The Performance Schedule of the RSC Stratford-Upon-Avon, "Complete Works" up to 21 Oct 2006 has been confirmed

The Performance Schedule of the RSC Stratford-Upon-Avon, "Complete Works" up to 21 Oct 2006 has been confirmed

The performance schedule at Stratford-Upon-Avon for The Royal Shakespeare Company's "The Complete Works" festival , which begins April 2006 to April 2007, has been confirmed up to 21 Oct 2006.

Tickets go on sale to the general public on Monday 5 Sep 2005

In the Royal Shakespeare Theatre.....

ROMEO AND JULIET
Previews from 6 Apr 06, Opens 18 Apr 06, Closes 14 Oct 06. Directed by Nancy Meckler

OTHELLO
in a version by Feridun Zaimoglu & Gunter Senkel. Previews from 26 Apr 06, Opens 27 Apr 06, Closes 29 Apr 06 Starring Thomas Thieme (Othello). Directed by Luk Perceval. Produced by Munchner Kammerspiele (In German with English Surtitles (May not be suitable or young children)

JULIUS CAESAR
Previews from 6 May 06, Opens 16 May 06, Closes 10 Oct 06. Starring Gregory Doran. Directed by Sean Holmes.

TITUS ANDRONICUS
Previews from 15 Jun 06, Opens 15 Jun 06, Closes 24 Jun 06. Directed by Yukui Ninagawa. Produced by Ninagawa Company Produced by Horipro Inc in Association with Thelma Holt

THE TEMPEST
Previews from 28 Jul 06, Opens 8 Aug 06, Closes 12 Oct 06. Starring Patrick Stewart (Prospero). Directed by Rupert Goold.

TROILUS AND CRESSIDA
Previews from 31 Aug 06, Opens 5 Sep 06, Closes 9 Sep 06. Directed by Peter Stein, produced by Edinburgh Internationl Festival in association with Royal Shakespeare Company.

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In the Swan.....

ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA
Previews from 12 Apr 06, Opens 19 Apr 06, Closes 14 Oct 06. Starring Harriet Walter (Cleopatra), Patrick Stewart (Antony).Directed by Gregory Doran

HAMLET
Previews from 27 Apr 06, Opens 3 May 06, Closes 6 May 06. Starring John Kani (Claudius), Dorothy Ann Gould (Gertude), Rajesh Gopie (Hamlet). Directed by Janet Suzman, produced by Baxter Theatre Centre

MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING
Previews from 11 May 06, Opens 18 May 06, Closes 12 Oct 06

TWO NOBLE KINSMEN by William Shakespeare and John Fletcher
21 May 06 (one performance only!)

MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM
Previews from 7 Jun 06, Opens 8 Jun 06, Closes 17 Jun 06. Directed by Tim Supple, produced by Dash Arts in Association with The British Council

HENRY IV PARTS I AND II
Previews from 6 Jul 06 , Opens 11 Jul 06, Closes 15 Jul 06. Directed by Barbara Gaines, produced by Chicago Shakespeare Theater

KING JOHN
Previews from 27 Jul 06, Opens 3 Aug 08, Closes 10 Oct 06. Directed by Josie Rourke

LOVE'S LABOUR'S LOST
Previews from 16 Aug 06, Opens 17 Aug 06, Closes 26 Aug 06. Directed by Michael Kahn. Produced by Washington DC's Shakespeare Theatre Compnay

RAPE OF LUCRECE
10 Sep 06 (One performance only!). Directed by Gregory Doran

CYMBELINE
Previews from 20 Sep 06, Opens 21 Sep 06, Closes 30 Sep 06. Directed by Emma Rice, produced by Kneehigh Theatre

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In the Courtyard Theatre....

HENRY VI PARTS I, II AND III
Previews from 7 Jul 06, Opens 7 Jul 06, Closes 21 Oct 06. Dirtected by Michael Boyd

TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA
27 Aug 06 (One performance only!). Produced by Nos Do Morro / Gallery 37

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at the Holy Trinity Church....

HENRY VIII
Previews from 23 Aug 06, Opens 24 Aug 06, Closes 2 Sep 06. Directed by Gregory Thompson. Produced by AandBC (In Portuguese and English)

The Schedule for the second booking period for the RSC's "Complete Works" Festival (Oct 2006 to April 2007) will be anounced around December 2005 and go on sale in January 2006. Highlights of the second booking period includes JUDI DENCH to perform in "The Merry Wives of Windsor" and IAN McKELLEN playing the title role in "King Lear", directed by Trevor Nunn. The Swan theatre plays host to Anglo-Kuwaiti director Sulyman AI-Bassam's take on "Riichard III" and Declan Donnellan's Russian "Twelfth NIght" , while Edward Hall's Propeller arrives in The Courtyard Theatre with "The Taming of the Shrew".