1961 - The English Stage Company

Directed by Tony Richardson at the Royal Court Theatre, London  Production run 21 February - 3 March 1961          Reviewed by: Tony Richardson, Plays and Players, April (1961), 5 and Peter Roberts, Plays and Players, April (1961), 13

 

1966 - The Oxford Stage Company

Directed by Frank Evans at the Jeannetta Cochrane Theatre, London; 26 July- 6 August 1966

Reviewed by: Peter Ansorge, Plays and Players, October (1966), 24

1970 - The Royal Lyceum Theatre Company

Directed by Richard Eyre at the Edinburgh International Festival; 9-12 September 1970

1971 - University of Sussex

Directed by Gordon McDougall, designed by John Halle and with original music by Francis Shaw it was performed at the Gardner Arts Centre, University of Sussex, Brighton; 30 September - 23 October 1971, and starred Alfred Lynch, Sinead Cusack, Jane Seymour, Ian White, Rowland Davies, Katharine Barker, Bernard Hopkins, William Simons, John Rowe and John Horsley.

Reviews: Gerald Chapman, 'Preview - The Changeling', Varsity 5 June 1971; Joan Hart, 'It's a triumph of Artistry', Brighton and Hove Gazette, 8 October 1971; Andrew Kidd, 'An Old thriller with All the Trimmings', Brighton Evening Argus, 1 October 1971; Eric Shorter, 'Plays in Performance, Regions.', Drama 3rd series 103 (1971), 34

1973 - Birmingham Theatre Company

Directed by Michael Simpson at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre; 18 October - 10 November 1973

Reviewed by:  J. C. Trewin, The Birmingham Post, 19 October 1973 and G. K. Hunter, RORD 17 (1974), 63

1974 - South London Theatre Centre

April 1974

1976 - Glasgow Citizens' Company

Directed by Philip Prowse at the Glasgow Citizens' Theatre; 4-21 February 1976

1978 - Riverside Studios

Directed by Peter Gill at the Riverside Studios, Hammersmith, London; 5-30 September 1978

Reviewed by: Irving Wardle, The Times, 6 September 1978, Martin Esslin, Plays and Players, November (1978), 16-7

See: RORD, 21 (1978), 68 and Michael Scott, Renaissance Drama and a Modern Audience (London: Macmillan, 1982), 86-7

1978 - The Royal Shakespeare Company

Directed by Terry Hands at the Aldwych; October 1978 - March 1979

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1978 - The Bristol Old Vic Company

Directed by Adrian Noble at the Theatre Royal, Bristol; 25 October-18 November 1978

Reviewed by: Jeremy Brien, The Stage, 9 November 1978 and Jenny Naish, RORD, 21 (1978), 69-70

1978 - Contact Theatre Company

Directed by Richard Williams at the University Theatre, Manchester; 25 October-11 November 1978

Reviewed by: R. V. Holdsworth, RORD, 21 (1978), 70-1

1979 - Victoria Theatre

Directed by Kate Crutchley at the Victoria Theatre, Stoke-on-Trent

Opened 7 March 1979

1979 - Match Theatre

Performed at the Midland Arts Centre, Birmingham, 19-23 June 1979

1981 - The New Classical Theatre Company

Directed by Lindsay Parker at the Northumberland Park School, London; June 1981

Reviewed in: The Stage, 16 July 1981

1984 - Voices Theatre Company

Directed by Howard Curtis at the Hollywood Arms public house, London; used a cast of eight and cut the sub-plot; 8 February - 4 March 1984

1984 - Crucible Studio Company

Directed by Jane Collins at the Crucible Studio Theatre, Sheffield; production run 16 Febuary - 10 March 1984

1984 - Albion Artists

Directed by Nigel Harrison at the Cockpit Theatre, London; 31 October - 17 November

1985 - Duke's Playhouse

Directed by Jonathan Petherbridge at the Duke's Playhouse, Lancaster; 23 January - 16 February 1985

1985 - The Pelican Theatre Company

Performed at the Bear Gardens Theatre, London; 18-23 November 1985

Reviewed by: Robert Jones, RDN, 6.2 (Autumn, 1985), 9-11

1986 - Yorick Theatre Company

Directed by Michael Batz; performed at the Buxton Festival (6-9 August 1986) and at the Saint Cuthbert's Hall, Edinburgh (11-30 August 1986)

1986 - *Arts Theatre, Cambridge

Directed by Bill Pryde; performed at the Arts Centre, Cambridge, 7-11 and 20-25 October 1986, then on tour

1988 - National Theatre Company

Directed by Richard Eyre at the Lyttelton, National Theatre, London; opened 17 June 1988

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1990 - Newcastle Playhouse

RSC Actors in Fringe events at the Newcastle Playhouse Foyer; 15-16 March 1990

1992 - Harrogate Theatre - Resident Company 

Directed by Andrew Manley at the Harrogate Theatre; 20 February - 14 March 1992 

1992 - The Royal Shakespeare Company

Directed by Michael Attenborough at the Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon

Opened at the Swan on 28 October, press night on 3 November 1992; transferred to the Newcastle Playhouse for eleven performances 1-9 March 1993 and to the Pit, London on 25 April 1993

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1998 - *Battersea Art Centre

Directed by Tassos Stevens; 1-19 July 1998

1999 - The Kneehigh Theatre Company

The Itch based on Middleton and Rowley's The Changeling production poster (photography Steve Tanner) Directed by Emma Rice; the production toured between 10 June - 31 August 1999 More about this production

 

 

 

 

 

1999 - *Salsberg Studio

Directed by Guy Retallack at Salsberg Studion, Salisbury; 4-27 November 1999    

2001 - Third Party Productions

Directed by John Wright; BAC London 12 June - 1 July 2001

2001 - Graeae Theatre Company

Adapted by Claire McIntyre and directed by Jenny Sealey; opened on 11 October 2001 at the Phoenix Theatre, Exeter, then touring

Reviewed by: T. Larque, Shakespeare Bulletin, 20.1 (2001), 22  

 

 

 

 

2002 - Mamamissi Production Theatre Company

Directed by Dawn Walton at the Southwark Playhouse; 8 October- 2 November 2002

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2004 - Shakespeare at the Tobacco Factory

Directed by Andrew Hilton (adapted scenes by Dominic Power) at The Tobacco Factory, Bristol between March-April; transferred to The Pit, London, 25 September - 23 October 2004

                     

 The Changeling - 2004 © Photos by Alan Moore

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2005 - KDC Theatre

Directed by Sarah Drinkwater at the Courtyard Theatre, London, 3-7 May 2005; review

2006 - Cheek by Jowl

Directed by Declan Donnellan and produced by Cheek by Jowl in a co-production with BITE:06 Barbican; Les Gémeaux/Sceaux/Scène Nationale; Grand Théâtre de Luxembourg

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                                                               The Changeling - 2006  © Cheek by Jowl

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See: Philip Fisher, The British Theatre Guide, 2006; John Cardale, The British Theatre Guide, March 2006