Volpone - Professional Productions
1930 – Cambridge Festival Theatre
1935 – Birmingham Rep
directed by H. M. Prentice at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre, 23 March - 5 April, then taken to the Malvern Festival 30 July - 22 August 1935
1938 – Westminster Theatre
directed by Michael Macowan, January 1938; reviewed in
1940 – Arts Theatre, Cambridge
directed by Donald Wolfit at the Arts Theatre, Cambridge; 1942 – St James’s Theatre, London; 1947 – the
1944 – the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon
directed by Robert Atkins; reviewed in The Birmingham Post, 6 June 1944, The Times, 7 June 1944, Stage, 8 June 1944
1952 – the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-avon
directed by George Devine; press night 15 July 1952; reviewed in
1954 – The Norwich Players
directed by Lionel Dunn; reviewed by: Yvonne Law, Plays and Players, April 1954, 22
1955 – Theatre Workshop Company
directed by Joan Littlewood at the Theatre Royal, Stratford-atte-Bowe
opened 3 March 1955; performed for four weeks; reviewed in
1955 – the Bristol Old Vic Company
© Desmond Tripp (University of Bristol Theatre Collection)
directed by John Harrison; reviewed by: Peter Rodford, Plays and Players, January 1956, 30
1963 – *The Billingham Forum Theatre, Teeside
adaptation by George Mike
1965 – *the Nottingham Playhouse
directed by Denis Carey; opened 7 April 1965
1966 – the Oxford Playhouse Company
directed by Frank Hauser; opened 20 September 1966; transferred to the Garrick Theatre, London 31 January 1967; reviewed in
1967 – the Royal Lyceum, Edinburgh
directed by Michael Burrell; opened 15 November 1967
1968 – the National Theatre Company
directed by Tyrone Guthrie at the Old Vic; opened 14 January 1968; reviewed in
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1968 – the Billingham Forum Theatre
directed by George Roman in the adaptation by Stefan Zweig; opened 4 March 1968; reviewed by: Peter Roberts, Plays and Players, May 1968, 44
1969 – the Birmingham Rep
directed by Michael Simpson; performance run February - April 1969
1972 – The Bristol Old Vic Company
© Derek Balmer (University of Bristol Theatre Collection)
directed by John David at the Theatre Royal, 1-25 March 1972; reviewed by: Michael Anderson, Plays and Players, April 1972, 56
1977 – the National Theatre Company
directed by Peter Hall in the Olivier, London; opened 21 April 1977
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1981 – the Croydon Warehouse
directed by Richard Ireson, May 1981
1983 – Theatr Clwyd, Mold
5-24 September 1983
1983 – the Royal Shakespeare Company, the other place
directed by Bill Alexander at The Other Place, where it opened October 1983; transferred to Gulbenkian Studio, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 5 March 1984 and to the Pit, London, 16 April 1984; reviewed in
1984 – the Churchill Theatre, Bromley
directed by Peter Coe in an adaptation entitled The Fly and The Fox, 11 July- 4 August 1984; reviewed in: RORD, 27 (1984), 132-3
1986 – Birmingham Repertory Studio Theatre
in an adaptation by Ken Morley, 10 April- 3 May 1986
1986 – the Duke’s Playhouse, Lancaster
7-31 May 1986; reviewed by: A. C. Elmy, RDN, 7.1 (Summer, 1986), 8-9
1986 - Belgrade Studio, Coventry
adapted and directed by Barry Russell at the Belgrade Studion, Coventry (and on tour); 28 January - 1 February
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1987 – Salisbury Playhouse
directed by David Horlock, March 1987
1988 - Compass Theatre Company, Sheffield
1990 - *The Almeida Theatre
directed by Nicholas Hytner at the Almeida Theatre
1993 - Birmingham Repertory Company
directed by Bill Alexander at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre; 28 May - 26 June 1993
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1995 - the National Theatre Company
directed by Matthew Warchus at the Olivier, National Theatre; opened 29 September 1995, preceded by a Dialogue: Matthew Warchus on Volpone
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1996 - Graeae Theatre Company
Flesh Fly - adapted from Ben Jonson’s Volpone by Trevor Lloyd and directed by Ewan Marshall; touring spring 1996
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1999 - Royal shakespeare company, the swan
directed by Lindsay Posner
opened 24 March 1999 at the Swan, Stratford-upon-Avon; transferred to Newcastle Playhouse, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, for eight performances, 2-6 November 1999; to the Pit, London, 9 December 1999; and to The Drum, Plymouth, for eight performances, 17-22 April 2000
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2001 - KAoS TC
directed and adapted Xavier Leveret; touring spring 2001; at Norwich Playhouse 10 February 2001
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2001 - Hull Truck Theatre
10-26 May 2001
2004 - Royal Exchange Theatre Company
directed by Greg Hersov at the Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester; 29 October - 27 November 2004
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2005 - Present Moment
directed and adapted by Joss Bennathan at Wilton's Music Hall, Graces Alley, London; 27 September - 22 October
Cast, production images and review headlines from Present Moment
Studio session photos (Eric Richmond) from www.arenapal.com
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