The White Devil - Professional Productions
1935 - The Phoenix Society
performed at St Martin's Theatre, London; 17 March 1935; reviewed in
1947 - Duchess Theatre, London
directed by Michael Benthall at the Duchess Theatre, London; opened on 6 March 1947
1961 - The Vic-Wells Association
directed by Peter Ellis at the Old Vic, London; opened on 5 March 1961
Reviewed by: Peter Roberts, Plays and Players, April 1961, 17
1965 - The Oxford Playhouse
summer 1965
1968 - the Royal Lyceum, Edinburgh
directed by Richard Eyre, March 1968
1969 - the Everyman Theatre, Liverpool
directed by John Russell Brown; 30 April - 17 May 1969
1969 - The Stables Company, Manchester
October 1969
1969 - The National Theatre Company
directed by Frank Dunlop at the Old Vic, London; opened on 13 November 1969
Geraldine McEwan as Vittoria Corombona (1969) - from www.geraldinemcewan.com
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1971 - the Glasgow Citizens' Company
directed by Philip Prowse at the Glasgow Citizens' Theatre; opened on 20 August 1971
1973 - the Victoria Theatre, Stoke-on-Trent
directed by Bob Eaton; opened on 20 March 1973
1975 - the Nottingham Playhouse
directed by Richard Eyre, 15 May- 5 June, 1975
Reviewed by: G. K. Hunter, RORD, 18 (1975), 65-6
1976 - Bullfinch Productions
directed by Michael Lindsay-Hogg, in an adaptation by Edward Bond at the Old Vic;
opened on 12 July 1976; reviewed in
1977 - The Old Vic Company
at the Old Vic, September - November 1976
Reviewed in: Plays and Players, February 1977, 14-5
1980 - Contact Theatre Company
directed by Richard Williams at the Univeristy Theatre, Manchester; 10 September - 4 October 1980
Reviewed by: Ned Chaillet, The Times, 18 September 1980 and R. V. Holdsworth, RORD, 23 (1980), 69-70
1981 - Cockpit Theatre Company
directed by John Wiles at the Cockpit; 14-23 May 1981
1981 - Abacus Company
at the Lodge, Cannongate, Edinburgh; 17-29 August, 1981
1981 - Anvil Theatre Company
directed by Gordon McDougal at the Oxford Playhouse, 2-14 November 1981
Reviewed by: Roland Wymer, RORD, 26 (1983), 96-7
1983 - Bristol Old Vic Company
directed by John McMurray at the Theatre Royal, Bristol; 9 February-5 March 1983
Reviewed by: Anthony Masters, 'An Infernal Glow', The Times, 14 February 1983
1984 - the Glasgow Citizens' Company
directed by Philip Prowse at the Greenwich Theatre, London; 1 February - 10 March 1984
Reviewed in: The Financial Times, 2 February 1984
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1991 - The National Theatre Company
directed by Philip Prowse at the Olivier Theatre, National Theatre, London; opened on 8 June 1991
More on this production: photographs, review headlines, Michael Billington, 'Devil with both feet in the grave ', The Guardian, 20 June 1991
1996 - the Royal Shakespeare Company
directed by Gale Edwards at the Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, press night 26 April 1996; transferred to the Pit, London on 7 January 1997
Gale Edwards went on to direct The White Devil at the Theatre Royal, Sydney; 18 August-13 September 2000, in a Sydney Theatre Company/Olympic Arts Festival co-production.
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1999 - Loose Canon Theatre Company
directed by Jason Byrne at the Mint, Dublin; 25 January - 13 February 1999
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1999 - *Leicester Haymarket
directed by Paul Gaffney; 9 April - 1 May 1999
2000 - *Lyric Theatre Hammersmith
directed by Philip Franks; 7 September - 28 October 2000; reviewed by: Rhoda Koenig, The Independent, 23 September 2000
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2002 - Galleon Theatre Company
directed by Simon Bell at the Greenwich Playhouse; May 2002
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2003 - Mercury Theatre Company
directed by David Hunt at the Mercury Theatre, Colchester; 24 April - 10 May 2003