The ReDiscovery Series
Works for the ReDiscovery series are chosen by Artistic Director Michael
Kahn and presented under the direction of the Company's artistic staff.
Guest artists join members of the Washington theatrical community to
investigate these great but lesser-known plays of world literature.
The readings occur at the Lansburgh on five Mondays throughout the
year where guest scholars, translators and adaptors involved with the
evening's reading also frequently participate in rehearsal, performance
and post-performance discussions.
Now in its 14th season, the ReDiscovery Series has investigated many
rarely produced classics that resulted in mainstage productions including
Schiller's Don Carlos ( produced on the Shakespeare Theatre
Company mainstage during the 2000-2001 season), A Woman of No Importance by
Oscar Wilde (produced on the Shakespeare Theatre Company mainstage
during the 1998-1999 season), The Silent Woman by Ben Jonson
(produced on the Shakespeare Theatre Company mainstage during the 2002-2003
season), a new translation and adaptation of Alfred de Musset's Lorenzaccio by
Washington playwright John Strand (produced on the Shakespeare Theatre
Company mainstage during the 2004-2005 season), and a world-premiere
translation and adaptation of George Farquhar's The Beaux' Stratagem by
Thornton Wilder and Ken Ludwig (produced on the Shakespeare Theatre
Company's mainstage during the 2006-2007 season). The series also included
the world-premiere, standing-room-only performance of Tennessee Williams'
newly discovered one-act plays, Five by Tenn (of which three
plays were read as part of the series) at The Kennedy Center, and re-mounted
in New York at The Manhattan Theatre Club.
The ReDiscovery Series is made possible through the generosity of donors
Ann K. Morales and Jean and David Grier.
The production history of the series is as follows:
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| June 30 |
The Venetian Twins by Carlo Goldoni |
| March 31 |
The Liar by Pierre Corneille, translated and adapted
by Ranjit Bolt |
| February 4 |
The Demi-Monde by Alexandre Dumas
fils, translated by Barret Clark |
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| December 10 |
The Jew of Malta by Christopher Marlowe |
| October 15 |
The Phantom Lady by Pedro Calderón de la Barca,
translated and adapted by Richard Sewell |
| May 14 |
Sir Thomas More, attributed in part to William Shakespeare |
| April 22 |
The History of Cardenio, by William Shakespeare and
John
Fletcher, an imaginative reconstruction by Gary Taylor |
| February 12 |
Edward III – attributed in part to William
Shakespeare |
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| December 4 |
The Belle's Stratagem – by Hannah Cowley, edited by
Melinda Finberg and David McCallum |
| September 25 |
London Assurance – by Dion Boucicault |
April 24 |
The Modern Husband – by Henry Fielding, adapted by
Michael Kahn |
February 20 |
Hernani – by Victor Hugo, translated
and adapted by John Strand |
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December 5 |
The Voysey Inheritance – by Harley Granville-Barker |
October 3 |
The Spanish Tragedy – by Thomas Kyd |
May 2 |
The Beaux' Stratagem** – by George Farquhar, adapted
by Thornton Wilder and Ken Ludwig |
February 7 |
A Busy Day – by Fanny Burney, adapted
by Alan Coveney |
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December 6 |
The Dog in the Manger** – by Lope de
Vega |
September 20 and
October 18 |
Boston Marriage – by David Mamet |
February 23 |
Nathan the Wise – by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing,
translated by Edward Kemp |
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December 9 |
Lorenzaccio* – by Alfred
de Musset – translated and adapted by John Strand |
September 22 |
A Chaste Maid in Cheapside – by Thomas Middleton |
February 27 |
Brand – by Henrik Ibsen |
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December 9 |
The Recruiting Officer – by
George Farquhar |
October 14 |
Turcaret – by Alain-René Lessage |
February 25 |
Mulatto – by Langston Hughes |
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December 10 |
The Newly Discovered One Acts of Tennessee Williams |
October 8 |
The Alchemist – by Ben Jonson |
February 26 |
The Beaux' Stratagem * – by George Farquhar |
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December |
The Double Dealer – by William
Congreve |
October |
The Silent Woman* – by Ben Jonson |
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December 7 |
The Alcestiad – by Thornton
Wilder |
February 23 |
The Wives' Excuse – by Thomas Southerne |
1 9 9 7
December 15 |
Amphitryon – by Molière – translated
by Richard Wilbur |
September 29 |
The Surgeon of Honour – by Pedro Calderón
de la Barca |
May 12 |
Women Beware Women – by Thomas Middleton |
March 3 |
All is True – by William Shakespeare and John Fletcher – adapted
by Greg Doran |
January 6 |
A Woman of No Importance* – by Oscar Wilde |
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November 4 |
The Roman Actor – by Philip Massinger |
April 29 |
The Knight of the Burning Pestle – by Francis Beaumont
and John Fletcher |
March 11 |
The Tutor – by Jakob Lenz |
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December 11 |
Lorenzaccio – by Alfred de Musset |
October 30 |
Ion** – by Euripides |
May 15 |
The Malcontent – by John Marston |
March 13 |
The Man of Mode or Sir Flopping Flutter – by George
Etherege |
January 9 |
Venice Preserved – by Thomas Otway |
1 9 9 4
October 10 |
The Last Days of Don Juan – by Tirso
de Molina |
February 14 |
Brittanicus – by Jean Racine |
1 9 9 3
The Relapse – by Sir John Vanbrugh |
The Critic – by Richard Brinsley Sheridan Beaumont
and John Fletcher |
Don Carlos* – by Frederich Schiller |
*Fully produced by the Shakespeare Theatre Company.
** To be produced by the Shakespeare Theatre Company as part of the
2008-2009 season.
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