Shakespeare in Performance: Play

King John

Title	King John
Composition Date	1595
Year First Published	1623
Genres	history
Related Artifacts	costume design (1 collection) illustration (1 collection, 1 artifact) performance (2 artifacts)
Artifacts for Related Productions	costume design (1 collection, 1 artifact) illustration (7 artifacts) newsletter (1 collection) pamphlet (2 collections) performance (8 artifacts) photograph (14 artifacts) playbill (6 artifacts) postcard (2 collections) press clipping (4 artifacts) press release (1 collection) production still (104 artifacts) program (8 collections) prompt book (2 artifacts) review (1 collection, 16 artifacts)

Productions connected to King John

Title	Year	Creator	Country	Type	Connection
King John	2014	Stratford Festival of Canada	Canada	stage	performance
King John	2012	American Shakespeare Center	USA	stage	performance
King John	2012	Claire Evans, in association with The Steam Industry	UK	stage	performance
King John	2012	Richmond Shakespeare	USA	stage	performance
The Lion in Winter	2012	American Shakespeare Center	USA	stage	reference(s)
King John	2007	Atlanta Shakespeare Company	USA	stage	performance
King John	2006	Oregon Shakespeare Festival	USA	stage	performance
King John	2006	Royal Shakespeare Company	UK	stage	performance
King John	2005	Shakespeare and Company	USA	stage	performance
König Johann	2005	Shakespeare Festival im Globe Neuss	Germany	stage	performance
King John	2004	Stratford Festival of Canada	Canada	stage	performance
King John	2001	Houston Shakespeare Festival	USA	stage	performance
King John	2001	Shakespeare and Company	USA	stage	performance
King John	2001	Royal Shakespeare Company	UK	stage	performance
King John	2001	Northern Broadsides	UK	stage	performance
King John	1999	Jason Smeraka	Canada	recorded	reading(s)
King John	1999	Stamford Shakespeare Company	UK	stage	performance
King John	1998	Original Shakespeare Company	UK	stage	performance
King John	1997	Cambridge Players	UK	stage	performance
King John	1997	The Shakespeare Institute Players	UK	stage	performance
King John	1996	Judith Shakespeare Company	USA	stage	reading(s)
King John	1993	Stratford Festival of Canada	Canada	stage	performance
King John	1988	Royal Shakespeare Company	UK	stage	performance
King John	1985	Oregon Shakespeare Festival	USA	stage	performance
King Jon	1985		Germany	stage	performance
King John: The Life and Death of	1984	David Giles	GB	recorded	interpretation
King John	1983	Jean Cocteau Repertory Company	USA	stage	performance
King John	1982	North Carolina Shakespeare Festival	USA	stage	performance
King John	1981	American Players Theatre	USA	stage	performance
King John	1980	National Institute of Dramatic Art	Australia	stage	performance
King John	1980	Deutsches Nationaltheater	Germany	stage	performance
King John	1979	Kentucky Shakespeare Festival	USA	stage	performance
King John	1978		Yugoslavia	stage	performance
King John	1976	Colorado Shakespeare Festival	USA	stage	performance
King John	1975	Royal Shakespeare Company	UK	stage	performance
King John	1974	Stratford Festival of Canada	Canada	stage	performance
King John	1974	Royal Shakespeare Company	UK	stage	performance
King John	1974	Stratford Festival of Canada	Canada	stage	performance
King John	1973		Italy	stage	performance
King John	1970	Royal Shakespeare Company	UK	stage	performance
King John	1969	Oregon Shakespeare Festival	USA	stage	performance
King John	1968	The Nottingham Playhouse Company	UK	stage	performance
King John	1967	New York Shakespeare Festival	USA	stage	performance
King John	1964	Colorado Shakespeare Festival	USA	stage	performance
King John	1963	La Guilde	France	stage	performance
King John	1961		Germany	stage	performance
King John	1961		Sweden	stage	performance
King John	1961	The Old Vic	UK	stage	performance
King John	1960	Stratford Festival of Canada	Canada	stage	performance
King John	1960		UK	stage	performance
King John	1960	Stratford Festival of Canada	Canada	stage	performance
Life and Death of King John	1959	Oregon Shakespeare Festival	USA	stage	performance
King John	1957	Royal Shakespeare Company	UK	stage	performance
King John	1956	American Shakespeare Festival	USA	stage	performance
King John	1953	The Old Vic	UK	stage	performance
King John	1953	Harrow School	UK	stage	performance
King John	1952		GB	recorded	teleplay
King John	1952		France	stage	performance
The Life and Death of King John	1952	Adelaide Repertory Theatre	Australia	stage	performance
King John	1951		England	stage	performance
König Johann	1950	Staatsschauspiel Dresden	Germany	stage	performance
King John	1948	Oregon Shakespeare Festival	USA	stage	performance
King John	1948	Royal Shakespeare Company	England	stage	performance
King John	1945	Birmingham Repertory Theatre	UK	stage	performance
King John	1941	The Old Vic	UK	stage	performance
King John	1940	Royal Shakespeare Company	UK	stage	performance
King John	1939	Harold Neilson Company	UK	stage	performance
King John	1938		USA	stage	performance
King John	1931	The Old Vic	UK	stage	performance
King John	1927		Germany	stage	performance
King John	1926	The Old Vic	UK	stage	performance
King John	1925	Royal Shakespeare Company	UK	stage	performance
King John	1924	Fellowship of Players	UK	stage	performance
King John	1920	The Old Vic	UK	stage	performance
King John	1917	The Old Vic	UK	stage	performance
King John	1916	Royal Shakespeare Company	UK	stage	performance
King John	1913	Stratford-upon-Avon Players	International	stage	performance
King John	1913	Royal Shakespeare Company	UK	stage	performance
King John	1913	Birmingham Repertory Theatre	UK	stage	performance
King John	1911	The Pilgrim Players	UK	stage	performance
King John	1909	Royal Shakespeare Company	UK	stage	performance
King John	1909		USA	stage	performance
King John	1907		USA	stage	performance
King John	1901	Royal Shakespeare Company	UK	stage	performance
King John	1899	Herbert Beerbohm Tree	UK	recorded	scene(s)
King John	1899	Herbert Beerbohm Tree	UK	stage	performance
King John	1891		UK	stage	performance
King John	1890		UK	stage	performance
King John	1890	Royal Shakespeare Company	UK	stage	performance
King John	1889	Herbert Beerbohm Tree	UK	stage	performance
King John	1885		UK	stage	performance
King John	1874		USA	stage	performance
King John	1866		UK	stage	performance
King John	1865	The Drury Lane Company	UK	stage	performance
King John	1862		UK	stage	performance
King John	1858		UK	stage	performance
King John	1852		UK	stage	performance
King John	1851		UK	stage	performance
King John	1849	Macready's	UK	stage	performance
King John	1846	Macready's	USA	stage	performance
King John	1844	Macready's	UK	stage	performance
King John	1842	Macready's	UK	stage	performance
King John	1840		UK	stage	performance
King John	1836		UK	stage	performance
King John	1834		USA	stage	performance
King John	1834		UK	stage	performance
King John	1832		USA	stage	performance
King John	1827		UK	stage	performance
The Tragedy of King John	1824		Scotland	stage	performance
King John	1823	Macready's	UK	stage	performance
King John	1822		UK	stage	performance
King John	1819			stage	performance
King John	1818	Their Majesties' Servants	UK	stage	performance
King John	1816		UK	stage	performance
King John	1804	Kemble's	UK	stage	performance
King John	1803		UK	stage	performance
King John	1801	Their Majesties' Servants	UK	stage	performance
King John; Or, England Invaded	1800	Their Majesties' Servants	UK	stage	performance
King John	1795		UK	stage	performance
King John	1793		UK	stage	performance
King John	1792		UK	stage	performance
King John	1785		UK	stage	performance
King John	1784		UK	stage	performance
King John	1783		UK	stage	performance
King John	1783		UK	stage	performance
King John	1777		UK	stage	performance
King John	1775		UK	stage	performance
King John	1774		UK	stage	performance
King John	1770		UK	stage	performance
King John	1769		UK	stage	performance
King John	1768		USA	stage	performance
King John	1767		UK	stage	performance
King John	1767		UK	stage	performance
King John	1766		UK	stage	performance
King John	1766		UK	stage	performance
King John	1764		UK	stage	performance
King John	1761		UK	stage	performance
King John	1760		UK	stage	performance
King John	1758		UK	stage	performance
King John	1754		UK	stage	performance
King John	1751		UK	stage	performance
King John	1749		UK	stage	performance
King John	1747		UK	stage	performance
King John	1745		UK	stage	performance
King John	1745		UK	stage	performance
King John	1741	The Covent Garden Company	UK	stage	performance
King John	1739		UK	stage	performance
King John	1738		UK	stage	performance
King John	1737	The Company of Comedians	UK	stage	performance

Characters

King John (The King of England)
Queen Eleanor (Mother to King John)
Prince Henry (King John's son, afterward King Henry III)
Duke of Brittaine Arthur (Duke of Brittaine (Brittany), King John's nephew)
Constance (Arthur's mother, widow of King John's elder brother Geoffrey)
Blanche of Spain (Niece of King John)
Lady Faulconbridge (Widow of Sir Robert Faulconbridge)
Philip Faulconbridge the Bastard (Afterward knighted as Sir Richard Plantagenet, Lady Faulconbridge's illegitimate son by Richard I (Richard Coeur de Lion))
Robert Faulconbridge (Lady Faulconbridge's legitimate son)
James Gurney (Lady Faulconbridge's attendant)
Earl of Pembroke
Earl of Essex
Earl of Salisbury
Lord Bigot
Hubert de Burgh (In the service of King John)
Peter of Pomfret (A prophet)
English Herald
Messenger
Executioner
King Philip of France (The King of France)
Prince Lewis the Dauphin
Duke Limoges of Austria
Lord Melun (A French lord)
Chatillon (Ambassador from France to King John)
French Herald
Citizen of Angiers
Cardinal Pandulph (The Pope's legate)
Lord
A Sheriff
Soldier
Citizen
Attendant

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King John at the Union Theater - King John (2012, Claire Evans, in association with The Steam Industry, UK)

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