Selected Modern Performances
Despite adaptations by the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1986 (Swan Theatre) and 1987 (Mermaid Theatre in London), where the play's setting was altered to take place in the West Indies, most performances of the script in the past 25 years have been by experimental or smaller troupes. Other noted productions include:
- University of Chicago Circle (1979)
- Folger Theatre Group, Washington (1982)
- Upstream Theatre, London (1984)
- Williamstown Theatre Festival (1987)
- Revel Players, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (1990)
- The Union Theatre, Peterborough, Ontario (1994)
- Festival Playhouse, Kalamazoo College, Kalamazoo, Michigan (2005) Directed by Karen Berthel
- University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada (2008)
- Weitzenhoffer Theatre, University of Oklahoma (2008)
- Fordham Theatre Company, Fordham College at Lincoln Center (2008) Edited and directed by Michael Goldfried =
- Bank Street Theatre, New School, NYC (2008) Directed by Erica Gould
- Chinese Culture University, Taipei (2008)
- Bing Theatre, University of Southern California (2009) Directed by Stephan Novinski
- Center for the Performing Arts, Illinois State University (2009) Directed by Chris Garcia Peak
- Department of Theater, Dance & Film, Franklin & Marshall College, Lancaster, Pennsylvania (2009) Directed by Gian Giacomo Colli
- Department of Theatre, Randolph College, Lynchburg, Virginia (2010) Directed by Grant Mudge
- Department of Theatre, Film and Television Studies, Aberystwyth University, Wales (2010) Directed by Richard Cheshire.
- Brown/Trinity Rep MFA Programs, Providence, Rhode Island (2011) Adapted and Directed by Talya Klein
- Theater Arts at the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California (2012) Directed by Brian Brophy, Adapted by Ann Lindsey.
- University of Minnesota
Department of Theater, University of Minnesota, BFA Seniors Production, 2012, Directed by Joel Sass.
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