Royal Shakespeare Company
30 April – 2 October 2014
Directed by Polly Findlay
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When wealthy landowner Arden’s suspicions of his wife Alice cheating on him are confirmed, Arden, Alice and her lover find themselves playing a deadly game as a series of would be murderers set off in pursuit of Arden.
Polly Findlay makes her RSC debut to direct this anonymously written thriller.
King John
By William Shakespeare
Directed by Tim Carroll
Tom Patterson Theatre
May 21 to September 20
Opens May 28
War is the inevitable result when the King of France demands that John relinquish his crown in favour of his nephew, the young Prince Arthur. Excommunication, attempted atrocity, rebellion and assassination all contribute to a political and personal turmoil that finds devastating expression in an anguished mother’s grief for her son.
Richard III
- June 3 – October 10, 2014
- Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Ashland, OR – Allen Elizabethan Theatre
- By William Shakespeare | Directed by James Bundy
Bad to the Bone
The king you love to hate returns. Richard III is the cunning royal reprobate so deformed in body and spirit that even his mother rues the day he was born. His path to England’s throne is murderous. He rules with a tyrant’s fist. He’s backstabbing and bloody. Yet he is so mesmerizing that we dare you to look away. Historically, Richard III may not have been such a villain, but where’s the fun in that? Shakespeare’s reworking of history is tragedy at its best—deep, rich and unapologetic.
Oregon Shakespeare Festival
June 5 – October 12, 2014
Directed by Sarah Rasmussen
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Is all really fair in love?
Young Proteus only has eyes for his hometown sweetheart, Julia. But on a trip to Milan, he gets one look at the lovely Silvia . . . and dumps Julia in a heartbeat. Two problems: Silvia is his best friend’s girl, and Julia won’t be dumped that easily. Stir in some bandits, an outraged father and a bad-mannered dog, and it’s friend versus friend in a wild tale of romantic rivals. This sumptuous production of Shakespeare’s early comedy—with twists that echo in his later plays—honors and mirrors Elizabethan tradition with an all-female cast.
Royal Shakespeare Company
30 July – 29 November 2014
Directed by Maria Aberg
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Beautiful Vittoria begins an illicit affair, enlisting the help of her brother Flamenio to fool her husband. They soon find themselves snared in a web of corruption, passion and retribution as their pursuit of personal gain reaches an epic and bloody conclusion.