Originally Published on Facebook Notes (July 22, 2015)
All right, so realizing that this week’s production of The Winter’s Tale is the first time the Hawaii Shakespeare Festival has fully staged a play for the second time (last season’s Original Practices Rep staged Much Ado, Taming of the Shrew and Lear for a second time but the staging was partially improvised) made me curious about Shakespeare in Hawaii in general. I decided to hop on line and track down everything I could about every production of Shakespeare on Oahu. I know there have been productions of many of his plays on neighbor islands as well, but I’m limiting my search to Oahu so this list doesn’t get too huge.
I’m also limiting this list currently to University, Community and Professional theaters. I’ve also added any reference to a staging I found from over 100 years ago. I might add primary and secondary school productions to the list later.
I’m going alphabetical by play here. This is by no means exhaustive (see notes below) and will be updated as I find more information. I’m tagging a bunch of you that I think might know more than I.
I am deeply indebted to many people, but particularly Daniel Akiyama for his research and fact checking. Thank you also to Mark Lawhorn and Vanita Ray Smith for sharing so much information.
Future plans – add miscellaneous productions that included scenes from Shakespeare (Shakespeare’s Birthday party, etc); include high school productions (including HYTE productions); Add West Side Story performances.
All’s Well That Ends Well
1855 – Hawaii Theater (Staring Edmund Booth) (https://tinyurl.com/y8rjt9el)
2004 – Hawaii Shakespeare Festival (http://archives.starbulletin.com/2004/07/27/features/story2.html)
2018 – Hawaii Shakespeare Festival (http://hawaiishakes.org/18season.htm)
Antony and Cleopatra
2006 – Hawaii Shakespeare Festival (http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2006/Jul/20/en/FP607200304.html)
As You Like It
1927 – University of Hawaii at Manoa (http://manoa.hawaii.edu/liveonstage/wp-content/uploads/KT-EVENTS.history.pdf)
1966-67 – Honolulu Theatre for Youth (Tom Kartak version) (http://www.htyweb.org/about/archive-of-performances)
1977-78 – University of Hawaii at Manoa (http://manoa.hawaii.edu/liveonstage/wp-content/uploads/KT-EVENTS.history.pdf)
2000 – The Actors’ Group (http://archives.starbulletin.com/2000/09/21/features/story8.html)
2006-07 – University of Hawaii at Manoa (http://archives.starbulletin.com/2007/04/13/features/story04.html)
2013 – Hawaii Shakespeare Festival (http://www.hittingthestage.com/as-you-like-it-by-the-hawaii-shakespeare-festival/)
Comedy of Errors
1967-68 – Honolulu Theatre for Youth (Tom Kartak version) ((http://www.htyweb.org/about/archive-of-performances))
1974-75 – Honolulu Theatre for Youth (http://www.htyweb.org/about/archive-of-performances)
1981 – Leeward Community College (per Karen Meyer, participant)
1987 (?) – Leeward Community College (Boys from Syracuse) (per Karen Meyer, participant)
1986-87 – University of Hawaii at Manoa (SPEBE) (http://manoa.hawaii.edu/liveonstage/wp-content/uploads/KT-EVENTS.history.pdf)
1996 – University of Hawaii at Manoa (Summer) (http://archives.starbulletin.com/96/07/05/community/stage.html)
2006 – Hawaii Shakespeare Festival (http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2006/Jul/26/il/FP607260303.html)
2012 – Kumu Kahua Theatre (“One Comedy of Erras” by Taurie Kinoshita) (http://www.hittingthestage.com/one-comedy-of-erras-at-kumu-kahua-theatre/)
2017 – Hawaii Shakespeare Festival (http://hawaiishakes.org/17season.htm#Play2)
2017 – Leeward Community College (http://www.hittingthestage.org/home/2017/3/30/comedy-of-errors-at-the-leeward-theatre)
Coriolanus
1938-39 – University of Hawaii at Manoa (“Izu-No-Ito” Kabuki adaptation per Daniel Akiyama’s source, KA LEO O HAWAII, December 16, 1939) (http://manoa.hawaii.edu/liveonstage/wp-content/uploads/KT-EVENTS.history.pdf)
1970-71 – University of Hawaii at Manoa (http://manoa.hawaii.edu/liveonstage/wp-content/uploads/KT-EVENTS.history.pdf)
2002 – Hawaii Shakespeare Festival (http://www.hawaiishakes.org/archives/02season/02season.htm)
Cymbeline
2012 – Hawaii Shakespeare Festival (http://www.hittingthestage.com/cymbeline-main-0712/)
Edward III
2014 – Hawaii Shakespeare Festival (http://www.hittingthestage.com/edward-iii-by-the-hawaii-shakespeare-festival/)
Hamlet
1853 – Mr. and Mrs. Walker from San Francisco at “The Theater” (http://preview.tinyurl.com/no4alnx)
1860 – Royal Hawaiian Theater (?) (http://tinyurl.com/nt62gf6)
1883 – Bandmann-Baudet Company at the Music Hall on Dec 26, 1883 (per Mark Lawhorn – The Daily Bulletin, Dec. 25, 1883)
1899 – Mr. Clay Clement and Company at The Opera House (http://tinyurl.com/nf7nsje)
1915 – “Many Prominent Honolulu Japanese” (http://tinyurl.com/poxl93f)
World War 2 – Theatre Section of the Army Special Services (Maurice Evans’ “Jeep Hamlet”) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_Evans_%28actor%29)
1959-60 – University of Hawaii at Manoa (http://manoa.hawaii.edu/liveonstage/wp-content/uploads/KT-EVENTS.history.pdf)
1963-64 – University of Hawaii at Manoa (http://manoa.hawaii.edu/liveonstage/wp-content/uploads/KT-EVENTS.history.pdf)
1975-76 – Honolulu Theatre for Youth (http://www.htyweb.org/about/archive-of-performances)
1985-86 – University of Hawaii at Manoa (http://manoa.hawaii.edu/liveonstage/wp-content/uploads/KT-EVENTS.history.pdf)
2002 – Hawaii Shakespeare Festival (http://www.hawaiishakes.org/archives/02season/02season.htm)
2010-11 – University of Hawaii at Manoa (http://tinyurl.com/op78u4v)
2016 – Hawaii Shakespeare Festival – Three Woman Touring Production (https://hawaiishakespeare.wordpress.com/category/hamlet-aprmay-16/)
Henry IV, Part I
2003 – Hawaii Shakespeare Festival (http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2003/Jul/25/en/en08a.html)
Henry IV, Part II
2011 – Hawaii Shakespeare Festival (http://www.honolulupulse.com/2011/08/review-henry-iv-part-2-at-marks-garage/)
Henry V
2008 – Hawaii Shakespeare Festival (http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2008/Aug/13/en/hawaii808130356.html)
Henry VI, Part I
2010 – Hawaii Shakespeare Festival (http://tinyurl.com/paq7mgn)
Henry VI, Part II
2010 – Hawaii Shakespeare Festival (http://tinyurl.com/paq7mgn)
Henry VI, Part III
2010 – Hawaii Shakespeare Festival (http://tinyurl.com/paq7mgn)
Henry VIII
2012 – Hawaii Shakespeare Festival (http://www.hittingthestage.com/if-the-fates-allow-hsfs-henry-viii/)
Julius Caesar
1902 – Presented by Frederick Warde at the Opera House (http://tinyurl.com/npgerpv)
1937-38 – Diamondhead Theatre (http://www.diamondheadtheatre.com/play-archive)
1952-53 – Diamondhead Theatre (http://www.diamondheadtheatre.com/play-archive)
2010 – Hawaii Shakespeare Festival (http://hawaiishakes.org/10season.htm)
King John
2007 – Hawaii Shakespeare Festival (http://archives.starbulletin.com/2007/08/17/features/story07.html)
King Lear
1961-62 – University of Hawaii at Manoa (http://manoa.hawaii.edu/liveonstage/wp-content/uploads/KT-EVENTS.history.pdf)
1965-66 – University of Hawaii at Manoa (http://manoa.hawaii.edu/liveonstage/wp-content/uploads/KT-EVENTS.history.pdf)
1993 – The Shakespearience (KCC) (per Daniel Akiyama – Honolulu Advertiser 7/8/93 p. B1)
2004 – Hawaii Shakespeare Festival (http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2004/Jul/21/il/il05a.html)
2014 – Hawaii Shakespeare Festival (Original Practices Rep) (http://tinyurl.com/ot7o5zm)
2018 – Hawaii Shakespeare Festival (https://www.staradvertiser.com/2018/07/29/features/lead-performance-crowns-lear-at-hawaii-shakespeare-festival/)
Love’s Labour’s Lost
1996 – University of Hawaii at Manoa (Outdoors) (per Tony Pisculli, director of production)
2004 – Hawaii Shakespeare Festival (http://archives.starbulletin.com/2004/07/12/features/story3.html)
Macbeth
1854 – Mr. and Mrs. Waller at “The Theatre” (Link provided by Mark Lawhorn)
1859 – Mr. Tokely’s Complimentary Benefit at the Royal Hawaiian Theatre (http://tinyurl.com/nv35ztk)
1902 – Frederick Warde and Company at the Opera House (http://tinyurl.com/ohkv2bo)
circa World War 2 – Theatre Section of the Army Special Services (Maurice Evans’ production) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_Evans_%28actor%29)
1960-61 – Diamondhead Theatre (http://www.diamondheadtheatre.com/play-archive)
1970-71 – University of Hawaii at Manoa (http://manoa.hawaii.edu/liveonstage/wp-content/uploads/KT-EVENTS.history.pdf)
1992 – The Shakespearience (KCC) (per Daniel Akiyama – Honolulu Advertiser 7/14/92 p. C3)
1995 – University of Hawaii at Manoa (Summer) (http://manoa.hawaii.edu/liveonstage/wp-content/uploads/KT-EVENTS.history.pdf)
1998 – Hawaii Opera Theatre (Verdi’s Macbeth) (http://www.hawaiiopera.org/shows/past-productions/)
2003 – Hawaii Shakespeare Festival (http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2003/Jul/18/en/en08a.html)
2008-09 – University of Hawaii at Manoa (http://www.hawaii.edu/malamalama/2008/11/shakespeare-macbeth-in-the-nether-world/)
2015 – Hawaii Shakespeare Festival (Touring) (https://hawaiishakespeare.wordpress.com/2014/10/24/program-for-macbeth/)
2019 – Hawaii Shakespeare Festival (http://hawaiishakes.org/19season.htm)
Measure for Measure
1974-75 – University of Hawaii at Manoa (http://manoa.hawaii.edu/liveonstage/wp-content/uploads/KT-EVENTS.history.pdf)
2010 – Hawaii Shakespeare Festival (http://tgif.staradvertiser.com/archives/5819)
Merchant of Venice
1983 – University of Hawaii at Manoa (http://manoa.hawaii.edu/liveonstage/wp-content/uploads/KT-EVENTS.history.pdf)
2008 – Hawaii Shakespeare Festival (http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2008/Aug/27/en/hawaii808270351.html)
Merry Wives of Windsor
1974-75 – Manoa Valley Theatre (http://www.manoavalleytheatre.com/play_season.html)
1980 – The Hawaii Public Theatre and The Shakespeare Company at Tenny Theatre (per Sandra Finney)
1993-94 – University of Hawaii at Manoa (http://manoa.hawaii.edu/liveonstage/wp-content/uploads/KT-EVENTS.history.pdf)
2009 – Hawaii Shakespeare Festival (http://archives.starbulletin.com/content/20090818_Merry_Wives_scores_with_all-male_cast)
Midsummer Night’s Dream
1903 – Mills’ School (http://tinyurl.com/oacpg55)
1964-65 – Honolulu Theatre for Youth (Tom Kartak version) (http://www.htyweb.org/about/archive-of-performances)
1969-70 – Honolulu Theatre for Youth (Gary Anderson version) (http://www.htyweb.org/about/archive-of-performances)
1972-73 – University of Hawaii at Manoa (http://manoa.hawaii.edu/liveonstage/wp-content/uploads/KT-EVENTS.history.pdf)
1981-82 – Honolulu Theatre for Youth (http://www.htyweb.org/about/archive-of-performances)
1987-88 – University of Hawaii at Manoa (http://manoa.hawaii.edu/liveonstage/wp-content/uploads/KT-EVENTS.history.pdf)
1994 – University of Hawaii at Manoa (Outdoor summer production) (per Tony Pisculli, participant)
1997 – Hawaii Pacific University (http://archives.starbulletin.com/97/04/14/features/story3.html)
1999 – University of Hawaii at Manoa (http://archives.starbulletin.com/1999/10/14/features/story3.html)
2005 – Hawaii Shakespeare Festival (http://archives.starbulletin.com/2005/07/01/features/index3.html)
2008-09 – Honolulu Theatre for Youth (http://www.htyweb.org/about/archive-of-performances)
2012 – Hawaii Mission House (http://www.hnlnow.com/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=58620494)
2015 – Hawaii Shakespeare Festival (Touring) (http://tinyurl.com/nm8z84e)
2016 – Hawaii Shakespeare Festival (Devised Language Version) (http://hittingthestage.com/home/2016/8/18/a-midsummer-nights-dream-at-the-hawaii-shakespeare-festival)
2019 – Bollywood style production at University of Hawaii at Manoa (http://www.honolulumagazine.com/Calendar/index.php/name/A-Midsummer-Nights-Bollywood-Dream/event/11226/)
Miscellaneous
Much Ado about Nothing
1920-21 – Diamondhead Theatre (http://www.diamondheadtheatre.com/play-archive)
1976-77 – University of Hawaii at Manoa (http://manoa.hawaii.edu/liveonstage/wp-content/uploads/KT-EVENTS.history.pdf)
1995 – University of Hawaii at Manoa (Outdoor summer production) (per Tony Pisculli, participant)
2006 – Hawaii Shakespeare Festival (http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2006/Jul/12/il/FP607120312.html)
2009 – “Actors from the London Stage” at Paliku (http://tinyurl.com/pnohg5j)
2014 – Hawaii Shakespeare Festival (Original Practices Rep) (http://www.hittingthestage.com/much-ado-about-an-all-female-repertory-triad/)
2016 – Hawaii Shakespeare Festival (Touring) (http://preview.tinyurl.com/y8o65wc8)
2019 – Hawaii Shakespeare Festival (http://hawaiishakes.org/19season.htm)
Othello
1856 – Royal Hawaiian Theater (http://tinyurl.com/pknlaux)
1860 – Royal Hawaiian Theater (http://tinyurl.com/pnkbsly)
1899 – The McVay Company at the Opera House (http://tinyurl.com/o5jzp5y)
1912 – Honolulu Japanese Dramatic Society (in Japanese) (“The Old Shibai” by Nara Springer Cardenas, Hawaiian Journal of History 38 (2004), p. 127)
1916 – Hawaii Opera House (Verdi’s Otello) (http://tinyurl.com/paxjwya)
1974 – Hawaii Opera Theatre (Verdi’s Otello) (http://www.hawaiiopera.org/shows/past-productions/)
1986-87 – University of Hawaii at Manoa (http://manoa.hawaii.edu/liveonstage/wp-content/uploads/KT-EVENTS.history.pdf)
1990 – Hawaii Opera Theatre (Verdi’s Otello) (http://www.hawaiiopera.org/shows/past-productions/)
1996 – Kumu Kahua Theatre (http://archives.starbulletin.com/96/09/02/features/story1.html)
2001-02 – Honolulu Theatre for Youth (Y York version) (http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2002/Mar/09/il/il01a.html)
2004 – Hawaii Opera Theatre (Verdi’s Otello) (http://www.hawaiiopera.org/shows/past-productions/)
2005-06 – Honolulu Theatre for Youth (Y York version) (http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2006/Feb/22/en/FP602220305.html)
2008 – Hawaii Shakespeare Festival (http://www.hawaiishakes.org/08season.htm)
2015 – Hawaii Shakespeare Festival (http://www.hawaiishakes.org/15season.htm#Play3)
Pericles
2009 – Hawaii Shakespeare Festival (http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/70496)
The Rape of Lucrece
2004 – Ward Rafter’s (Apostol adaptation) (http://www.lacasting.com/JenniferRobideau)
Richard II
2009 – Hawaii Shakespeare Festival (http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2009/Jul/14/en/hawaii907140301.html)
Richard III
1848 – Royal Hawaiian Theater (http://tinyurl.com/ot2ezaw)
1855 – Royal Hawaiian Theater (per Mark Lawhorn ; ref: Arthur W. Bloom, Edwin Booth: A Biography and Performance History, 2013. https://tinyurl.com/y8rjt9el)
1981-82 – University of Hawaii at Manoa (Lab – Kabuki Richard III) (http://manoa.hawaii.edu/liveonstage/wp-content/uploads/KT-EVENTS.history.pdf)
2012 – Hawaii Shakespeare Festival (http://www.hittingthestage.com/richard-iii-by-the-hawaii-shakespeare-festival/)
Romeo and Juliet
1931 – University of Hawaii at Manoa (https://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/bitstream/10125/28304/1/vol09-no19.pdf?fbclid=IwAR2-GjTu1N4q23ynJ55RkVfHUsfOXmoT3UD8lyZmLvJBqGe7NmaR3PdOPa4)
1953-54 – Diamondhead Theatre (http://www.diamondheadtheatre.com/play-archive)
1966-67 – University of Hawaii at Manoa (http://manoa.hawaii.edu/liveonstage/wp-content/uploads/KT-EVENTS.history.pdf)
1976-77 – Manoa Valley Theatre (http://www.manoavalleytheatre.com/play_season.html)
1983-84 – University of Hawaii at Manoa (http://manoa.hawaii.edu/liveonstage/wp-content/uploads/KT-EVENTS.history.pdf)
1990-91 – Honolulu Theatre for Youth (Pam Sterling version) (http://www.htyweb.org/about/archive-of-performances)
1996-97 – University of Hawaii at Manoa (http://archives.starbulletin.com/96/10/03/features/stuffs.html)
1998 – Hawaii Opera Theatre (Gounod’s Opera) (http://www.hawaiiopera.org/shows/past-productions/)
2005 – Lizard Loft (Femme Capulet by Apostol) (http://archives.starbulletin.com/2005/02/25/features/story5.html)
2005 – Hawaii Shakespeare Festival (http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2005/Jul/09/en/507090310.html)
2006 – Hawaii Shakespeare Festival (Femme Capulet by Apostol) (http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2006/Feb/17/en/FP602170325.html)
2007 – The ARTS at Marks (Femme Capulet-Romeo and Juliet Remixed) (http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2007/Feb/24/il/FP702240322.html)
2008 – Hawaii Opera Theatre (Gounod’s Opera) (http://www.hawaiiopera.org/shows/past-productions/)
2011 – Hawaii Shakespeare Festival (Femme Capulet by Apostol) (http://www.honolulupulse.com/2011/06/review-cherry-blossom-cabarets-femme-capulet/)
2014 – Hawaii Shakespeare Festival (Touring) (http://www.hittingthestage.com/shakespeare-in-our-schools/)
2015 – Hawaii Shakespeare Festival (Commedia rep “Dromio and Juliet) – (http://www.hawaiishakes.org/15season.htm)
2017 – Hawaii Shakespeare Festival – (http://www.hawaiishakes.org/17season.htm)
2018 – Hawaii Shakespeare Festival (Touring)
Taming of the Shrew
1910 – Henry McRae Stock Company (http://tinyurl.com/ot6elkf)
1916 – Diamondhead Theatre – Footlight Players (http://tinyurl.com/q5q845n)
1951-52 – Diamondhead Theatre (http://www.diamondheadtheatre.com/play-archive)
1956-57 – Diamonhead Theatre (Kiss Me Kate) (http://www.diamondheadtheatre.com/play-archive)
1957-58 – University of Hawaii at Manoa (http://manoa.hawaii.edu/liveonstage/wp-content/uploads/KT-EVENTS.history.pdf)
1968-69 – Honolulu Theatre for Youth (Doug Kaya version) (http://www.htyweb.org/about/archive-of-performances)
1973-74 – University of Hawaii at Manoa (Da Taming of Da Shrew)
1976 – University of Hawaii at Manoa (Da Taming of Da Shrew) (Touring show – per Sandra Finney)
1980-81 – Diamonhead Theatre (Kiss Me Kate) (http://www.diamondheadtheatre.com/play-archive)
1981-82 – University of Hawaii at Manoa (http://manoa.hawaii.edu/liveonstage/wp-content/uploads/KT-EVENTS.history.pdf)
1987-88 – University of Hawaii at Manoa (SPEBE) (http://manoa.hawaii.edu/liveonstage/wp-content/uploads/KT-EVENTS.history.pdf)
1994-95 – Diamondhead Theatre (http://www.diamondheadtheatre.com/play-archive)
1997-98 – University of Hawaii at Manoa (Da Taming of Da Shrew) (http://archives.starbulletin.com/97/11/27/features/story3.html)
2000 – Hawaii Pacific University (Kiss Me Kate) (http://www.diamondheadtheatre.com/play-archive)
2004 – Army Community Theatre (Kiss Me Kate) (http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2004/Feb/20/en/en14a.html)
2007 – Hawaii Shakespeare Festival (http://www.hawaiishakes.org/07season.htm)
2014 – Hawaii Shakespeare Festival Original Practices Rep) (http://www.hittingthestage.com/much-ado-about-an-all-female-repertory-triad/)
2015 – University of Hawaii at Manoa (Lab Theatre) (http://tinyurl.com/nm763me)
The Tempest
1961-62 – Diamondhead Theatre (http://www.diamondheadtheatre.com/play-archive)
1965-66 – Honolulu Theatre for Youth (Tom Kartak version) (http://www.htyweb.org/about/archive-of-performances)
1972-73 – Manoa Valley Theatre (http://www.manoavalleytheatre.com/play_season.html)
1989-90 – University of Hawaii at Manoa (http://manoa.hawaii.edu/liveonstage/wp-content/uploads/KT-EVENTS.history.pdf)
1992-93 – University of Hawaii at Manoa (“Island Bound” adaptation) (http://manoa.hawaii.edu/liveonstage/wp-content/uploads/KT-EVENTS.history.pdf)
1997 – Monkey and the Waterfall (at Bishop Museum) (per Craig Howes, board member of Monkey and the Waterfall)
2011 – Hawaii Shakespeare Festival (http://enteroffstage.blogspot.com/2011/07/playful-play-what-idea.html)
2015 – Hawaii Mission Houses (http://www.missionhouses.org/event-calendar/226)
2015 – Hawaii Shakespeare Festival (Commedia rep “Temper Temper Tempest”) – (http://www.hawaiishakes.org/15season.htm)
2019 – Hawaii Shakespeare Festival (http://hawaiishakes.org/19season.htm)
Timon of Athens
2013 – Hawaii Shakespeare Festival (http://www.hittingthestage.com/timon-of-athens-the-rich-also-cry/)
Titus Andronicus
2007 – Hawaii Shakespeare Festival (http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2007/Aug/24/en/hawaii708240331.html)
2015 – Leeward Community College (http://tinyurl.com/or8m9mh)
Troilus and Cressida
2013 – Hawaii Shakespeare Festival (http://www.honolulupulse.com/2013/07/review-troilus-and-cressida/)
Twelfth Night
1899 – The Waldorf Company at the opera House (http://tinyurl.com/nzae8rt)
1928 – University of Hawaii at Manoa (http://manoa.hawaii.edu/liveonstage/wp-content/uploads/KT-EVENTS.history.pdf)
1949-50 – University of Hawaii at Manoa (http://manoa.hawaii.edu/liveonstage/wp-content/uploads/KT-EVENTS.history.pdf)
1958-59 – University of Hawaii at Manoa (http://manoa.hawaii.edu/liveonstage/wp-content/uploads/KT-EVENTS.history.pdf)
1967-68 – University of Hawaii at Manoa (http://manoa.hawaii.edu/liveonstage/wp-content/uploads/KT-EVENTS.history.pdf)
1974-75 – Kumu Kahua Theatre at UHM and LCC (James Grant Brenton’s twelf nite o’ WATEVA) (http://manoa.hawaii.edu/liveonstage/wp-content/uploads/KT-EVENTS.history.pdf)
1975-76 Hawaii Theatre Festival at Ala Moana (per Tim Slaughter’s MA Thesis)
1985-86 – Kumu Kahua at Mid-Pacific (James Grant Brenton’s twelf nite o’ WATEVA) (http://manoa.hawaii.edu/liveonstage/wp-content/uploads/KT-EVENTS.history.pdf)
1989-90 – Manoa Valley Theatre (http://www.manoavalleytheatre.com/play_season.html)
2003 – Hawaii Shakespeare Festival (http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2003/Aug/06/il/il04a.html)
2004-04 – University of Hawaii at Manoa (James Grant Brenton’s twelf nite o’ WATEVA)
2013 – Hawaii Mission Houses (James Grant Brenton’s twelf nite o’ WATEVA) (http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2005/Apr/27/il/il07a.html)
2016 – Hawaii Shakespeare Festival (http://www.hawaiishakes.org/16season.htm)
2017 – University of Hawaii at Manoa (http://www.hawaii.edu/news/2017/01/14/kennedy-theatre-presents-twelfth-night/)
Two Gentlemen of Verona
1990-91 – University of Hawaii at Manoa (http://manoa.hawaii.edu/liveonstage/wp-content/uploads/KT-EVENTS.history.pdf)
2002 – Hawaii Shakespeare Festival (http://archives.starbulletin.com/2002/07/30/features/story3.html)
2016 – Hawaii Mission Houses – (http://hittingthestage.com/home/2016/8/18/two-gentlemen-of-verona-at-hawaiian-mission-houses)
Two Noble Kinsmen
2011 – Hawaii Shakespeare Festival (http://www.honolulupulse.com/2011/07/review-two-noble-kinsmen-at-marks/)
Winter’s Tale
1979-80 – University of Hawaii at Manoa (http://manoa.hawaii.edu/liveonstage/wp-content/uploads/KT-EVENTS.history.pdf)
2002 – University of Hawaii at Manoa – Mana Players at Orvis Auditorium (I was there!)
2005 – Hawaii Shakespeare Festival (http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2005/Jul/01/en/en07a.html)
2015 – Hawaii Shakespeare Festival (http://www.hittingthestage.com/winters-tale-by-the-hawaii-shakespeare-festival/)
The Royal Shakespeare Company is listed as a special event at UHM Kennedy Theatre for the 1975-76 Season. Daniel Akiyama reports they played “John Barton’s THE HOLLOW CROWN”
I’m having a hard time quickly locating the LCC, WCC, etc theatre season information for past seasons. I know they’ve done more.
I’m still going through newspaper archives for earlier shows. There’s so much information at the Library of Congress site. Thank you to Daniel Akiyama for pointing me in that direction.
Please post corrections or additions (ideally with a source) in the comments at the original article.