Chichester Festival production history

1960s

• The Chances by John Fletcher, directed by Laurence Olivier
• The Broken Heart by John Ford, directed by Laurence Olivier
• Uncle Vanya by Anton Chekhov, translation by Constance Garnett, directed by Laurence Olivier

• Saint Joan by George Bernard Shaw, directed by John Dexter
• Uncle Vanya by Anton Chekhov, translation by Constance Garnett, directed by Laurence Olivier
• The Workhouse Donkey by John Arden, directed by Stuart Burge

• The Royal Hunt of the Sun by Peter Shaffer, directed by John Dexter
• The Dutch Courtesan by John Marston, directed by William Gaskill
• Othello by William Shakespeare, directed by John Dexter

• Armstrong's Last Goodnight by John Arden, directed by John Dexter and William Gaskill
• Trelawny of the 'Wells by Arthur Wing Pinero, directed by Desmond O'Donovan
• Miss Julie by August Strindberg, translation by Michael Meyer, directed by Michael Elliott
• Black Comedy by Peter Shaffer, directed by John Dexter

• The Caucasian Chalk Circle by Bertolt Brecht, translation by James and Tania Stern with W. H. Auden, directed by Peter Coe
• The Magistrate by Arthur Wing Pinero, directed by John Clements
• The Country Wife by William Wycherley, directed by Robert Chetwyn
• Antony and Cleopatra by William Shakespeare, directed by Peter Dews

  1970s

• Peer Gynt by Henrik Ibsen, English version by Christopher Fry based on a translation by Johann Fillinger, directed by Peter Coe
• Vivat! Vivat Regina! by Robert Bolt, directed by Peter Dews
• Double bill: The Proposal by Anton Chekhov, translation by Constance Garnett, and Arms and the Man by George Bernard Shaw. Directed by John Clements
• The Alchemist by Ben Jonson, directed by Peter Dews

• The Rivals by Richard Brinsley Sheridan, directed by John Clements
• Dear Antoine by Jean Anouilh, translated by Lucienne Hill, directed by Robin Phillips
• Caesar and Cleopatra by George Bernard Shaw, directed by Robin Phillips
• Reunion in Vienna by Robert E. Sherwood, directed by Frith Banbury

• The Beggar's Opera by John Gay, directed by Robin Phillips
• The Doctor's Dilemma by George Bernard Shaw, directed by John Clements
• The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare, directed by Jonathan Miller
• The Lady's Not for Burning by Christopher Fry, directed by Robin Phillips

• The Director of the Opera by Jean Anouilh, translated by Lucienne Hill, directed by Peter Dews
• The Seagull by Anton Chekhov, directed by Jonathan Miller
• R Loves J by Peter Ustinov, music by Alexander Faris, lyrics by Julian More, directed by Wendy Toye
• Dandy Dick by Arthur Wing Pinero, directed by John Clements

• Tonight We Improvise by Luigi Pirandello, translated by Samuel Putnam, directed by Peter Coe
• The Confederacy by John Vanbrugh, directed by Wendy Toye
• Oedipus Tyrannus by Sophocles, adapted by Gail Rademacher, directed by Hovhannes Pilikian
• A Month in the Country by Ivan Turgenev, translated by Adriane Nicolaeff, directed by Toby Robinson

• Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand, translated by Christopher Fry, directed by José Ferrer
• An Enemy of the People by Henrik Ibsen, English version by John Patrick Vincent, directed by Patrick Garland
• Made in Heaven by Andrew Sachs, directed by Wendy Toye
• Othello by William Shakespeare, directed by Peter Dews

• Noah by André Obey, English text by Arthur Wilmurt, directed by Eric Thompson
• Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare, directed by Keith Michell
• The Circle by W. Somerset Maugham, directed by Peter Dews
• Monsieur Perrichon's Travels by Eugène Labiche & Edouard Martin, English version by R.H. Ward, directed by Patrick Garland

• Waters of the Moon by N.C. Hunter, directed by John Clements
• In Order of Appearance by Wally K. Daly & Keith Michell, music by Jim Parker, directed by Keith Michell
• Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare, directed by Peter Dews
• The Apple Cart by George Bernard Shaw, directed by Patrick Garland

• A Woman of No Importance by Oscar Wilde, directed by Patrick Garland
• The Inconstant Couple by Pierre de Marivaux, translated and adapted by John Bowen, directed by Noel Willman
• The Aspern Papers by Henry James, adapted for the theatre by Michael Redgrave, directed by David William
• Look After Lulu by Noël Coward, based on Occupe-toi d'Amélie by Georges Feydeau, directed by Patrick Garland

• The Devil's Disciple by George Bernard Shaw, directed by Peter Dews
• The Eagle Has Two Heads by Jean Cocteau, adapted by Ronald Duncan, directed by David William
• The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde, directed by Peter Dews
• The Man Who Came to Dinner by Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman, directed by Patrick Lau

  1980s

• The Last of Mrs Cheyney by Frederick Lonsdale, directed by Patrick Lau
• Terra Nova by Ted Tally, directed by Peter Dews
• Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare, directed by Peter Dews
• Old Heads and Young Hearts by Dion Boucicault, adapted by Peter Sallis, directed by Michael Simpson

• The Cherry Orchard by Anton Chekhov, translated by David Magarshack, revised by Philip Roth, directed by Patrick Garland
• Feasting with Panthers, devised and directed by Peter Coe
• The Mitford Girls by Caryl Brahms & Ned Sherrin, music by Peter Greenwell, directed by Patrick Garland
• Underneath the Arches by Patrick Garland, Brian Glanville & Roy Hudd, directed by Roger Redfarn

• On the Rocks by George Bernard Shaw, directed by Jack Emery and Patrick Garland
• Valmouth by Sandy Wilson, from the novel by Ronald Firbank, directed by John Dexter
• Cavell by Keith Baxter, directed by Patrick Garland
• Goodbye, Mr. Chips, based on the novel by James Hilton, book by Roland Starke, music & lyrics by Leslie Bricusse, directed by Patrick Garland and Chris Selbie

• A Patriot for Me by John Osborne, directed by Ronald Eyre
• Time and the Conways by J.B. Priestley, directed by Peter Dews
• As You Like It by William Shakespeare, directed by Patrick Garland
• The Sleeping Prince by Terence Rattigan, directed by Peter Coe

• Forty Years On by Alan Bennett, directed by Patrick Garland
• Oh, Kay!, music by George Gershwin, lyrics by Ira Gershwin, book by Tony Geiss & Ned Sherrin, based on the original by Guy Bolton & P.G. Wodehouse, directed by Ian Judge
• The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare, directed by Patrick Garland
• The Way of the World by William Congreve, directed by William Gaskill

• Cavalcade by Noël Coward, directed by David Gilmore
• Antony and Cleopatra by William Shakespeare, directed by Robin Phillips
• The Philanthropist by Christopher Hampton, directed by Patrick Garland
• The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Orczy, revised by Beverley Cross, directed by Nicholas Hytner

• Annie Get Your Gun, music & lyrics by Irving Berlin, book by Herbert & Dorothy Fields, directed by David Gilmore
• The Chalk Garden by Enid Bagnold, directed by Ronald Eyre
• The Relapse by John Vanbrugh, directed by Matthew Francis
• Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë, adapted for the stage and directed by Peter Coe
• A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, book by Burt Shevelove & Larry Gelbart, music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, directed by Larry Gelbart

• Robert and Elizabeth, book & lyrics by Ronald Millar, music by Ron Grainer, directed by Stewart Taylor
• An Ideal Husband by Oscar Wilde, directed by Tony Britton
• A Man for All Seasons by Robert Bolt, directed by Frank Hauser
• Miranda by Beverley Cross, after Carlo Goldoni, directed by Wendy Toye

• Hay Fever by Noël Coward, directed by Tony Britton
• Major Barbara by George Bernard Shaw, directed by Christopher Morahan
• The Royal Baccarat Scandal by Royce Ryton, based on the book by Michael Havers & Edward Grayson, directed by Val May
• Ring Round the Moon by Jean Anouilh, translated by Christopher Fry, directed by Elijah Morrissey

• Victory! adapted from Thomas Hardy's The Dynasts by Patrick Garland, directed by Patrick Garland and Matthew Francis
• The Heiress by Ruth and Augustus Goetz, directed by Vivian Matalan
• London Assurance by Dion Boucicault, directed by Sam Mendes
• A Little Night Music, book by Hugh Wheeler, music & lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, directed by Ian Judge
• Summerfolk by Maxim Gorky in a version by Botho Strauss & Peter Stein, translated by Michael Robinson
• Culture Vultures by Robin Glendinning
• Warrior by Shirley Gee
• The Triumph of Love by Pierre de Marivaux, translated by Guy Callan
• Cloud Nine by Caryl Churchill
• Love's Labours Lost by William Shakespeare
• The Purity Game by Gillian Plowman, music by Corin Buckeridge, lyrics by Will Cohu
• War and Peaces, a revue devised by Will Cohu and Stefan Bednarczyk

  1990s

• The Merry Wives of Windsor by William Shakespeare, directed by Michael Rudman
• The Power and the Glory, adapted by Denis Cannan from the novel by Graham Greene, directed by Tim Luscombe
• The Silver King by Henry Arthur Jones and Henry Herman, directed by Peter Wood
• Rumours by Neil Simon, directed by Michael Rudman
• Born Again, music by Jason Carr, libretto by Julian Barry & Peter Hall, based on the play Rhinoceros by Eugène Ionesco, directed by Peter Hall
• Thérèse Raquin by Émile Zola, translation by Nicholas Wright, directed by David Leveaux
• Eurydice by Jean Anouilh, translated by Peter Meyer, directed by Michael Rudman
• 70, Girls, 70, book by David Thompson & Norman L. Martin, music by John Kander, lyrics by Fred Ebb, based on the play Breath of Spring by Peter Coke, adapted by Joe Masteroff, directed by Paul Kerryson
• My Mother Said I Never Should by Charlotte Keatley, directed by Annie Castledine
• Scenes from a Marriage by Ingmar Bergman, translated by Alan Blair, directed by Rita Russek

• Arsenic and Old Lace by Joseph Kesselring, directed by Annie Castledine
• Henry VIII by William Shakespeare, directed by Ian Judge
• Tovarich directed by Patrick Garland
• Preserving Mr Panmure directed by Peter Wood
• Point Valaine by Noël Coward, directed by Tim Luscombe
• The Sisterhood directed by Tony Britton
• Valentine's Day directed by Gillian Lynne
• Adam was a Gardener directed by Caroline Sharman
• Talking Heads directed by Alan Bennett

• Coriolanus by William Shakespeare, directed by Tim Supple
• Venus Observed directed by James Roose Evans
• King Lear in New York directed by Patrick Garland
• She Stoops to Conquer by Oliver Goldsmith, directed by Peter Wood
• Me and My Girl directed by Ian Rickson
• Double Take directed by Hugh Wooldridge
• Nijinsky - Death of a Faun directed by Jane McCulloch
• Vita & Virginia directed by Patrick Garland
• Cain directed by Edward Hall

• Getting Married by George Bernard Shaw, directed by Tim Supple
• Relative Values by Noël Coward, directed by Tim Luscombe
• Pickwick directed by Patrick Garland
• The Matchmaker by Thornton Wilder, directed by Patrick Mason
• Carrington directed by Annie Castledine
• Rope directed by Keith Baxter
• Elvira '40 directed by Patrick Garland

• The Rivals by Richard Brinsley Sheridan, directed by Richard Cottrell
• Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw, directed by Patrick Garland
• The Schoolmistress directed by Matthew Francis
• ' directed by Jeff Thacker and David Kernan
• A Doll's House directed by Annie Castledine
• Dangerous Corner by J.B. Priestley, directed by Keith Baxter
• Three Sisters by Anton Chekhov, directed by Lisa Forellp

• The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde, directed by Christopher Morahan
• Semi-Detached by David Turner, directed by Christopher Morahan
• Easy Virtue by Noël Coward, directed by Maria Aitken
• The Man Who Came to Dinner by Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman, directed by Joe Dowling
• The King of Prussia directed by Sean Holmes
• Insignificance directed by Loveday Ingram
• Nymph Errant music and lyrics by Cole Porter, libretto by Romney Brent, from the novel by James Laver, directed by Roger Redfarn
• The School of Night directed by Jack Shepherd
• The Retreat from Moscow'' directed by Christopher Morahan

  2000s

• The Recruiting Officer directed by James Kerr
• Heartbreak House by George Bernard Shaw, directed by Christopher Morahan
• A Small Family Business
• Arcadia directed by Peter Wood
• The Sea directed by Sean Holmes
• The Blue Room directed by Loveday Ingram
• Pal Joey music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Lorenz Hart, book by John O’Hara, directed by Loveday Ingram
• Aristocrats directed by Sean Holmes
• Hysteria directed by Loveday Ingram

• On the Razzle directed by Peter Wood
• The Winslow Boy directed by Christopher Morahan
• My One and Only directed by Loveday Ingram
• Three Sisters by Anton Chekhov, directed by Loveday Ingram
• Song of Singapore directed by Roger Redfarn
• Shang-a-Lang directed by Andy Brereton
• In Celebration directed by Sean Holmes
• The Secret Rapture directed by Indhu Rubasingham
• Pulling It Together directed by Edward Hall
• Alice's Adventures directed by Dale Rooks

• The Front Page by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur, directed by Edward Kemp
• Wild Orchids directed by Edward Kemp
• Cabaret book by Joe Masteroff, lyrics by Fred Ebb, music by John Kander, directed by Roger Redfarn
• Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, directed by Indhu Rubasingham
• The Lady's Not for Burning directed by Samuel West
• Up on the Roof directed by Angus Jackson
• Blunt Speaking directed by Mark Clements
• Songs of the Western Men directed by Andy Brereton
• Dead Funny directed by Loveday Ingram

• The Gondoliers music by Arthur Sullivan, libretto by W. S. Gilbert, directed by Martin Duncan
• The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare, directed by Gale Edwards
• The Waterbabies music and lyrics by Jason Carr, book by Gary Yershon - directed by Jeremy Sams
• The Seagull by Anton Chekhov, directed by Steven Pimlott
• Nathan the Wise directed by Steven Pimlott
• Holes in the Skin directed by Simon Usher
• The Coffee House directed by Simon Gonella
• I Caught My Death in Venice directed by Martin Duncan
• Pinocchio by Brian Way, directed by Dale Rooks

• Out of This World directed by Martin Duncan
• A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare, directed by Gale Edwards
• Just So directed by Anthony Drewe
• The Master and Margarita translation by Edward Kemp - directed by Steven Pimlott
• Seven Doors by Botho Strauß, translated by Jeremy Sams - directed by Martin Duncan
• Cruel and Tender directed by Luc Bondy
• Three Women and a Piano Tuner directed by Samuel West
• Doctor Faustus directed by Martin Duncan, Edward Kemp and Dale Rooks

• How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying directed by Martin Duncan
• Scapino, or The Trickster directed by Silviu Pucarete
• The Government Inspector by Nikolai Gogol, directed by Martin Duncan
• 5/11 by Edward Kemp - directed by Steven Pimlott
• Six Pictures of Lee Miller Music and lyrics by Jason Carr, book by Edward Kemp - directed by Anthony Van Laast
• King Lear by William Shakespeare, directed by Steven Pimlott
• The Scarlet Letter directed by Phyllis Nagy
• Arabian Nights directed by Dale Rooks

• Entertaining Angels directed by Alan Strachan
• Carousel by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II, directed by Angus Jackson
• The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby parts 1 & 2 directed by Jonathan Church and Philip Franks
• Pravda directed by Jonathan Church
• Peter Pan directed by Dale Rooks
• In Praise of Love directed by Philip Wilson
• Tonight at 8.30 Parts I & II directed by Lucy Bailey
• The Father directed by Angus Jackson
• Grimm Tales directed by Dale Rooks

• The Last Confession directed by David Jones
• Babes in Arms by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart, directed by Martin Connor
• Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare, directed by Philip Franks
• Hobson's Choice directed by Jonathan Church
• The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby parts 1 & 2 directed by Jonathan Church and Philip Franks
• James and the Giant Peach directed by Dale Rooks
• Office Suite directed by Edward Kemp
• Macbeth by William Shakespeare, directed by Rupert Goold
• The Waltz of the Toreadors by Jean Anouilh, translated by Lucienne Hill, directed by Lindsay Posner
• I am Shakespeare directed by Matthew Warchus and Mark Rylance

• The Cherry Orchard by Anton Chekhov directed by Philip Franks
• The Music Man by Meredith Willson directed by Rachel Kavanaugh
• The Circle by Somerset Maugham directed by Jonathan Church
• Calendar Girls by Tim Firth directed by Hamish McColl
• Funny Girl by Isobel Lennart directed by Angus Jackson
• Six Characters in Search of an Author by Luigi Pirandello directed by Rupert Goold
• Taking Sides by Ronald Harwood directed by Philip Franks
• Collaboration by Ronald Harwood directed by Philip Franks
• Aristo by Martin Sherman directed by Nancy Meckler

• The Last Cigarette by Simon Gray and Hugh Whitemore directed by Richard Eyre
• Hay Fever by Noël Coward directed by Nikolai Foster
• Taking Sides by Ronald Harwood directed by Philip Franks
• Collaboration by Ronald Harwood directed by Philip Franks
• Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand directed by Trevor Nunn
• Wallenstein by Friedrich Schiller directed by Angus Jackson
• Oklahoma! by Rodgers & Hammerstein directed by John Doyles
• The House of Special Purpose by Heidi Thomas directed by Howard Davies
• The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck, adapted by Frank Galati directed by Jonathan Church
• ENRON by Lucy Prebble directed by Rupert Goold
• Separate Tables by Terence Rattigan directed by Philip Franks

  2010s

• Bingo by Edward Bond directed by Angus Jackson
• Yes, Prime Minister by Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn directed by Jonathan Lynn
• Love Story by Erich Segal music by Howard Goodall directed by Rachel Kavanaugh
• 42nd Street music by Harry Warren directed by Paul Kerryson
• The Critic and The Real Inspector Hound by Richard Brinsley Sheridan and Tom Stoppard directed by Jonathan Church
• Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw directed by Philip Prowse
• The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists by Robert Tressell directed by Christopher Morahan
• The Master Builder by Henrik Ibsen directed by Philip Franks
• ENRON by Lucy Prebble directed by Rupert Goold
• A Month In The Country by Ivan Turgenev directed by Jonathan Kent
• The Firework-Maker's Daughter by Philip Pullman directed by Dale Rooks

• Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead by Tom Stoppard
• Singin' in the Rain book by Betty Comden and Adolph Green, lyrics by Arthur Freed, and music by Nacio Herb Brown
• The Deep Blue Sea by Terence Rattigan
• Rattigan's Nijinsky by Nicholas Wright
• ' music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and libretto by Hugh Wheeler
• She Loves Me book by Joe Masteroff, lyrics by Sheldon Harnick, and music by Jerry Bock
• Top Girls by Caryl Churchill
• The Syndicate by Eduardo De Filippo, in a new version by Mike Poulton
• South Downs by David Hare