Production History
A select list of productions, chosen either because they have been most prominently noted, or because they included unique interpretations (blatantly transposing, for instance, the play's setting). I have included separated pages for three productions, highlighting the original production along with two more recent examples. The two later examples have been included to provide a sense of some of the most recent large-scale productions of The Beaux' Stratagem, and to provide snippets of reviews that might not be found through a simple search of Google or recent newspaper archives. These individual pages include sections ranging from cast lists to review excerpts and links to complete reviews.
1707, March 8: The Queen’s Theatre
First production ofThe Beaux Stratagem.
1970: The National Theatre Company at the Old Vic, London
Directed by William Gaskill.
Follow this link to see a poster from the production.
1987: Lafayette College
Transposed into mid-eighteenth-century New York.
1989: Touring production, chiefly including Belgrade, Coventry and National Theatre at the Lyttelton, London
Directed by Peter Wood.
Follow this link to see a poster from the production.
1994, January: The Vortex, Austin
Transposed into the American West
1994, June: Beersheba Municipal Theater, Israel
1995, September: Berkeley Repertory Theatre
Complemented the 18th-century setting with anachronistic touches.
1996, February-March: Yale Repertory Theatre
2005, April: Lichfield Garrick Studio
Included women cast as Aimwell and Gibbet and integrated "pop songs." See review.
2006, November-December: The Shakespeare Theatre
Premiering an adaptation by Thornton Wilder and Ken Ludwig.
1707, March 8: The Queen’s Theatre
First production ofThe Beaux Stratagem.
1970: The National Theatre Company at the Old Vic, London
Directed by William Gaskill.
Follow this link to see a poster from the production.
1987: Lafayette College
Transposed into mid-eighteenth-century New York.
1989: Touring production, chiefly including Belgrade, Coventry and National Theatre at the Lyttelton, London
Directed by Peter Wood.
Follow this link to see a poster from the production.
1994, January: The Vortex, Austin
Transposed into the American West
1994, June: Beersheba Municipal Theater, Israel
1995, September: Berkeley Repertory Theatre
Complemented the 18th-century setting with anachronistic touches.
1996, February-March: Yale Repertory Theatre
2005, April: Lichfield Garrick Studio
Included women cast as Aimwell and Gibbet and integrated "pop songs." See review.
2006, November-December: The Shakespeare Theatre
Premiering an adaptation by Thornton Wilder and Ken Ludwig.