Some previous productions
Translated by Christopher Hampton and directed by James Macdonald
Kenneth Cranham and Claire Skinner
Directed by Christopher Luscombe at Theatre Royal Bath
Nicholas Bishop, Rob Heaps and Rupert Young
Directed by Laurence Boswell at the Ustinov and the Park Theatre
Tanya Moodie and Ilan Goodman
Directed by Rupert Goold at the Almeida
Ian McDiarmid as Shylock
Directed by Michael Longhurst at the Ustinov, St James, Arts, Haymarket and on tour.
Jenna Augen as Daphna - winner of UK Theatre Award for Best Supporting Performance 2015
Directed by Stephen Unwin at the Rose Theatre Kingston.
David Dawson and Kerry Fox
Charles Spencer (Telegraph) “There isn’t a dud performance… I have never seen The Vortex more persuasively performed than this, and don’t expect to do so again.”
Directed by Peter Hall at the Rose Theatre Kingston
Judi Dench and Oliver Chris
Directed by David Grindley at the Ustinov and St James's Theatre
Mark Edel-Hunt, Diana Quick, Dona Croll, Emily Taaffe and Luke Allen Gale.
Michael Billington (Guardian) “An absolute cracker… perfectly cast”; Paul Taylor (Independent) “A superlatively acted production”
Translated by Christopher Hampton and directed by Laurence Boswell at the Ustinov and Tricycle Theatre
Gina McKee and William Postlethwaite
Directed by Stephen Unwin at Theatre Royal Bath and on tour
Phyllis Logan and Samuel West
Directed by Laurence Boswell at the Ustinov
Alun Armstrong
Directed by Stephen Unwin at the Rose Theatre
Joely Richardson
Directed by Stephen Unwin at the Rose Theatre Kingston
Joshua McGuire, Celia Imrie and Georgia Maguire
Directed by Lisa Spirling at the Rose Theatre Kingston
Alex Beckett, Zawe Ashton and Alison Steadman
Directed by Tom Morris at the Bristol Old Vic
Daniel Weyman and Dean Lennox Kelly
Directed by Stephen Unwin at the Rose Theatre Kingston and Liverpool Playhouse
Ralf Little
Directed by Michael Boyd at the Ustinov, Bush and Traverse Theatre
Lindsey Campbell, Guy Williams, Sean Biggerstaff and Maureen Beattie
Directed by Stephen Unwin at the Rose Theatre Kingston and Arcola
Andrew Gower, Sam Crane, Mark Field and O-T Fagbenle
Directed by Richard Wilson at the Rose Theatre Kingston
Harry Melling
Directed by Jonathan Munby at the Theatre Royal Bath
Hugh Skinner, Pippa Nixon and Alison Steadman
Directed by Marianne Elliott for the RSC at the Swan and the Novello
Tamsin Greig (winner of Best Actress Olivier 2007) and Joseph Millson
Directed by Trevor Nunn at the Rose Theatre Kingston
Robert Sheehan as Richard III
Directed by Trevor Nunn at the St James's Theatre
Mark Bazeley and Olivia Williams
Directed by Richard Beecham and Sheffield Crucible
Siân Phillips and company
Directed by Timothy Sheader at the Regent's Park Open Air Theatre
Nicholas Shaw, Laura Donnelly and company
Directed by Edward Hall at the Albery Theatre
Sean Bean and Samantha Bond
Directed by Timothy Sheader at the Regent's Park Open Air Theatre
Sean Campion and Samantha Spiro
Directed by Adrian Noble at the Theatre Royal Bath
Tim Pigott-Smith and Clare Higgins
Directed by Lindsay Posner at the Menier Chocolate Factory, Wyndham's and on tour
Jill Halfpenny, Natalie Casey, Andy Nyman and Susannah Harker
Directed by Trevor Nunn at the Theatre Royal Bath and the Pinter Theatre
Patricia Hodge, Caroline Quentin and Rory Bremner
Directed by Gemma Bodinetz at the newly reopened Liverpool Everyman Theatre
Jodie McNee, Natalie Dew and Luke Jerdy
Directed by Lindsay Posner at the Theatre Royal Bath, on tour and at the Duke of York's
Alice Orr-Ewing, Felicity Kendal and Ed Franklin
Directed by Robert Icke for Headlong on tour
Daniel Boyd and Catrin Stewart
Directed by Laurence Boswell at the Ustinov and St James's Theatre
Natalie Casey and Edward Bennett
Directed by Michael Boyd for the RSC
Katy Stephens, Chukwudi Iwuji and company - winners of the inaugural Olivier for Best Ensemble
Directed by Jonathan Lloyd at the Soho Theatre
John Stahl and Martin Freeman
Patrick Godfrey, Holly de Jong and Helen Ryan
Tamsin Greig and David Calder
Richard Clothier and Luke Newberry
Andrew Gower
Shuler Hensley and Ruth Gemmell
Kirsty Bushell, Eva Magyar, Julius D’Silva, Enyi Okoronkwo
Emma Naomi and Hayden McLean
Jude Owusu and Kirsty Bushell
Simon Russell Beale and Joseph Mydell
Simon Russell Beale, Robin Weaver, John Mackay, Natalie Klamar, Martins Imhangbe, Joseph Mydell
Stockard Channing
Freema Agyeman and Joseph Millson
Matthew Flynn and Naomi Frederick
Diana Quick and Ian Gelder
Lily Cole and Simon Bird
Kevin McNally and Burt Caesar
Antony Bunsee as Titania
Alexandra Dowling and Dyfan Dwyfor
Paul Loughran, Caoilfhionn Dunne, Amy McAllister and Catriona Ni Mhurchu
Steve John Shepherd
Greg Hicks, Crispin Letts, Lindsey Campbell and Ralph Davis
Colin Connor, John Stahl and David Fielder