Chichester Festival Production History - 1970s

1970s

1970

• Peer Gynt by Henrik Ibsen, English version by Christopher Fry based on a translation by Johann Fillinger, directed by Peter Coe
• Vivat! Vivat Regina! by Robert Bolt, directed by Peter Dews
• Double bill: The Proposal by Anton Chekhov, translation by Constance Garnett, and Arms and the Man by George Bernard Shaw. Directed by John Clements
• The Alchemist by Ben Jonson, directed by Peter Dews

1971

• The Rivals by Richard Brinsley Sheridan, directed by John Clements
• Dear Antoine by Jean Anouilh, translated by Lucienne Hill, directed by Robin Phillips
• Caesar and Cleopatra by George Bernard Shaw, directed by Robin Phillips
• Reunion in Vienna by Robert E. Sherwood, directed by Frith Banbury

1972

• The Beggar's Opera by John Gay, directed by Robin Phillips
• The Doctor's Dilemma by George Bernard Shaw, directed by John Clements
• The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare, directed by Jonathan Miller
• The Lady's Not for Burning by Christopher Fry, directed by Robin Phillips

1973

• The Director of the Opera by Jean Anouilh, translated by Lucienne Hill, directed by Peter Dews
• The Seagull by Anton Chekhov, directed by Jonathan Miller
• R Loves J by Peter Ustinov, music by Alexander Faris, lyrics by Julian More, directed by Wendy Toye
• Dandy Dick by Arthur Wing Pinero, directed by John Clements

1974

• Tonight We Improvise by Luigi Pirandello, translated by Samuel Putnam, directed by Peter Coe
• The Confederacy by John Vanbrugh, directed by Wendy Toye
• Oedipus Tyrannus by Sophocles, adapted by Gail Rademacher, directed by Hovhannes Pilikian
• A Month in the Country by Ivan Turgenev, translated by Adriane Nicolaeff, directed by Toby Robinson

1975

• Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand, translated by Christopher Fry, directed by José Ferrer
• An Enemy of the People by Henrik Ibsen, English version by John Patrick Vincent, directed by Patrick Garland
• Made in Heaven by Andrew Sachs, directed by Wendy Toye
• Othello by William Shakespeare, directed by Peter Dews

1976

• Noah by André Obey, English text by Arthur Wilmurt, directed by Eric Thompson
• Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare, directed by Keith Michell
• The Circle by W. Somerset Maugham, directed by Peter Dews
• Monsieur Perrichon's Travels by Eugène Labiche & Edouard Martin, English version by R.H. Ward, directed by Patrick Garland

1977

• Waters of the Moon by N.C. Hunter, directed by John Clements
• In Order of Appearance by Wally K. Daly & Keith Michell, music by Jim Parker, directed by Keith Michell
• Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare, directed by Peter Dews
• The Apple Cart by George Bernard Shaw, directed by Patrick Garland

1978

• A Woman of No Importance by Oscar Wilde, directed by Patrick Garland
• The Inconstant Couple by Pierre de Marivaux, translated and adapted by John Bowen, directed by Noel Willman
• The Aspern Papers by Henry James, adapted for the theatre by Michael Redgrave, directed by David William
• Look After Lulu by Noël Coward, based on Occupe-toi d'Amélie by Georges Feydeau, directed by Patrick Garland

1979

• The Devil's Disciple by George Bernard Shaw, directed by Peter Dews
• The Eagle Has Two Heads by Jean Cocteau, adapted by Ronald Duncan, directed by David William
• The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde, directed by Peter Dews
• The Man Who Came to Dinner by Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman, directed by Patrick Lau