Most of the productions listed are by professional or semi-professional companies. Information is mainly taken from newspaper reviews held in the Birmingham Shakespeare Library. There were an exceptional number of productions of Macbeth, many reflecting the civil war in Bosnia. By contrast, only one professional production of King Lear was recorded.

ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL

The Nuffield Theatre, Southampton: November 1995

Director: Patrick Sandford

Designer: Farnsworth

A modern dress production.

ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA

Moving Theatre Company

The Riverside Studios, Hammersmith, British and European tour: April 1995

Director/Cleopatra: Vanessa Redgrave

Re-cast during the tour. Also performed in Wormwood Scrubs Prison.s

Northern Broadsides, tour: November 1995—

Director/Antony: Barry Rutter

Designer: Jessica Worral

AS YOU LIKE IT

Cheek by Jowl, tour continues.

See Shakespeare Survey 48.

The Midsommer Actors, Arundel Festival and tour: June 1995—

A walkabout production, touring open air venues. The native inhabitants of the Forest of Arden were presented as Native American Indians.

Tamara Theatre at the Dudley Shakespeare Festival, Dudley Castle: summer 1995

Director: Robert Leach

Rosalind: Sonia Ritter

Tamara are a new theatre company, and intend to perform Shakespeare annually at Dudley Castle.

Scapegoat Theatre Company, Norwich, tour of open air sites around Norwich: June 1995

Stafford Shakespeare Company, Stafford Castle: July 1995

Director: Rob Swinton

Set in 18th century pre-Revolutionary France, and performed by a mixed amateur and professional cast.

Hot Air Productions, The Oxford Shakespeare Festival: July 1995

A and BC Theatre: August 1995

Director: Gregory Thompson

The change of location from Court to Forest was effected by costume changes, signalling that essentially they were the same place.