List of Shakespeare in the Park productions at the Delacorte Theater

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The Public Theater has produced over 120 plays and musicals at the Delacorte Theater in New York City's Central Park since the theater's opening in 1962. Currently the series is produced under the brand Free Shakespeare in the Park , and all productions are staged at the Delacorte. In past decades, the series was branded The New York Shakespeare Festival and encompassed productions at both the Delacorte and the Public's downtown location in the former Astor Library.

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Henry VIII , staged in 1997, was celebrated as the final work of the Shakespearean canon to be performed as part of the series, [1] but within productions staged at the Delacorte, Macbeth was not performed until 2006 and, as of yet, the three parts of Henry VI have not been performed except as the heavily abridged Wars of the Roses in 1970.

With the 2022 season, As You Like It joined Measure for Measure , Twelfth Night , and Much Ado About Nothing as the most-performed works, each having been produced six times (including musical adaptations).

Productions before the Delacorte

All plays are by William Shakespeare. Except as noted, all productions were staged in Central Park on or adjacent to the site of the future Delacorte Theater.

YearWork performedDirectorNotable cast membersRef.
1956 Julius Caesar [lower-greek 1] Stuart Vaughan J.D. Cannon, Walter Massey [lower-greek 2] [2] [4] [5]
The Taming of the Shrew [lower-greek 1] Stuart Vaughan J.D. Cannon, Colleen Dewhurst [6] [7]
1957 Romeo and Juliet Stuart Vaughan [5] [8]
The Two Gentlemen of Verona Stuart Vaughan [5] [9] [10]
Macbeth Stuart Vaughan [5] [9] [11]
1958 Othello Stuart Vaughan [12]
1959 Julius Caesar Stuart Vaughan [13] [14]
1960 Henry V Joseph Papp [15] [16]
The Taming of the Shrew Gerald Freedman [17]
1961 Much Ado About Nothing Joseph Papp J.D. Cannon, Nan Martin, Philip Sterling [18]
A Midsummer Night's Dream Joel J. Friedman [19] [20] [21]
Richard II Gladys VaughanJ.D. Cannon, James Earl Jones [22]

Productions at the Delacorte

All plays are by William Shakespeare except as noted.

YearWork performedDirectorNotable cast membersRef.
1962 The Merchant of Venice Joseph Papp & Gladys Vaughan [23]
The Tempest Gerald Freedman [24]
King Lear Joseph Papp & Gladys Vaughan [25]
1963 Antony and Cleopatra Joseph Papp [26]
As You Like It Gerald Freedman [27]
The Winter's Tale Gladys Vaughan [28] [29]
1964 Hamlet Joseph Papp [32] [33]
Othello Gladys Vaughan [34]
Electra [lower-alpha 1] Gerald Freedman [35]
1965 Love's Labour's Lost Gerald Freedman [36]
Coriolanus Gladys VaughanRobert Burr, Staats Cotsworth
William Devane, Leonard Jackson, James Earl Jones, Michael McGuire, Mitchell Ryan, Jane White
[37]
Troilus and Cressida Joseph Papp [38]
1966 All's Well That Ends Well Joseph Papp [39]
Measure for Measure Michael Kahn Shepperd Strudwick [40]
Richard III Gerald Freedman [41]
1967 The Comedy of Errors Gerald Freedman [42]
King John Joseph Papp [43]
Titus Andronicus Gerald Freedman [44]
1968 Henry IV, Part I [lower-greek 4] Gerald Freedman [46]
Henry IV, Part II [lower-greek 4]
Romeo and Juliet Joseph Papp [47]
1969 Peer Gynt [lower-alpha 2] Gerald Freedman [48] [49] [50]
Twelfth Night Joseph Papp [48] [49] [51]
1970 The Wars of the Roses [lower-alpha 3] [lower-greek 5] Stuart Vaughan [54] [55]
1971 Timon of Athens Gerald Freedman Shepperd Strudwick
Michael Dunn
[56] [57]
Two Gentlemen of Verona [lower-alpha 4] Mel Shapiro
Raul Julia, Carla Pinza, Jerry Stiller
[58] [59]
Cymbeline A.J. Antoon [60] [61]
1972 Hamlet Gerald Freedman Stacy Keach
Ramon Bieri, Colleen Dewhurst, James Earl Jones
[62]
Ti-Jean and His Brothers [lower-alpha 5] Derek Walcott [63]
Much Ado About Nothing A. J. Antoon [64] [65]
1973 As You Like It Joseph Papp [66]
King Lear Edwin Sherin [67] [68]
1974 Pericles, Prince of Tyre Edward Berkeley [69] [70]
The Merry Wives of Windsor David Margulies [70] [71]
1975 Hamlet Michael Rudman [72] [73] [74]
The Comedy of Errors John Pasquin [75]
1976 Henry V Joseph Papp [76]
Measure for Measure John Pasquin [77] [78]
1977 The Threepenny Opera [lower-alpha 6] Richard Foreman [79]
Agamemnon [lower-alpha 7] Andrei Șerban Gloria Foster, Ron O'Neal, Dianne Wiest [80]
1978 All's Well That Ends Well Wilford Leach [81]
The Taming of the Shrew Wilford Leach [82] [83]
1979 Coriolanus Wilford Leach [84] [85]
Othello Wilford Leach [86]
1980 The Pirates of Penzance [lower-alpha 8] Wilford Leach Kevin Kline
1981 The Tempest Lee Breuer [87]
Henry IV, Part I Des McAnuff [88]
1982 Don Juan [lower-alpha 9] Richard Foreman [89]
A Midsummer Night's Dream James Lapine [90]
1983 Richard III Jane Howell [34] [91]
Non Pasquale  [ it ] [lower-alpha 10] Wilford Leach [92]
1984 Henry V Wilford Leach [93] [94]
The Golem [lower-alpha 11] Richard Foreman [95]
1985 Measure for Measure Joseph Papp [96]
The Mystery of Edwin Drood [lower-alpha 12] Wilford Leach [97]
1986 Twelfth Night Wilford Leach [98]
Medea [lower-alpha 13] Yukio Ninagawa Mikijirō Hira [99]
1987 Richard II Joseph Papp [100]
The Two Gentlemen of Verona Stuart Vaughan [101] [102]
Henry IV, Part I Joseph Papp Donald Moffat, Tony Shalhoub [103]
Titus Andronicus [lower-greek 6] Charles Ludlam
1988 Much Ado About Nothing Gerald Freedman [1] [105] [106]
King John Stuart Vaughan [107] [1]
1989 Twelfth Night Harold Guskin [108] [109] [1]
Titus Andronicus Michael Maggio [110] [111] [1]
1990 Richard III Robin Phillips [112] [1]
The Taming of the Shrew A. J. Antoon [113] [114] [1]
1991 Othello Joe Dowling [115] [116] [1]
A Midsummer Night's Dream [lower-alpha 14] Cacá Rosset  [ pt ] [117]
1992 As You Like It Adrian Hall [118] [1]
The Comedy of Errors Cacá Rosset [119] [1]
1993 Measure for Measure Michael Rudman [120] [1]
All's Well That Ends Well Richard Jones [1] [121]
1994 The Merry Wives of Windsor Daniel Sullivan [1] [114]
The Two Gentlemen of Verona Adrian Hall Joel de la Fuente, Malcolm Gets, Lisa Gay Hamilton [122]
1995 The Tempest George C. Wolfe [1] [123]
Troilus and Cressida Mark Wing-Davey [1] [124]
1996 Henry V Doug Hughes [1] [125]
Timon of Athens Brian Kulick [1] [126]
1997 Henry VIII Mary Zimmerman [1] [127]
On the Town [lower-alpha 15] George C. Wolfe [128] [129]
1998 Cymbeline Andrei Șerban [130] [131]
The Skin of Our Teeth [lower-alpha 16] Irene Lewis [132] [133]
1999 The Taming of the Shrew Mel Shapiro [134]
Tartuffe [lower-alpha 17] Mark Brokaw [135]
2000 The Winter's Tale Brian Kulick [136]
Julius Caesar Barry Edelstein [137]
2001 Measure for Measure Mary Zimmerman [138]
The Seagull [lower-alpha 18] Mike Nichols [139]
2002 Twelfth Night Brian Kulick [140]
2003 Henry V Mark Wing-Davey [141]
2004 Much Ado About Nothing David Esbjornson [142] [143]
2005 As You Like It Mark Lamos [144]
Two Gentlemen of Verona [lower-greek 7] Kathleen Marshall [145] [146]
2006 Macbeth Moisés Kaufman [147]
Mother Courage and Her Children [lower-alpha 19] George C. Wolfe [148]
2007 A Midsummer Night's Dream Daniel J. Sullivan [149]
Romeo and Juliet Michael Greif [150]
2008 Hair [lower-alpha 20] Diane Paulus Jonathan Groff, Patina Miller, Will Swensen, Karen Olivo [151]
Hamlet Oskar Eustis [152] [153]
2009 The Bacchae [lower-alpha 21] JoAnne Akalaitis [154]
Twelfth Night Daniel J. Sullivan [155]
2010 The Merchant of Venice Daniel J. Sullivan [156]
The Winter's Tale Michael Greif [157]
2011 All's Well That Ends Well Daniel J. Sullivan [158] [159]
Measure for Measure David Esbjornson [160] [159]
2012 As You Like It Daniel J. Sullivan [161] [162]
Into The Woods [lower-alpha 22] Timothy Sheader Amy Adams, Donna Murphy, Denis O'Hare
2013 The Comedy of Errors Daniel J. Sullivan [163] [164]
Love's Labour's Lost, A New Musical [lower-alpha 23] Alex Timbers [165]
2014 Much Ado About Nothing Jack O'Brien [166]
King Lear Daniel J. Sullivan [68]
2015 The Tempest Michael Greif [167] [168]
Cymbeline Daniel J. Sullivan [169]
2016 The Taming of the Shrew Phyllida Lloyd [170] [171]
Troilus and Cressida Daniel J. Sullivan [172] [173]
2017 Julius Caesar Oskar Eustis [174] [175]
A Midsummer Night's Dream Lear deBessonet [176] [177]
2018 Othello Ruben Santiago-Hudson [178] [179]
Twelfth Night [lower-alpha 24] Oskar Eustis & Kwame KweiArmah [178] [180]
2019 Much Ado About Nothing Kenny Leon [181] [182]
Coriolanus Daniel J. Sullivan [183] [184]
2020 Richard II [lower-greek 9] Saheem Ali [187]
As You Like It [lower-alpha 25] [lower-greek 10] Laurie Woolery [187]
2021Merry Wives [lower-alpha 26] Saheem Ali [188] [189]
2022 Richard III Robert O'Hara [55] [190] [191]
As You Like It [lower-alpha 25] Laurie Woolery [192] [193]
2023 Hamlet Kenny Leon [194]

Notes on works performed

  1. by Sophocles, English translation by H. D. F. Kitto
  2. by Henrik Ibsen, English translation by Michael Meyer
  3. abridgment of 1 Henry VI , 2 Henry VI , 3 Henry VI , and Richard III ; adapted by John Barton
  4. musical adaptation of The Two Gentlemen of Verona; book by John Guare and Mel Shapiro, lyrics by Guare and music by Galt MacDermot
  5. by Derek Walcott
  6. by Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill, English translation by Ralph Manheim and John Willett
  7. by Aeschylus, English translation by Edith Hamilton
  8. by Gilbert and Sullivan
  9. play by Molière; English-language translation by Donald M. Frame
  10. English-language adaptation of Donizetti's Don Pasquale ; musical adaptation by William Elliott, new libretto by Nancy Heikin and Anthony Giles from an adaptation by Tito Schipa Jr. and Gianni Marchetti
  11. by H. Leivick, English translation by J.C. Augenlicht
  12. musical by Rupert Holmes based on the novel The Mystery of Edwin Drood by Charles Dickens
  13. by Euripides, performed in Japanese translation
  14. Portuguese translation
  15. music by Leonard Bernstein and book and lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green
  16. by Thornton Wilder
  17. by Molière, English translation by Richard Wilbur
  18. by Anton Chekhov, English translation by Tom Stoppard
  19. by Bertolt Brecht, English translation by Tony Kushner with music by Jeanine Tesori
  20. book and lyrics by James Rado and Gerome Ragni and music by Galt MacDermot
  21. by Euripides, English translation by Nicholas Rudall and featuring original music by Philip Glass
  22. music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by James Lapine
  23. adaptation of Love's Labour's Lost ; music and lyrics by Michael Friedman and book by Alex Timbers [165]
  24. musical adaptation by Kwame Kwei-Armah and Shaina Taub [178]
  25. 1 2 musical adaptation by Shaina Taub and Laurie Woolery [187]
  26. adaptation of The Merry Wives of Windsor by Jocelyn Bioh [188]

Notes on productions

  1. 1 2 production staged at the East River Park amphitheater [2]
  2. Massey was replaced by Vaughn for the final two performances [3]
  3. The production opened with the role of Hamlet played by Ryder, but when he contracted laryngitis Papp hired Burr, who had recently played Hamlet on Broadway, to fill the role. [30] Papp subsequently dismissed Ryder rather than permit him to return upon recovery. [31]
  4. 1 2 two parts of Henry IV performed alternating nights in repertory, with marathon performances given on three Saturdays [45]
  5. performed as three plays in repertory with marathon performances given on two Saturdays [52] [53]
  6. canceled due to the death of the director [104]
  7. revival of 1971 production
  8. replacing David Harbour, who sustained an injury during a performance
  9. production canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic; [185] [186] reformated as a four-part radio drama
  10. production canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic; [185] [186] rescheduled for 2022

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