Shakespeare's Globe Theatre announces productions for 2011

Shakespeare's Globe Theatre has announced productions for its 2011 Season.

Full repertoire dates will be announced soon.

Public booking opens on 14 February 2011.

In 2011 Shakespeare’s Globe will celebrate the 400th anniversary of the King James Bible which was completed in 1611, with a season entitled The Word is God. The theatre season will commence with a cover-to-cover reading of The Bible and a small-scale touring production of Hamlet, presenting a rare opportunity to experience the two foundation stones of the modern English language back-to-back. Around the Easter weekend a simple, unstaged recital of The Bible will only be interrupted by performances of Hamlet – widely celebrated as Shakespeare’s intellectual masterpiece – which opens at the Globe on Shakespeare’s birthday, 23 April, before it takes to the road for a UK and European tour.

2011 productions include....

Hamlet (small-scale production)
by William Shakespeare
From 23 April at Shakespeare’s Globe before touring the UK and Europe

All’s Well That Ends Well
by William Shakespeare
From 27 April

As You Like It (small-scale production)
by William Shakespeare
From 17 May at Shakespeare’s Globe before touring the UK and Europe

Much Ado About Nothing
by William Shakespeare
From 21 May

Doctor Faustus
by Christopher Marlowe
From 18 June

Anne Boleyn
by Howard Brenton.
Directed by John Dove.
From 8 July

The Globe Mysteries
From 5 August
A fresh perspective on The Mystery Plays, using the Globe’s historically resonant auditorium to look anew at the earliest form of English drama, which retells the story of the bible with language rich and irreverent, using street theatre and processional performance.

The God of Soho
by Chris Hannan
From 27 August
A wild satire on modern living, set in contemporary, suburban England