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OSCAR
WILDE : SALOME ON THE LONDON STAGE |
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In course of compilation by D.C.
Rose |
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Page created July 2009:
please send additions and corrections to oscholars@gmail.com. |
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We
here list all the productions known to us of Salomé on the London stage.
Table I is the play;
Table II the opera. We are conscious that there are gaps in the
sequence and will fill them in whenever new information comes to hand. As always, we welcome corrections and
suggestions from readers. |
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TABLE I
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Director |
Theatre |
Date |
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Florence Farr |
Bijou Theatre |
1905 |
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Charles
Ricketts |
King’s Hall,
Covent Garden |
1906 |
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National
Sporting Club |
1906 |
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Harcourt
Williams |
Court Theatre |
1911 |
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Literary
Theatre Society |
1916 |
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J.T. Grein |
Royal Court
Theatre |
1918 |
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Nancy Price |
Duke of York’s
Theatre |
1931 |
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Peter Godfrey |
Gate Theatre |
1931 |
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Nancy Price |
Savoy Theatre |
1931 |
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Peter Zadek |
Rudolf Steiner
Theatre |
1947 |
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Ronald Lane |
New Torch
Theatre |
1952 20 May |
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Frederick
Farley |
St Martin’s
Theatre |
1954 20 July |
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Lindsay Kemp |
Roundhouse
Theatre |
1977 21 February |
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Michael Heath |
African Centre
Stage |
1977 |
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Steven Berkoff |
Lyttelton Theatre |
1989 27 October–30 December |
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Steven Berkoff |
Phœnix Theatre |
1990 22 January–31 May |
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Springfield
Theatre |
1997 10 September–5 October |
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Mick Gordon |
Riverside
Studios |
1998 |
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Cloud Downey |
Cockpit
Theatre |
2001 |
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Natalie Joseph; producer and artistic
director: Tarek Antoine-El Kik |
GBS Theatre, The Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts |
2008 |
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TABLE II
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Conductor / Director |
Theatre |
Date |
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Private
concert at Sutherland House |
1907 |
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Thomas Beecham |
Royal Opera
House, Covent Garden |
1910 |
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Karl Alwin |
Royal Opera
House, Covent Garden |
1924 |
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BBC |
1935 |
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Royal Opera
House, Covent Garden |
1936 |
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Walter
Knappertsbusch |
Royal Opera
House |
1937 |
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Clemens Krauss |
Royal Opera
House, Covent Garden |
1947 |
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Karl Rankl
(conductor); Peter Brook (director) |
Royal Opera
House, Covent Garden |
1949 |
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Karl Rankl |
Royal Opera
House |
1951 25 January, 22 February |
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Vilem Tausky |
Royal Opera
House |
1952 22 February, 15 April |
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Walter Goehr |
BBC TV |
1957 26 September |
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Rudolf Kempe |
Royal Opera
House, Covent Garden |
1959 28 January; 2, 4, 10 February;
13,16, 18 November |
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August
Everding; Georg Solti (conductor) |
Royal Opera
House |
1970 12 June |
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August
Everding |
Royal Opera
House, Covent Garden |
1970 12 June |
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August
Everding |
Royal Opera
House, Covent Garden |
1974 April |
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Joachim Herz;
Mark Elder (conductor) |
Coliseum |
1975 11 December |
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August
Everding |
Royal Opera
House, Covent Garden |
1979 January |
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Coliseum |
1981 |
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Joachim Herz |
Coliseum |
1987 1 September |
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Peter Hall; Edward Downs (conductor) |
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden |
1988 April |
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Coliseum |
1991 |
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Peter Hall; Edward Downs (conductor) |
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden |
1992 |
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Barbican
Centre |
1995 24 June |
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Luc Bondy |
Royal Opera
House, Covent Garden |
1995 March |
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David Leveaux
(Director) |
Coliseum |
1996 25 May |
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Mick Gordon |
Gate Theatre |
1998 24 November –> |
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Richard Hickox conducts the London Symphony
Orchestra. |
Barbican Centre |
2003 |
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Leah Hausman
(Director); Kwamé Ryan, Lionel Friend (conductors); Wayne McGregor
(choreographer) |
Coliseum |
2005 |
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David McVicar
(Director); Philippe Jordan (conductor); Es Devlin (designer) |
Royal Opera
House, Covent Garden |
2008 |
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