American Shakespeare Stages

This slideshow presents images of the California Shakespeare Theatre and its productions, and images from other North American theatres active after 1945.

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California Shakespeare's BRUNS THEATRE Before an Evening Performance; & BRIEF HISTORY OF C.S.T.
The Construction in Orinda of the Bruns Theatre of the California Shakespeare Festival. It opened in 1991.
Jonathan Moscone, the Artistic Director of the California Shakespeare Theatre since 2001.
Wooded setting of CST, used for picnicing before shows.
Audience view of the C. S. T.'s setting during Shaw's Arms and the Man.
Shaw's Arms and the Man: California Shakespeare Theatre in Daylight
Sunset at California Shakespeare Theatre: Shaw's Arms and the Man.
Shaw's Arms and the Man: California Shakespeare Theatre at Night.
Much Ado About Nothing, California Shakespeare Theater, 2003
Much Ado: California Shakespeare Theatre; Beatrice (Julie Eccles) in Love
Much Ado: CST; Love's Labour's Won? Beatrice; Bendedick.
Much Ado: CST; Don John (Andy Murray) as Villain
Much Ado: California Shakespeare Theatre; The Watch
Much Ado: California Shakespeare Theatre; The Wedding Crisis
Much Ado: CST; "Engaged"
Much Ado: CST; Final Dance
Set for the opening scene of Julius Caesar at the Bruns Theatre, 2003.
CST; Will Caesar meet the Senate?(2.2)
California Shakespeare Theatre; Julius Caesar Fights to the Death (3.1.76)
CST; Julius Caesar: Antony Mourns over the Corpse of Caesar in front of Brutus.
Julius Caesar's Ghost
Julius Caesar: Octavius (T. Edward Webster) Becomes Caesar
Set for Richard III at the Bruns Theatre: California Shakespeare Theatre, 2007.
"Richard III" at the Bruns Theatre: California Shakespeare Theatre, 2007.
Pericles (Christopher Kelly) at the Bruns Theatre: California Shakespeare Theatre, 2008.
Pericles (Christopher Kelly) Meets Some Fishermen at the Bruns Theatre: California Shakespeare Theatre, 2008.
Pericles 2008: Thaisa and Simonedes.
Pericles, 2008: Thaisa celebrates the victory of Pericles (Christopher Kelly).
Pericles, 2008; Pericles recovers his daughter, Marina (Sarah Nealis).
Isabella in Measure for Measure at the Bruns Theatre of the California Shakespeare Theatre, 2003.
King Lear (Jeffrey DeMunn) at the Bruns Theatre: California Shakespeare Theatre, 2007.
Prospero in The Tempest at the Bruns Theatre of the California Shakespeare Theatre, 2005.
A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Bruns Theatre: California Shakespeare Theatre. 2002.
A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Bruns Theatre: California Shakespeare Theatre. 2002.
A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Bruns Theatre: CST. 2002. Puck: Andy Murray.
A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Bruns Theatre: California Shakespeare Theatre. 2002.
A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Bruns Theatre: California Shakespeare Theatre. 2002.
A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Bruns Theatre: California Shakespeare Theatre. 2002.
A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Bruns Theatre: California Shakespeare Theatre. 2002.
A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Bruns Theatre: California Shakespeare Theatre. 2002.
A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Bruns Theatre: California Shakespeare Theatre. 2002.
A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Bruns Theatre: California Shakespeare Theatre. 2002.
A Dream's End [Plus a Complete Production History of the California Shakespeare Theatre, 1974-2009.]
Sketch for the Current Redesign of the Bruns Theatre Site.
Set for Macbeth at the Bruns Theatre: California Shakespeare Theatre, 2002.
The Witches and their Familiars in Macbeth at the Bruns Theatre: California Shakespeare Theatre, 2002.
The Macbeths at the Bruns Theatre: California Shakespeare Theatre, 2002.
The Drunken Porter in Macbeth at the Bruns Theatre: California Shakespeare Theatre, 2002.
Macbeth at the Bruns Theatre: California Shakespeare Theatre, 2002.
Lady Macbeth (Mia Barron) at the Bruns Theatre: California Shakespeare Theatre, 2002.
First Folio Shakespeare Festival,Oakbrook, IL.: Macbeth Set,2001.
Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan, Canada: Macbeth, I.i: 2004.
Heart of America Shakespeare Festival, 2007: Set for Romeo and Juliet.
Illinois Shakespeare Festival, 2005, Twelfth Night.
Nebraska Shakespeare Festival Program: Shakespeare on the Green.
Idaho Shakespeare Festival, Program for 2000.
The Old Globe's Open-air Theatre at San Diego.
Titus Andronicus: Old Globe, San Diego, CA, 2006.
Great Lakes Shakespeare Festival, Antony and Cleopatra, 1964.
Comedy of Errors:Great Lakes Shakespeare Festival, 1970.
Great Lakes Shakespeare Festival, The Merchant of Venice, 1970
Stratford Festival, Ontario, Canada: The Merchant of Venice, 1976.
Stratford Festival, Stratford, Ontario, Canada: Troilus & Cressida: 1963.
Stratford Festival, Ontario, Canada, 1976: The Tempest (I.ii.1)
Margaret Webster Production: Macbeth, 1942, New York
*Margaret Webster Production, Macbeth (II.i.33-51), New York, 1942. Macbeth.
*Margaret Webster Production: Othello V.ii; Othello, Iago, Desdemona
The Tempest, Margaret Webster Production, 1945
Stratford Festival, Ontario, Hamlet, 1957.
Stratford Festival, Ontario, 1976: Antony and Cleopatra
Stratford Festival, Stratford, Ontario, Canada, Measure for Measure,1975
Henry VI, Part 3, Charles Pitt as Richard of Gloucester, 1860
Shakespeare and Company Campus,in Lenox, Massachusetts, 2005.
The Tempest: Shakespeare and Company, 2001.
Twelfth Night: Shakespeare and Company, 2000. Kristin Wold; Christianna Nelson.
As You Like It, Shakespeare and Company, 2004.
Shakespeare Santa Cruz, 2009: Julius Caesar in the open air, I.i.12.
Julius Caesar, III.ii.13; Shakespeare Santa Cruz, 2009
Twelfth Night; Shakespeare Santa Cruz, 2005.
The Winter's Tale, IV.iv: Shakespeare Santa Cruz, 2005.
Colorado Shakespeare Festival, Boulder, 1990 Program.
Colorado Shakespeare Festival: the Mary Ripon Outdoor Theatre
Colorado Shakespeare Festival, King John: 1976.
King John: Colorado Shakespeare Festival, 1976.
Oregon Shakespeare Festival Program (Ashland) for 1965.
Riverside Theatre New York: As You Like It, 1978: Caryn West and Kent Odell.
Loves Labor's Lost, Riverside Shakespeare (NY), 1981.
Atlanta Shakespeare Company, Oakbrook, IL, The Comedy of Errors, 2002.
Les Productions Deschamps-Lelarge Inc., Canada: Hamlet, prince du Québec 1968.
Hamlet, prince du Québec (1968) Les Productions Deschamps-Lelarge Inc., Canada)
The Comedy of Errors as Musical: set and cast for 'The Boys from Syracuse.' 1938.
*Kiss Me Kate [Musical based on The Taming of the Shrew], New York, 1950.
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