Chichester Festival Production History - 1980s

1980s

1980

  • The Last of Mrs Cheyney by Frederick Lonsdale, directed by Patrick Lau
  • Terra Nova by Ted Tally, directed by Peter Dews
  • Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare, directed by Peter Dews
  • Old Heads and Young Hearts by Dion Boucicault, adapted by Peter Sallis, directed by Michael Simpson

1981

  • The Cherry Orchard by Anton Chekhov, translated by David Magarshack, revised by Philip Roth, directed by Patrick Garland
  • Feasting with Panthers, devised and directed by Peter Coe
  • The Mitford Girls by Caryl Brahms & Ned Sherrin, music by Peter Greenwell, directed by Patrick Garland
  • Underneath the Arches by Patrick Garland, Brian Glanville & Roy Hudd, directed by Roger Redfarn

1982

  • On the Rocks by George Bernard Shaw, directed by Jack Emery and Patrick Garland
  • Valmouth by Sandy Wilson, from the novel by Ronald Firbank, directed by John Dexter
  • Cavell by Keith Baxter, directed by Patrick Garland
  • Goodbye, Mr. Chips, based on the novel by James Hilton, book by Roland Starke, music & lyrics by Leslie Bricusse, directed by Patrick Garland and Chris Selbie

1983

  • A Patriot for Me by John Osborne, directed by Ronald Eyre
  • Time and the Conways by J.B. Priestley, directed by Peter Dews
  • As You Like It by William Shakespeare, directed by Patrick Garland
  • The Sleeping Prince by Terence Rattigan, directed by Peter Coe

1984

  • Forty Years On by Alan Bennett, directed by Patrick Garland
  • Oh, Kay!, music by George Gershwin, lyrics by Ira Gershwin, book by Tony Geiss & Ned Sherrin, based on the original by Guy Bolton & P.G. Wodehouse, directed by Ian Judge
  • The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare, directed by Patrick Garland
  • The Way of the World by William Congreve, directed by William Gaskill

1985

  • Cavalcade by Noël Coward, directed by David Gilmore
  • Antony and Cleopatra by William Shakespeare, directed by Robin Phillips
  • The Philanthropist by Christopher Hampton, directed by Patrick Garland
  • The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Orczy, revised by Beverley Cross, directed by Nicholas Hytner

1986

  • Annie Get Your Gun, music & lyrics by Irving Berlin, book by Herbert & Dorothy Fields, directed by David Gilmore
  • The Chalk Garden by Enid Bagnold, directed by Ronald Eyre
  • The Relapse by John Vanbrugh, directed by Matthew Francis
  • Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë, adapted for the stage and directed by Peter Coe
  • A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, book by Burt Shevelove & Larry Gelbart, music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, directed by Larry Gelbart

1987

  • Robert and Elizabeth, book & lyrics by Ronald Millar, music by Ron Grainer, directed by Stewart Taylor
  • An Ideal Husband by Oscar Wilde, directed by Tony Britton
  • A Man for All Seasons by Robert Bolt, directed by Frank Hauser
  • Miranda by Beverley Cross, after Carlo Goldoni, directed by Wendy Toye

1988

  • Hay Fever by Noël Coward, directed by Tony Britton
  • Major Barbara by George Bernard Shaw, directed by Christopher Morahan
  • The Royal Baccarat Scandal by Royce Ryton, based on the book by Michael Havers & Edward Grayson, directed by Val May
  • Ring Round the Moon by Jean Anouilh, translated by Christopher Fry, directed by Elijah Morrissey

1989

  • Victory! adapted from Thomas Hardy's The Dynasts by Patrick Garland, directed by Patrick Garland and Matthew Francis
  • The Heiress by Ruth and Augustus Goetz, directed by Vivian Matalan
  • London Assurance by Dion Boucicault, directed by Sam Mendes
  • A Little Night Music, book by Hugh Wheeler, music & lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, directed by Ian Judge
  • Summerfolk by Maxim Gorky in a version by Botho Strauss & Peter Stein, translated by Michael Robinson
  • Culture Vultures by Robin Glendinning
  • Warrior by Shirley Gee
  • The Triumph of Love by Pierre de Marivaux, translated by Guy Callan
  • Cloud Nine by Caryl Churchill
  • Love's Labours Lost by William Shakespeare
  • The Purity Game by Gillian Plowman, music by Corin Buckeridge, lyrics by Will Cohu
  • War and Peaces, a revue devised by Will Cohu and Stefan Bednarczyk

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