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Tamburlaine - Professional Productions

1951 - Old Vic Company

directed by Tyrone Guthrie at the Old Vic; production run 24 September - 22 October, 1951

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1966 - Marlowe Theatre Company

directed by R. D. Smith at the Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury; opened on 18 October; production run: three weeks

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1972 - Glasgow Citizens' Company

directed by Keith Hack at Glasgow Citizens' Theatre

opened at the Edinburgh Festival - Assembly Hall on 22 August 1972

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1976 - The National Theatre Company

directed by Peter Hall in the Olivier; opened 4 October 1976

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1992 - Royal Shakespeare Company 

directed by Terry Hands at the Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon

opened at the Swan on 13 August 1992 - photos available from Shakespeare Birthplace Trust

transferred to the Barbican 13 October 1993 - photos available from www.arenapal.com

1999 - Sam Shammas Productions Ltd

Tamburlaine the Great Part I directed and designed by Sam Shammas at the Cochrane Theatre, London; 12-23 January 1999

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2003 - Cannon's Mouth Productions

directed by Ben Naylor and adapted by Ben Power at the Rose Theatre; 11-22 September 2003

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2004 - *The Globe Education Centre Theatre

staged reading organised as part of the Read Not Dead season at The Globe, London; Part I - 14 March and Part II - 28 March, 2004

2005 - Young Genius

directed and adapted by David Farr as a collaboration between Bristol Old Vic, Young Vic and BITE:05 Barbican;

originally produced at the Old Vic, Bristol, 7-29 October; production images and cast  available from Bristol Old Vic

transferred to the Barbican, London, 9-19 November 2005 - photos available from www.arenapal.com

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