The Public Theater has produced over 120 plays and musicals at the Delacorte Theater in New York City's Central Park since the theater's opening in 1962. Currently the series is produced under the brand Free Shakespeare in the Park, and all productions are staged at the Delacorte. In past decades, the series was branded The New York Shakespeare Festival and encompassed productions at both the Delacorte and the Public's downtown location in the former Astor Library.
Henry VIII, staged in 1997, was celebrated as the final work of the Shakespearean canon to be performed as part of the series, [1] but within productions staged at the Delacorte, Macbeth was not performed until 2006 and, as of yet [update], the three parts of Henry VI have not been performed except as the heavily abridged Wars of the Roses in 1970.
With the 2022 season, As You Like It joined Measure for Measure, Twelfth Night, and Much Ado About Nothing as the most-performed works, each having been produced six times (including musical adaptations).
Productions before the Delacorte
All plays are by William Shakespeare. Except as noted, all productions were staged in Central Park on or adjacent to the site of the future Delacorte Theater.
Productions at the Delacorte
All plays are by William Shakespeare except as noted.
Notes on works performed
- ^ by Sophocles, English translation by H. D. F. Kitto
- ^ by Henrik Ibsen, English translation by Michael Meyer
- ^ abridgment of 1 Henry VI, 2 Henry VI, 3 Henry VI, and Richard III; adapted by John Barton
- ^ musical adaptation of The Two Gentlemen of Verona; book by John Guare and Mel Shapiro, lyrics by Guare and music by Galt MacDermot
- ^ by Derek Walcott
- ^ by Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill, English translation by Ralph Manheim and John Willett
- ^ by Aeschylus, English translation by Edith Hamilton
- ^ by Gilbert and Sullivan
- ^ play by Molière; English-language translation by Donald M. Frame
- ^ English-language adaptation of Donizetti's Don Pasquale; musical adaptation by William Elliott, new libretto by Nancy Heikin and Anthony Giles from an adaptation by Tito Schipa Jr. and Gianni Marchetti
- ^ by H. Leivick, English translation by J.C. Augenlicht
- ^ musical by Rupert Holmes based on the novel The Mystery of Edwin Drood by Charles Dickens
- ^ by Euripides, performed in Japanese translation
- ^ Portuguese translation
- ^ music by Leonard Bernstein and book and lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green
- ^ by Thornton Wilder
- ^ by Molière, English translation by Richard Wilbur
- ^ by Anton Chekhov, English translation by Tom Stoppard
- ^ by Bertolt Brecht, English translation by Tony Kushner with music by Jeanine Tesori
- ^ book and lyrics by James Rado and Gerome Ragni and music by Galt MacDermot
- ^ by Euripides, English translation by Nicholas Rudall and featuring original music by Philip Glass
- ^ music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by James Lapine
- ^ adaptation of Love's Labour's Lost; music and lyrics by Michael Friedman and book by Alex Timbers [165]
- ^ musical adaptation by Kwame Kwei-Armah and Shaina Taub [178]
- ^ a b musical adaptation by Shaina Taub and Laurie Woolery [187]
- ^ adaptation of The Merry Wives of Windsor by Jocelyn Bioh [188]
Notes on productions
- ^ a b production staged at the East River Park amphitheater [2]
- ^ Massey was replaced by Vaughn for the final two performances [3]
- ^ The production opened with the role of Hamlet played by Ryder, but when he contracted laryngitis Papp hired Burr, who had recently played Hamlet on Broadway, to fill the role. [30] Papp subsequently dismissed Ryder rather than permit him to return upon recovery. [31]
- ^ a b two parts of Henry IV performed alternating nights in repertory, with marathon performances given on three Saturdays [45]
- ^ performed as three plays in repertory with marathon performances given on two Saturdays [52] [53]
- ^ canceled due to the death of the director [104]
- ^ revival of 1971 production
- ^ replacing David Harbour, who sustained an injury during a performance
- ^ production canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic; [185] [186] reformated as a four-part radio drama
- ^ production canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic; [185] [186] rescheduled for 2022
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