This page describes the production history of the Stratford Festival.

The Stratford Festival (formerly known as the Stratford Shakespearean Festival, the Stratford Festival of Canada, and the Stratford Shakespeare Festival) is a summer-long celebration of theatre held each year in Stratford, Ontario.CBC Arts report, , 2007 Theatre-goers, actors, and playwrights flock to Stratford to take part—many of the greatest Canadian, American and British actors have played roles at Stratford. It was one of the first and is still one of the most prominent arts festivals in Canada.

The Festival's primary mandate is to present productions of Shakespeare's plays, but it also produces a wide variety of theatre from Greek tragedy to Gilbert and Sullivan to Broadway musicals to contemporary works. By 2017, only three of the 14 productions were based on Shakespeare's works. The following is a chronological list of the productions that have been staged as part of the Stratford Festival since its inception.

On February 17, 2015, AP News reported that the Stratford Festival plans to film all of Shakespeare's plays.

1953 Richard III – by William Shakespeare All's Well That Ends Well – by William Shakespeare

1954 Measure for Measure – by William Shakespeare The Taming of the Shrew – by William Shakespeare Oedipus Rex – by Sophocles

1955 Julius Caesar – by William Shakespeare King Oedipus – by Sophocles The Merchant of Venice – by William Shakespeare

1956 Henry V – by William Shakespeare The Merry Wives of Windsor – by William Shakespeare Le Mariage forcé / Sganarelle / La Jalousie du barbouillé – by Molière The Rape of Lucrece – by William Shakespeare

1957 Hamlet – by William Shakespeare Twelfth Night – by William Shakespeare My Fur Lady – by Galt MacDermot The Turn of the Screw – composed by Benjamin Britten, libretto by Myfanwy Piper Peer Gynt – by Henrik Ibsen

1958 The Two Gentlemen of Verona – by William Shakespeare Henry IV, Part 1 – by William Shakespeare Much Ado About Nothing – by William Shakespeare The Winter's Tale – by William Shakespeare The Beggar's Opera – by John Gay Le Malade Imaginaire – by Molière

1959 As You Like It – by William Shakespeare Othello – by William Shakespeare Orpheus in the Underworld – by Jacques Offenbach After Hours The Heart Is Highland – by Robert Kemp

1960 King John – by William Shakespeare A Midsummer Night's Dream – by William Shakespeare Romeo and Juliet – by William Shakespeare H.M.S. Pinafore – music by Arthur Sullivan, libretto by W. S. Gilbert

1961 Coriolanus – by William Shakespeare Henry VIII – by William Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost – by William Shakespeare The Pirates of Penzance – music by Arthur Sullivan, libretto by W. S. Gilbert The Canvas Barricade – by Donald Jack

1962 The Pirates of Penzance – music by Arthur Sullivan, libretto by W. S. Gilbert Macbeth – by William Shakespeare The Taming of the Shrew – by William Shakespeare The Tempest – by William Shakespeare The Gondoliers – music by Arthur Sullivan, libretto by W. S. Gilbert Cyrano de Bergerac – by Edmond Rostand

1963 Troilus and Cressida – by William Shakespeare Cyrano de Bergerac – by Edmond Rostand The Comedy of Errors – by William Shakespeare The Mikado – music by Arthur Sullivan, libretto by W. S. Gilbert Timon of Athens – by William Shakespeare

1964 Love's Labour's Lost – by William Shakespeare Le Bourgeois gentilhomme – by Molière Timon of Athens – by William Shakespeare Richard II – by William Shakespeare King Lear – by William Shakespeare The Yeomen of the Guard – music by Arthur Sullivan, libretto by W. S. Gilbert The Country Wife – by William Wycherley The Marriage of Figaro – by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

1965 Henry IV, Part 1 – by William Shakespeare Henry IV, Part 2 – by William Shakespeare Julius Caesar – by William Shakespeare Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny – by Kurt Weill, libretto by Bertolt Brecht The Marriage of Figaro – by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart The Cherry Orchard – by Anton Chekhov

1966 Henry V – by William Shakespeare Henry VI – by William Shakespeare Twelfth Night – by William Shakespeare Don Giovanni – by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart The Last of the Tsars – by Michael Bawtree The Dance of Death – by August Strindberg

1967 Henry V – by William Shakespeare The Government Inspector – by Nikolai Gogol Twelfth Night – by William Shakespeare Richard III – by William Shakespeare The Merry Wives of Windsor – by William Shakespeare Così fan tutte – by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Albert Herring – by Benjamin Britten Colours in the Dark – by James Reaney Antony and Cleopatra – by William Shakespeare

1968 A Midsummer Night's Dream – by William Shakespeare Romeo and Juliet – by William Shakespeare Tartuffe – by Molière Cinderella – by Gioacchino Rossini The Three Musketeers – by Alexandre Dumas The Seagull – by Anton Chekhov Waiting for Godot – by Samuel Beckett

1969 The Alchemist – by Ben Jonson Hamlet – by William Shakespeare Measure for Measure – by William Shakespeare Tartuffe – by Molière The Satyricon – by Petronius Arbiter Hadrian VII – by Frederick Rolfe

1970 The School for Scandal – by Richard Brinsley Sheridan The Merchant of Venice – by William Shakespeare Hedda Gabler – by Henrik Ibsen The Architect and the Emperor of Assyria – by Fernando Arrabal Cymbeline – by William Shakespeare The Friends – by Arnold Wesker Vatzlav – by Slawomir Mrozek

1971 Much Ado About Nothing – by William Shakespeare The Duchess of Malfi – by John Webster Macbeth – by William Shakespeare An Italian Straw Hat – by Eugène Labiche The Red Convertible – by Enrique Buenaventura Volpone – by Ben Jonson There's One In Every Marriage – by Georges Feydeau

1972 As You Like It – by William Shakespeare Lorenzaccio – by Alfred de Musset King Lear – by William Shakespeare The Threepenny Opera – by Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill Orpheus Mark She Stoops to Conquer – by Oliver Goldsmith Pinocchio – by John Wood and Alan Laing La Guerre Yes Sir! – by Roch Carrier

1973 The Taming of the Shrew – by William Shakespeare King Lear – by William Shakespeare She Stoops to Conquer – by Oliver Goldsmith Othello – by William Shakespeare A Month in the Country – by Ivan Turgenev The Collected Works of Billy the Kid – by Michael Ondaatje Pericles – by William Shakespeare Inook and the Sun – by Henry Beissel The Marriage Brokers – by Nikolai Gogol Exiles – by James Joyce

1974 The Imaginary Invalid – by Molière Pericles – by William Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost – by William Shakespeare La Vie Parisienne – composed by Jacques Offenbach, libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy The Summoning of Everyman – by Charles Wilson The Medium – by Gian Carlo Menotti King John – by William Shakespeare Walsh – by Sharon Pollock Ready Steady Go – by Sandra Jones

1975 The Two Gentlemen of Verona – by William Shakespeare The Comedy of Errors – by William Shakespeare Saint Joan – by George Bernard Shaw Twelfth Night – by William Shakespeare Measure for Measure – by William Shakespeare The Crucible – by Arthur Miller Trumpets and Drums – by Bertolt Brecht The Fool – by Harry Somers and Michael Fram Le Magicien – by Jean Vallerand Ariadne Auf Naxos – by Richard Strauss Fellowship – by Michael Tait Oscar Remembered – by Maxim Mazumdar Kennedy's Children The Importance of Being Earnest – by Oscar Wilde

1976 Hamlet – by William Shakespeare The Way of the World – by William Congreve The Merchant of Venice – by William Shakespeare The Tempest – by William Shakespeare Antony and Cleopatra – by William Shakespeare The Importance of Being Earnest – by Oscar Wilde Measure for Measure – by William Shakespeare Eve – by Larry Fineberg A Midsummer Night's Dream – by William Shakespeare Three Sisters – by Anton Chekhov

1977 A Midsummer Night's Dream – by William Shakespeare Romeo and Juliet – by William Shakespeare All's Well That Ends Well – by William Shakespeare Ghosts – by Henrik Ibsen Miss Julie – by August Strindberg Richard III – by William Shakespeare The Guardsman – by Ferenc Molnár Much Ado About Nothing – by William Shakespeare As You Like It – by William Shakespeare Hay Fever – by Noël Coward

1978 A Gala Shakespeare Revel The Devils – by John Whiting The Merry Wives of Windsor – by William Shakespeare Macbeth – by William Shakespeare Uncle Vanya – by Anton Chekhov Candide – music by Leonard Bernstein – book by Hugh Wheeler The Winter's Tale – by William Shakespeare As You Like It – by William Shakespeare Judgement – by Barry Collins Heloise and Abelard: Love Letters from the Middle Ages – by Ronald Duncan Ned and Jack – by Sheldon Rosen Medea – by Larry Fineberg Private Lives – by Noël Coward Julius Caesar – by William Shakespeare Come and Go, Not I, From an Abandoned Work, Footfalls – by Samuel Beckett Stargazing – by Tom Cone Titus Andronicus – by William Shakespeare

1979 Shakespeare Gala Love's Labour's Lost – by William Shakespeare Ned and Jack – by Sheldon Rosen Henry IV, Part 1 – by William Shakespeare Henry IV, Part 2 – by William Shakespeare Richard II – by William Shakespeare The Importance of Being Earnest – by Oscar Wilde Happy New Year – book by Burt Shevelove, music and lyrics by Cole Porter The Taming of the Shrew – by William Shakespeare The Woman – by Edward Bond Othello – by William Shakespeare Victoria – by Steve Petch Barren/Yerma – by Federico García Lorca King Lear – by William Shakespeare

1980 The Beggar's Opera – by John Gay Twelfth Night – by William Shakespeare Henry V – by William Shakespeare Virginia – by Edna O'Brien The Servant of Two Masters – by Carlo Goldoni Titus Andronicus – by William Shakespeare The Gin Game – by Donald L. Coburn Much Ado About Nothing – by William Shakespeare Bosoms and Neglect – by John Guare Brief Lives – by Patrick Garland, based on the writings of John Aubrey Foxfire – by Susan Cooper and Hume Cronyn The Seagull – by Anton Chekhov Henry VI – by William Shakespeare King Lear – by William Shakespeare Long Day's Journey into Night – by Eugene O'Neill

1981 The Misanthrope – by Molière H.M.S. Pinafore – music by Arthur Sullivan, libretto by W. S. Gilbert Coriolanus – by William Shakespeare The Taming of the Shrew – by William Shakespeare The Rivals – by Richard Brinsley Sheridan The Comedy of Errors – by William Shakespeare The Visit – by Friedrich Dürrenmatt Wild Oats – by John O'Keeffe

1982 Julius Caesar – by William Shakespeare The Mikado – music by Arthur Sullivan, libretto by W. S. Gilbert The Merry Wives of Windsor – by William Shakespeare The Tempest – by William Shakespeare A Midsummer Night's Dream – by William Shakespeare All's Well That Ends Well – by William Shakespeare Translations – by Brian Friel Damien – by Aldyth Morris Arms and the Man – by George Bernard Shaw Mary Stuart – by Friedrich Schiller A Variable Passion – by Nicholas Pennell and Elliott Hayes Blithe Spirit – by Noël Coward

1983 Macbeth – by William Shakespeare The Gondoliers – music by Arthur Sullivan, libretto by W. S. Gilbert As You Like It – by William Shakespeare Richard II – by William Shakespeare Blake – by Elliott Hayes Damien The Mikado – music by Arthur Sullivan, libretto by W. S. Gilbert When That I Was The Country Wife – by William Wycherley Tartuffe – by Molière Love's Labour's Lost – by William Shakespeare Much Ado About Nothing – by William Shakespeare Death of a Salesman – by Arthur Miller

1984 A Midsummer Night's Dream – by William Shakespeare Iolanthe – music by Arthur Sullivan, libretto by W. S. Gilbert Romeo and Juliet – by William Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost – by William Shakespeare The Gondoliers – music by Arthur Sullivan, libretto by W. S. Gilbert Waiting for Godot – by Samuel Beckett The Two Gentlemen of Verona – by William Shakespeare The Mikado – music by Arthur Sullivan, libretto by W. S. Gilbert Tartuffe – by Molière Henry IV, Part 1 – by William Shakespeare The Merchant of Venice – by William Shakespeare A Streetcar Named Desire – by Tennessee Williams Separate Tables – by Terence Rattigan

1985 King Lear – by William Shakespeare