ford, Taylor Mac, Mandy Patinkin, and Susan Stroman, directed by Susan Stroman
A MAN’S A MAN by Bertolt Brecht, directed by Brian Kulick
BRECHT FEST poems and songs by Bertolt Brecht
Young Company: THE TEMPEST by William Shakespeare, directed by Jimmy Maize
FIRST LOOK FESTIVAL: CARYL CHURCHILL three plays by Caryl Churchill, directed by Tyne Rafael, Anna Brenner, and Osh Jones
THE HEIR APPARENT by David Ives, adapted from the play by Jean-Francois Regnard, directed by John Rando

2012-2013
IVANOV by Anton Chekhov, translated by Carol Rocarmora, directed by Austin Pendleton
PASSION music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, book by James Lapine, directed by John Doyle
THE BROTHERS KARAMAZOV, adapted by Jacques Copeau and Jean Croue, directed by Jimmy Maize
SUBJECT TO FITS (a response to The Idiot) by Robert Montgomery, directed by Anna Brenner
Young Company: MACBETH by William Shakespeare, directed by Tony Speciale
Books on Stage DOSTOEVSKY: CRIME AND PUNISHMENT, adapted by Marilyn Campbell and Curt Columbus, directed by Anna Brenner
MONDAY NIGHT: ROMEO & JULIET by William Shakespeare, directed by Brian Kulick and Tony Speciale
THE CAUCASIAN CHALK CIRCLE by Bertolt Brecht, directed by Brian Kulick

2011-2012
THE CHERRY ORCHARD by Anton Chekhov, translated by John Christopher Jones, directed by Andrei Belgrader
GALILEO by Bertolt Brecht, translated by Charles Laughton, directed by Brian Kulick
Young Company: MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING by William Shakespeare, directed by Jimmy Maize
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM by William Shakespeare, directed by Tony Speciale
MONDAY NIGHT: ANTONY & CLEOPATRA by William Shakespeare, directed by Brian Kulick and Craig Baldwin

2010-2011
ORLANDO from the novel by Virginia Woolf, adapted by Sarah Ruhl, directed by Rebecca Taichman
THREE SISTERS by Anton Chekhov, translated by Paul Schmidt, directed by Austin Pendleton
DOUBLE FALSEHOOD by William Shakespeare and John Fletcher, adapted for the 18th-century stage by Lewis Theobald, directed by Brian Kulick
THE SCHOOL FOR LIES by David Ives, adapted from Molière’s The Misanthrope, directed by Walter Bobbie
UNNATURAL ACTS created by Members of the Plastic Theatre, conceived and directed by Tony Speciale
Books on Stage: JAQUES AND HIS MASTER by Milan Kundera, adapted from Diderot
HAROUN AND THE SEA OF STORIES by Salman Rushdie
FIRST LOOK FESTIVAL: MOLIÈRE two plays by Molière
Young Company: AS YOU LIKE IT by William Shakespeare, directed by James Rutherford

2009-2010
THE AGE OF IRON by William Shakespeare, directed by Brian Kulick
VENUS IN FUR by David Ives, directed by Walter Bobbie
THE FOREST by Alexander Ostrovsky, translated by Kathleen Tolan, directed by Brian Kulick
FIRST LOOK FESTIVAL: PIRANDELLO by Luigi Pirandello, directed by Tony Speciale and Craig Baldwin
HENRY IV by William Shakespeare, directed by Brian Kulick
Young Company: TWELFTH NIGHT by William Shakespeare, directed by Tony Speciale
MONDAY NIGHT: MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING by William Shakespeare, directed by Brian Kulick
BOOKS ON STAGE: WAR AND PEACE and ANNA KARENINA by Leo Tolstoy

2008-2009
THE TEMPEST by William Shakespeare, directed by Brian Kulick
UNCLE VANYA by Anton Chekhov, translated by Carol Rocamora, directed by Austin Pendleton
AN ORESTEIA from the works of Aeschylos, Sophocles and Euripides, translated by Anne Carson, directed By Brian Kulick, Gisela Cardenas, and Paul Lazar
FIRST LOOK FESTIVAL: BRECHT four plays by Bertolt Brecht, directed by Javier Antonio González, Rachel Chavkin, Tony Speciale and Brian Kulick
The Young Company: ROMEO AND JULIET by William Shakespeare, directed by Tony Speciale
MONDAY NIGHT: OTHELLO by William Shakespeare, directed by Michael Sexton, Brian Kulick and Barry Edelstein
THE PROUST PROJECT, with plays by Pamela Hansford Johnson and Robert David McDonald, based on Marcel Proust’s Remembrance of Things Past

2007-2008
RICHARD III by William Shakespeare, directed by Brian Kulick and Michael Cumpsty
NEW JERUSALEM by David Ives, directed by Walter Bobbie
THE SEAGULL by Anton Chekhov, translated by Paul Schmidt, directed by Viacheslav Dolgachev
OLD COMEDY AFTER ARISTOPHANES’ FROGS by David Greenspan, directed by David Herskovits
FIRST LOOK FESTIVAL: GREEK PLAYS four Greek plays by Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides, directed by Michael Cumpsty, Brian Kulick, Paul Lazar, and Annie-B Parson
The Young Company: THE TAMING OF THE SHREW by William Shakespeare, directed by Tony Speciale
MONDAY NIGHT: MACBETH by William Shakespeare, directed by Brian Kulick, Barry Edelstein, Michael Sexton, and Anne Bogart

2006-2007
RICHARD II by William Shakespeare, directed by Brian Kulick
Open Rehearsal Series: EDWARD II by Christopher Marlowe, directed by Brian Kulick
A SPANISH PLAY by Yasmina Reza, translated by David Ives, directed by John Turturro
PROMETHEUS BOUND by Aeschylus, directed by James Kerr
THE ILIAD, Parts I, II, and III by Homer, translated by Stanley Lombardo, created by Peter Meineck and Robert Richmond
FIRST LOOK FESTIVAL: CHEKHOV four plays by Anton Chekhov, directed by Diane Paulus, Austin Pendelton, Erica Schmidt, and Gregory Mosher
Young Company: A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM by William Shakespeare, directed by Jeff Janisheski
MONDAY NIGHT: TEMPEST by William Shakespeare, directed by Brian Kulick, Anne Bogart, Michael Sexton, and Jeff Janisheski

2005-2006
HAMLET by William Shakespeare, directed by Brian Kulick
FRAGMENT drawn from the lost plays of Sophocles and Euripides, text assembled by Kelly Copper, directed by Pavol Liska
FAUST, Parts I & II by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, translated by Douglas Langsworthy, directed by David Herskovits
FIRST LOOK FESTIVAL: ELIZABETHAN PLAYS Three plays by Thomas Kyd, John Marston, Phillip Messinger, directed by Michael Sexton, Daisy Walker and John Dias
MONDAY NIGHT: LEAR by William Shakespeare directed by Brian Kulick, Michael Sexton, and Diane Paulus
The Young Company: MOLIÈRE CYCLE by Molière, directed by Niky Wolcz, Michael Sexton, and Brian Kulick

2004-2005
DEATH AND THE PLOUGHMAN by Johannes von Saaz, directed by Anne Bogart
THE FIRST LOOK FESTIVAL: GERMAN PLAYS four plays by Friedrich Schiller, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Gotthold Ephriam Lessing, and Anton Chekhov, directed by Erica Schmidt, Michael Sexton, Brian Kulick, Pavol Liska
HAPPY DAYS by Samuel Beckett, directed by Jeff Cohen
THE FALSE SERVANT by Pierre de Marivaux, directed by Brian Kulick
MONDAY NIGHT: HAMLET by William Shakespeare

2003-2004
THE MYSTERIES created and directed by Brian Kulick
ANTIGONE by Mac Wellman, directed by Paul Lazar
THE FIRST LOOK FESTIVAL: ENGLISH PLAYS three plays by Christopher Marlowe and Ben Johnson, directed by Brian Kulick, Erica Schmidt, and Michael Sexton
RICHARD III by William Shakespeare, directed by Barry Edelstein

Nina Arianda and Wes Bentley in Venus in Fur. Photo by Joan Marcus.
Dianne Wiest, John Douglas Thompson, Tony Torn, Adam Driver and Sam Tsoutsouvas in The Forest. Photo by Joan Marcus.
Ethan Hawke and Joely Richardson in Ivanov. Photo by Joan Marcus.
Taylor Schilling and Peter Dinklage in A Month in the Country. Photo by Joan Marcus.

1998-2003

Barry Edelstein became Artistic Director in 1998. In addition to continuing the theater’s tradition of producing major world classics and new adaptations of lesser-known works, Mr. Edelstein evolved the repertory to include forms such as dance and musical theater.

2002-2003
GHOSTS by Henrik Ibsen, directed by Daniel Fish
THE WINTER’S TALE by William Shakespeare, directed by Barry Edelstein
SAVANNAH BAY by Marguerite Duras, directed by Les Waters

2001-2002
MONSTER by Neal Bell, adapted from Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, directed by Michael Greif
THE UNDERPANTS by Carl Sternheim, in a new version by Steve Martin, directed by Barry Edelstein
ROOM by Jocelyn Clarke, based upon the writings of Virginia Woolf, directed by Anne Bogart

2000-2001
NAKED by Luigi Pirandello, adapted by Nicholas Wright, directed by John Rando
TEXTS FOR NOTHING by Samuel Beckett, directed by Bill Irwin
RACE by Ferdinand Bruckner, adapted and directed by Barry Edelstein
I WILL BEAR WITNESS by Victor Klemperer, translated by Martin Chalmers, adapted by George Bartenieff and Karen Malpede, directed by George Bartenieff
IN THE PENAL COLONY music by Philip Glass, libretto by Rudolph Wurlitzer, based on a story by Franz Kafka, directed by Joanne Akalaitis

1999-2000
LOOKING BACK IN ANGER by John Osborne, directed by Jo Bonney
THE HURRICANE by Erin Cressida Wilson, directed by Barry Edelstein
THE ALCHEMIST by Ben Jonson, directed by Barry Edelstein

1998-1999
WAITING FOR GODOT by Samuel Beckett, directed by Andrei Belgrader
THE MISANTHROPE by Molière, translated by Martin Crimp, directed by Barry Edelstein
A SIMPLE HEART by Annie-B Parson and Paul Lazar, adapted from the story by Gustave Flaubert, directed by Annie-B Parson and Paul Lazar

Roger Rees & Uma Thurman in The Misanthrope. Photo by Joan Marcus.
John Turturro and Tony Shalhoub in Waiting for Godot. Photo by Dixie Sheridan.
Johann Carlo, Dan Castellaneta, Jeremy Shamos in The Alchemist. Photo by Dixie Sheridan.
Kristine Nielsen in Steve Martin’s The Underpants. Photo by Dixie Sheridan.

1992-1998

David Esbjornson succeeded Ms. Perloff as Artistic Director in 1992. During his tenure, CSC continued to explore the classics of the 20th century, but also produced numerous new plays based on classic material, including works by major American playwrights including Pulitzer Prize winners Tony Kushner and Paula Vogel.

1997-1998
THERESE RAQUIN by Emile Zola, translated by Neal Bell, directed by David Esbjornson
CHRISTMAS AT THE IVANOV’S by Alexander Vvedensky, translated by Julia Listengarten and Karin Coonrod, directed by Karin Coonrod
PHAEDRA IN DELIRIUM by Susan Yankowtiz, directed by Alison Summers

1996-1997
THE ENTERTAINER by John Osborne, directed by David Esbjornson
ANOTHER PART OF THE HOUSE by Migdalia Cruz, directed by David Esbjornson

1995-1996
ENDGAME by Samuel Beckett, directed by David Esbjornson
ENTERTAINING MR SLOANE by Joe Orton, directed by David Esbjornson
DON JUAN COMES BACK FROM THE WAR by Odon von Horvath, translated by Ralph Manheim and Sean Allen, directed by Annie-B Parson and Paul Lazar

1994-1995
THE SCARLET LETTER by Phyllis Nagy, directed by Lisa Peterson
IPHIGENIA AND OTHER DAUGHERS by Ellen McLaughlin, directed by David Esbjornson
AMPHITRYON by Eric Overmyer, directed by Brian Kulick

1993-1994
THE MAIDS by Jean Genet, translated by Bernard Frechtman, directed by David Esbjornson
THE ILLUSION by Pierre Corneille, adapted by Tony Kushner, directed by David Esbjornson
THE TRIUMPH OF LOVE by Marivaux, translated by James Magruder, directed by Michael Mayer

1992-1993
GOODNIGHT DESDEMONA (GOOD MORNING JULIET) by Ann-Marie MacDonald, directed by David Esbjornson
SCAPIN by Molière, translated by Shelley Berc and Andrei Belgrader, directed by Andrei Belgrader
KRAPP’S LAST TAPE by Samuel Beckett, directed by David Esbjornson and John Seitz

Cynthia Nixon and Rob Campbell in The Illusion. Photo by T. Charles Erickson.
Brian Murphy and Jean Stapelton in The Entertainer.
The set of Iphigenia and Other Daughters.
John Seitz and Kathleen Chalfant in Endgame.

1987-1992

Carey Perloff became Artistic Director in 1987. Her five seasons brought CSC a new level of recognition—not only in the Off-Broadway community, but nationwide as well. Ms. Perloff encouraged CSC to regard the great plays of the 20th century as legitimate “classics”, and did important work on plays by Harold Pinter, Samuel Beckett, and Bertolt Brecht, in addition to programming the mainstays of the classical canon.

1991-1992
BON APPETIT! by Ruth Draper and Julia Child, adapted by Mark Shulgasser, directed by Carey Perloff
CABARET VERBOTEN created by Jeremy Lawrence, directed by Carey Perloff and Charles Rudolph-Wright
CREDITORS by August Strindberg, translated by Paul Walsh, directed by Carey Perloff
CANDIDE by Len Jenkin, adapted from the book by Voltaire, directed by David Esbjornson and Carey Perloff

1990-1991
HAPPY DAYS by Samuel Beckett, directed by Carey Perloff
THE LEARNED LADIES by Molière, translated and adapted by Freyda Thomas, directed by Richard Seyd
THE RESISTIBLE RISE OF ARTURO UI by Bertolt Brecht, translated by Ralph Manheim, directed by Carey Perloff

1989-1990
HEART OF A DOG by Mikhail Bulgakov, adapted by Deloss Brown, directed by Robert Lanchester
MOUNTAIN LANGUAGE by Harold Pinter, directed by Carey Perloff
THE BIRTHDAY PARTY by Harold Pinter, directed by Carey Perloff
THE TOWER OF EVIL by Alexandre Dumas, translated by Michael Feingold, directed by Carey Perloff

1988-1989
RAMEAU’S NEPHEW by Denis Diderot, translated by Shelley Berc and Andrei Belgrader, directed by Andrei Belgrader
PHAEDRA BRITANNICA by Tony Harrison, adapted by Tony Harrison, directed by Carey Perloff
DON JUAN OF SEVILLE by Tirso de Molina, translated by Lynne Alvarez, directed by Carey Perloff

1987-1988
ELEKTRA by Rudd Felming and Ezra Pound, directed by Carey Perloff
UNCLE VANYA by Anton Chekhov, translated by Marian Fell, directed by Maria Irene Fornes
THE BIRTHDAY PARTY by Harold Pinter, directed by Carey Perloff

Harold Pinter and Carey Perloff in rehearsal for The Birthday Party.
Jean Stapelton in Bon Appetit.
Betsy Joslyn, Mark Nelson, John Rubenstein and Carole Shelley in Cabaret Verboten.
The Cast of Candide.

1967-1987

Christopher Martin founded CSC and led the organization until 1985, building an ongoing artistic company that performed the great plays of the world’s classical repertoire in a rotating schedule. Upon Mr. Martin’s departure, CSC came under the direction of Artistic Director Craig Kinzer and Producing Director Carol Ostrow.

1986-1987
THE MAIDS by Jean Genet, adapted by Lawrence Maslow, directed by Craig D. Kinzer
THE SKIN OF OUR TEETH by Thornton Wilder, directed by Carey Perloff
THE MERCHANT OF VENICE by William Shakespeare, directed by Jim Simpson

1985-1986
BRAND by Henrik Ibsen, translated by Michael Meyer, directed by Craig D. Kinzer
FRANKENSTEIN by Mary Shelley, adapted by Lawrence Maslow, directed by Craig D. Kinzer
MEDIEVAL MYSTERY PLAYS by the Wakefield Cycle
THE TEMPEST by William Shakespeare
THE COUNTRY DOCTOR by Len Jeknins from the short story by Franz Kafka
THE DIVINE ORLANDO by William Luce

1984-1985
AGAMEMNON by Aeschuylus, translated by Robert Fagles, directed by Christopher Martin
ELEKTRA/ORESTES by Aeschylus, translated by Robert Fagles, directed by Christopher Martin
GEORGES DANDIN by Molière, adapted by Alex Szogyi, directed by Lawrence Maslon
THE UNDERPANTS by Carl Sternheim, translated by Eric Bentley, directed by Craig D. Kinzer

1983-1984
BIG AND LITTLE by Botho Strauss, translated and directed by Christopher Martin
THE HAMLET DECONSTRUCTION by William Shakespeare, adapted by Christopher Martin and Karen Sunde, directed by Christopher Martin
DANCE OF DEATH by August Strindberg, translated and directed by Christopher Martin

1982-1983
FAUST: Parts I and II by John Wolfgang Von Goethe, adapted by Phillip Wayne, directed by Christopher Martin
WILD OATS by John O’Keefe, directed by Christopher Martin
BALLOON by Karen Sunde, directed by Christopher Martin and Karen Sunde
DANTON’S DEATH by Georg Büchner, translated and directed by Christopher Martin

1981-1982
THEBAN PLAYS three plays by Sophocles, translated by Paul Roche, directed by Christopher Martin
PEER GYNT by Henrik Ibsen, translated by Rolf Fjelde, directed by Christopher Martin
THE CHERRY ORCHARD by Anton Chekhov, directed by Rene Buch
KING LEAR by William Shakespeare, directed by Christopher Martin
GHOST SONATA by August Strindberg, directed by Christopher Martin and Karen Sunde

1980-1981
GILES DE RAIS (BLUEBEARD) by Roger Planchon, translated by John Burgess, directed by Christopher Martin
LEONCE AND LENA by George Buchner, adapted by John Mackay, translated and directed by Christopher Martin
WOYZECK by George Büchner, translated and directed by Christopher Martin

1979-1980
THE CAVERN by Jean Anouilh, translated by Arthur Hanket, directed by Christopher Martin
THE CUCHULAIN PLAYS by William Butler Yeats, directed by Christopher Martin
DOCTOR FAUSTUS by Christopher Marlowe, directed by Christopher Martin
DON JUAN by Molière, translated and directed by Christopher Martin
THE MERCHANT OF VENICE by William Shakespeare, directed by Christopher Martin

1978-1979
HENRY IV, Parts I & II by William Shakespeare, directed by Christopher Martin
WILD OATS by John O’Keefe, directed by Christopher Martin
THE MARQUIS OF KEITH by Frank Wedekind, adapted and directed by Christopher Martin
RICHARD II by William Shakespeare, directed by Christopher Martin

1977-1978
ROSMERSHOLM by Henrik Ibsen, adapted and directed by Christopher Martin
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM by William Shakespeare
SERGEANT MUSGRAVE’S DANCE by John Arden, directed by John Shannon
THE MAIDS by Jean Genet, translated by Bernard Frechtman, directed by Christopher Martin
THE RUNNING OF THE DEER by Karen Sunde, directed by Christopher Martin
THE MADWOMAN OF CHAILLOT by Jean Giraudoux, adapted by Maurice Valency, directed by Christopher Martin

1976-1977
HEARTBREAK HOUSE by George Bernard Shaw, directed by Christopher Martin
THE HOMECOMING by Harold Pinter, directed by Christopher Martin
TARTUFFE by Molière, directed by Christopher Martin
BINGO by Edward Bond
THE BALCONY by Jean Genet, translated by Terry Hands and Barbara Wright, directed by Christopher Martin

1975-1976
A COUNTRY SCANDAL by Anton Chekhov, translated by Alex Szogyi, directed by Stuart Vaughan
MEASURE FOR MEASURE by William Shakespeare, directed by Christopher Martin
HEDDA GABLER by Henrik Ibsen, translated by William Archer, directed by Christopher Martin
ANTIGONE by Jean Anouilh, directed by Christopher Martin
SCHOOL FOR BUFFOONS and ESCURIAL by Michel de Ghelderode
LA CELESTINA by Fernando de Rojas
THE HOUND OF BASKERVILLES by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, directed by Christopher Martin

1974-1975
HEDDA GABLER by Henrik Ibsen
THE TEMPEST by William Shakespeare
THE MAIDS by Jean Genet
EDWARD II by Christopher Marlowe
THE LADY’S NOT FOR BURNING by Christopher Fry
THE SERVANT by William Somerset Maugham
ANTIGONE by Jean Anouilh
WOYZECK by Georg Büchner

1973-1974
MOBY DICK by Herman Melville
TWELFTH NIGHT by William Shakespeare
MISS JULIE by August Strindberg
THE HOMECOMING by Harold Pinter
THE MISANTHROPE by Molière
ROSENCRANTZ AND GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD by Tom Stoppard
THE REVENGER’S TRAGEDY by Cyril Tourneur
THE DWARF and THE DUMBWAITER by Harold Pinter
UNDER MILKWOOD by Dylan Thomas
HEDDA GABLER by Henrik Ibsen
THE CARETAKER by Harold Pinter

1972-1973
ROSENCRANTZ AND GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD by Tom Stoppard
THE HOMECOMING by Harold Pinter
THE TEMPEST by William Shakespeare
MACBETH by William Shakespeare
THE DEVILS by John Robert Whiting
MEASURE FOR MEASURE by William Shakespeare
LOOT by Joe Orton
ROSHOMON by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa

1971-1972
MARAT/SADE by Peter Weiss
JULIUS CAESAR by William Shakespeare
THE INSPECTOR GENERAL by Nikolai Gogol
TITUS ANDRONICUS by William Shakespeare

1970-1971
HAMLET by William Shakespeare
ROSENCRANTZ AND GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD by Tom Stoppard
MOBY DICK by Herman Melville
TWELFTH NIGHT by William Shakespeare
MAN AND SUPERMAN by George Bernard Shaw
PERICLES by William Shakespeare
UNCLE VANYA by Anton Chekhov

1969-1970
THE REVENGER’S TRAGEDY by Cyril Tourneur
POOR BITOS by Jean Anouilh
UNCLE VANYA by Anton Chekhov
MAN AND SUPERMAN by George Bernard Shaw
GOAT ISLAND by Ugo Betti
MOBY DICK by Herman Melville

1968-1969
THE CAVERN by Jean Anouilh
TARTUFFE by Molière

1967-1968
HAMLET by William Shakespeare
MAN AND SUPERMAN by George Bernard Shaw

Photo from Theban Plays.
Photo from The Homecoming.
Photo from Woyzeck.
The cast of Tartuffe.
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