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Women Beware Women - Professional Productions

1962 - The Royal Shakespeare Company

directed by Anthony Page at the New Arts Theatre Club, London; opened 4 July 1962; reviewed in

1968 - Traverse Theatre Ltd

directed by Gordon McDougall at the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh; 20 February-16 March 1968

1968 - *The Queen's Theatre

directed by Anthony Carrick at the Queen's Theatre, Hornchurch; 5-18 March 1968

Reviewed in Peter Roberts, Plays and Players, May 1968, 45

1969 - The Royal Shakespeare Company

directed by Terry Hands at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon; opened 3 July 1969; reviewed in

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1980 - Avon Touring Company

directed by Tim Albery at the Church Museum, Bristol and on tour; November 1979 - March 1980

Reviewed in: The Guardian, 12 November 1979

                     RORD, 22 (1979), 80

1982 - Oxford Playhouse Company

directed by Gordon McDougall at the Oxford Playhouse; 19-30 October 1982

Reviewed in: RORD, 26 (1983), 89

1985 - The Wayward Players

directed by Diane West; in the repertoire at the Bear Gardens, Blackfriars, London; 24 October - 16 November (alongside No Wit, No Help Like a Woman's)

1985?/6 - Contact Theatre Company

directed by Brigid Larmour at the University Theatre, Manchester; 21 November - 14 December 1985?/6

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1986 - The Royal Court

directed by William Gaskill and adapted by Howard Barker at the Royal Court; spring 1986

See: Janet Clare, RDN, 6.3 (Spring, 1986), 12-4

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1994 - Buttonhole Theatre Company

directed by Christopher Geelan at the Duke of Cambridge, Kentish Town, London; 15 February - 12 March 1994

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1994 - GBH Theatre Company

Howard Barker's adaptation performed at Lilian Baylis Theatre, London; 17-18 October 1994;

1995 - Glasgow Citizens' Company

directed by Philip Prowse at the Glasgow Citizens' Theatre; opened 3 February 1995

2006 - The Royal Shakespeare Company

directed by Laurence Boswell at the Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon; 22 February - 1 April 2006 (51 performances)

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