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RSC Performances

A Midsummer Night's Dream

  • Press night

    01.10.1928

  • Closing night

    16.03.1929

  • Venue

    Tour

Stratford-upon-Avon Festival Company, First Transatlantic tour 1928-1929 1 October 1928-16 March 1929. Plays performed: Hamlet (HAM), Henry IV Part 1 (HF1), Julius Caesar (JUL), The Merchant of Venice (MER), The Merry Wives of Windsor (MEW), A Midsummer Night's Dream (MND), Richard III (RI3), The Taming of the Shrew (TAM). All venues in USA unless stated: 1-6 Oct, Princess Theatre, Montreal, Canada; MEW, RI3, MER, HF1, HAM, JUL, TAM. 8-10 Oct, Grand Theatre, Kingston, Canada; TAM, HAM, MER, MEW. 11-13 Oct, Savoy Theatre, Hamilton, Canada; TAM, HAM, MER, MEW. 15-17 Oct, Brantford, Canada; TAM, HAM, MER, MEW. 18-20 Oct, Grand Theatre, London, Canada; TAM, HAM, MER, MEW . 23-27 Oct, Walker Theatre, Winnipeg, Canada; JUL, MER, HAM, HF1, MEW, RI3, TAM. 29 Oct-1 Nov, Empire Theatre, Saskatoon, Canada; HAM, MEW, MER, TAM, RI3. 2-6 Nov, Regina Theatre, Regina, Canada; RI3, MER, TAM, HAM, MEW. 7 Nov, Moose Jaw, Canada; Play not known. 8 Nov, Medicine Hat, Canada; Play not known. 9-10 Nov, Lethbridge, Canada; Play not known. 12-14 Nov, Grand Theatre, Calgary, Canada; HAM, MEW, TAM. 15-17 Nov, Empire Theatre, Edmonton, Canada; TAM, HAM, MER, MEW. 19-24 Nov, Empress Theatre, Vancouver, Canada; TAM, RI3, MER, MEW, HF1, HAM, JUL. 26 Nov-1 Dec, Royal Victoria Theatre, Victoria, Canada; MEW, MER, TAM, HAM, JUL, RI3. 3-8 Dec, Metropolitan Theatre, Seattle; TAM, RI3, MER, MEW, HF1, HAM, JUL. 10-15 Dec, Heilig Theatre, Portland, Oregon; TAM, RI3, MER, MEW, HAM, HF1, JUL. 17-29 Dec, Geary Theatre, San Francisco, California; TAM, HAM, JUL, MEW, RI3, MND, HF1, MER. 31 Dec 1928-12 Jan 1929, Erlanger's Mason Theater, Los Angeles, California; TAM, MEW, HAM, HF1, MND, JUL, RI3. 14-16 Jan, Paramount Theatre, Salt Lake City, Utah; TAM, HAM, JUL, MEW. 21-26 Jan, Broadway Theater, Denver, Colorado; TAM, HAM, JUL, MEW. 28 Jan-2 Feb, Missouri Theatre, Kansas City; TAM, MEW, HAM, JUL, HF1, MND. 4-16 Feb, Studebaker Theater, Chicago, Illinois; HAM, RI3, TAM, MEW, MND, HF1, JUL. 18-23 Feb, Shubert Lafayette Theater, Detroit; TAM, HAM, MEW, JUL, RI3. 25 Feb-9 Mar, Royal Alexandra Theatre, Toronto, Canada; TAM, HAM, JUL, MEW, HF1, MND, MER, RI3. 11-16 Mar, Princess Theatre, Montreal, Canada; TAM, MND, HF1, HAM, MEW, JUL.