Shakespeare

The Complete Works of Shakespeare

Given how much theatre there is for people to see, and particularly how many Shakespearean productions there are, you’d think that most regular theatregoers could claim to have seen all of the Bard’s works. But theatres have their favourites and so whilst there’s plenty chance to see some of them, others remain sadly neglected. I’ve only counted theatrical productions and when I’ve seen the same one more than once, I’ve still just counted it the once.

Score as of February 2024 – 38/38 (my favourite production is bolded)

The Tempest – 11
Globe (2005)Bridge Project (2010)Cheek By Jowl (2011)Jericho House (2011)Theatre Royal Haymarket (2011)RSC (2012)Globe (2013)Donmar (2016)Southwark Playhouse (2017), Iris Theatre (2018), Jermyn Street (2020),

The Two Gentlemen of Verona – 1
RSC (2014),

The Merry Wives of Windsor – 4
Globe (2010)RSC (2013)RSC (2018), OVO Theatre 2020

Measure for Measure – 5
Almeida (2010)Cheek by Jowl (2015)Globe (2015)Young Vic (2015), Donmar (2018),

The Comedy of Errors – 6
Open Air Theatre (2010)Propeller (2011)National Theatre (2011)RSC (2012)Oxford University Dramatic Society (2013)Globe (2014),   

Much Ado About Nothing – 13
Wyndhams (2011)Globe (2011)RSC (2012)Old Vic (2013)Globe (2014)RSC (2014)Faction (2016), OVO Theatre (2018), Antic Disposition (2018), Exploding Whale (2018), Watford Palace (2018), National Theatre (2022), Bear in the Air (2022),

Love’s Labour’s Lost – 1
RSC 2014

A Midsummer Night’s Dream – 27
Southwark Playhouse (2009)Rose Theatre Kingston (2010)Propeller (2011)Iris Theatre (2011)Filter (2012)Open Air Theatre (2012)Stafford Festival (2013)Tooting Arts Club (2013)Globe (2013)MGC (2013)Propeller (2013)Malachites (2014)Union Theatre (2014)Everyman (2015)Filter (2016)RSC (2016)Reversed Shakespeare Company (2016)Globe (2016)Go People (2016)The Donkey Show (2016)Young Vic (2017)Acting Gymnasium (2018), Watermill (2018), The Owle Schreame (2019), Bridge Theatre (2019), Open Air Theatre (2019), Union Theatre (2022),

The Merchant of Venice – 7
Malachites (2014)Drayton Arms (2014)Almeida/RSC (2014)Globe (2015)RSC (2015)Cockpit (2015), Watford Palace (2023),

As You Like It – 14
Wyndhams (2005)Bridge Project (2010)Royal Exchange (2011)Globe (2011)Guildford Shakespeare Company (2013)RSC (2013)Southwark Playhouse (2014)Globe (2015)National Theatre (2015), Globe (2018), Public Acts (2019), RSC (2019), @sohoplace (2022), Globe (2023),

The Taming of the Shrew – 6
Globe (2003)Southwark Playhouse (2011)RSC (2012)Globe (2012)Propeller (2013)Custom/Practice (2016),   

All’s Well That Ends Well – 5
RSC (2004)National Theatre (2009)Globe (2011)RSC (2013), Jermyn Street (2019),   

Twelfth Night – 17
Donmar West End (2009)RSC (2009)Filter (2010)National Theatre (2011)The Faction (2012)RSC (2012)Globe (2012)Propeller (2012)English Touring Theatre (2014)Arrows and Traps (2016)National Theatre (2017)Original Impact (2017)Royal Exchange (2017)Globe (2017)Watermill (2018), Young Vic (2018), OVO Theatre (2019),

The Winter’s Tale – 9
Bridge Project (2009)RSC (2010)Propeller (2012)Unicorn (2012)Landor (2012)Crucible (2013)Kenneth Branagh Company (2015)Globe (2016), National Theatre (2018),    

Pericles, Prince of Tyre – 2
Globe (2016), Public Acts (2018),

The Two Noble Kinsmen – 1
Instant Classics (2015),

King John – 2
Union (2012)Globe (2015)

Richard II – 9
Globe (2003)Tobacco Factory (2011)Donmar (2011)Barbican (2013)Globe (2015), Almeida (2018), Globe (2019), We Are Animate (2022), Tangle (2022),

Henry IV, Part 1 – 3
National Theatre (2005)Globe (2010)Donmar (2014),

Henry IV, Part 2 – 2
National Theatre (2005)Globe (2010)

Henry V – 10
Southwark Playhouse (2010)Propeller (2011)Theatre Delicatessen (2012)Globe (2012)Unicorn (2013)MGC (2013)Toneelgroep Amsterdam (2015)Open Air Theatre (2016), OVO Theatre 2020, Donmar Warehouse (2022),   

Henry VI, Part 1 – 2
Toneelgroep Amsterdam (2015)Trevor Nunn (2015),

Henry VI, Part 2 – 2
Toneelgroep Amsterdam (2015)Trevor Nunn (2015),

Henry VI, Part 3 – 3
Union (2015)Toneelgroep Amsterdam (2015)Trevor Nunn (2015),

Richard III – 11
Riverside Studios (2010)Propeller (2010)Old Vic (2011)Globe (2012)Lazarus (2014)Trafalgar Transformed (2014)Toneelgroep Amsterdam (2015)Trevor Nunn (2015)Faction (2016), Donmar Warehouse (2019), Liverpool Playhouse (2023),

Henry VIII – 1
Globe (2010)

Troilus and Cressida – 1
RSC (2012)

Coriolanus – 2
Toneelgroep Amsterdam (2009)Donmar (2013),

Titus Andronicus – 3
Barons Court (2011)Arcola (2013)Globe (2014),

Romeo and Juliet – 12
RSC (2010)Ruby in the Smoke (2010)Iris Theatre (2010)MokitaGrit (2010)NYTGB (2013)Faction (2015)Rose Kingston (2015)Kenneth Branagh Company (2016)Globe (2017)Union (2017), RSC (2018), Purple Ostrich (2018),

Timon of Athens – 1 
National Theatre (2012),  

Julius Caesar – 6
Toneelgroep Amsterdam (2009)RSC (2012)Donmar (2012)Iris Theatre (2013)Crucible (2017), Bridge Theatre (2018),    

Macbeth – 26
Cheek By Jowl (2010)Globe (2010)Song of the Goat (2010)Liverpool Everyman (2011)Baz Productions (2011)Crucible (2012)Trafalgar Transformed (2013), Manchester International Festival (2013)Globe (2013)RIFT (2014)Filter (2014)Tigz (2014)NYToGB (2014)Omnibus (2014)Young Vic (2015)Arrows & Traps (2016), National Theatre (2018), Lyric Hammersmith (2018)RSC (2018), Watermill (2019), Lazarus Theatre (2020), Big Telly Theatre (2020), Shitfaced Shakespeare (2021), Flabbergast (2023), Donmar (2023), Dock X (2024),   

Hamlet – 17
Donmar West End (2009)National Theatre (2010)Crucible (2010)Globe (2011)Hamlet! The Musical (2011)Young Vic (2011)RSC (2013)Faction (2014)Toneelgroep Amsterdam (2014)Royal Exchange (2014)Citizens (2014)English Rep (2015)Barbican (2015)RSC (2016)Almeida (2017), Globe (2018), Hamlet (2021),       

King Lear – 12
Donmar (2010)RSC (2011)Almeida (2012)CFT (2013)National Theatre (2014)Union (2014)Guildford Shakespeare Company (2015)Song of the Goat (2015)Old Vic (2016)CFT (2017), Kenneth Branagh (2023), Almeida (2024),

Othello – 8
Crucible (2011)National Theatre (2013)Frantic Assembly (2015)Time Zone (2015)Arrows and Traps (2016)Globe (2017), Lyric Hammersmith (2018), National Theatre (2022),

Antony and Cleopatra – 4
Toneelgroep Amsterdam (2009)RSC (2010)Liverpool Playhouse (2010), National Theatre (2018),  

Cymbeline – 4
National Youth Theatre (2009)Tabard (2011)Globe (2016)Globe #2 (2016),