You can be canonized!

The Oregon Shakespeare Festival is committed

to producing the complete works of William
Shakespeare. Traditionally, we have accepted
that the Shakespeare canon includes the 36
plays found in the First Folio and Pericles.
Since our beginning in 1935, countless patrons
have completed their personal canon, and many
have seen most or all of the plays at OSF. How
many plays have you seen? How many more to
complete the canon?

Get your canon certificate

Inside is a list of OSFs production history. Just

check the title of the play and circle the year
you saw it, or note another production you have
seen. When youve completed your canon, go to
our website at www.osfashland.org/canon and
print out your certificate of completion.

Did you know . . . ?

OSF produced Shakespeare exclusively until 1959.
Since opening in 1935, OSF has completed the
canon three times: in 1958 (with Troilus and
Cressida), 1978 (with Timon of Athens) and 1997
(also with Timon of Athens).
During his tenure as producing director, OSF
founder Angus L. Bowmer produced the entire
canon, directed 29 Shakespearean productions
and performed 32 Shakespearean roles in 43
separate stagings.

Your Bard
Scorecard

The Merchant of Venice and Twelfth Night were

the first two OSF productions in 1935. Earlier that
year, Bowmer directed Merchant at Southern
Oregon Normal School and toured the same
production to Klamath Falls.
Since 2008, actors of color have comprised over
30% of the OSF acting company.
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Front, clockwise from top left: The Comedy of Errors (2014):
Monique Robinson and Omoze Idehenre; photo by Jenny Graham.
The Taming of the Shrew (1972): Jim Edmondson and Elizabeth Cole;
photo by Carolyn Mason Jones. Romeo and Juliet (2003):
Nancy Rodriguez (background) and Kevin Kenerly; photo by
David Cooper. Hamlet (2010): Jeffrey King and Dan Donohue;
photo by Jenny Graham.
t Loves Labors Lost on the Elizabethan stage (2011); photo by
T. Charles Erickson.

How much
Shakespeare
have YOU seen?

The Comedies

n Alls Well That Ends Well 1955617585922009

Other theatre: ______________________
n As You Like It 19394050576268737980
86929720020712
Other theatre: ______________________
n The Comedy of Errors
1939405062707682909820040814
Other theatre: ______________________
n Loves Labors Lost
194748566372808896200511
Other theatre: ______________________
n Measure for Measure 195159778698 2011
Other theatre: ______________________
n The Merchant of Venice

19353638474853586470778591
200110 Other theatre: ______________________
n The Merry Wives of Windsor
194054637380901995200106
Other theatre: ______________________
n A Midsummer Nights Dream
1949556166717987939820030813
Other theatre: ______________________
n Much Ado about Nothing
194052586571768389949920040915
Other theatre: ______________________
n The Taming of the Shrew
19373839495360677278849120000713
Other theatre: ______________________
n Twelfth Night

19353637385159646974818893*95
20000510 Other theatre: ______________________
n The Two Gentlemen of Verona
19576674818997200614
Other theatre: ______________________

The Romances

n Cymbeline 1956688393982013
Other theatre: ______________________
n Pericles, Prince of Tyre 19576789**992015
Other theatre: ______________________
n The Tempest
19526069788691*9420010714
Other theatre: ______________________
n The Winters Tale
19546575849096200206
Other theatre: ______________________

The Histories
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Henry IV, Part One 195061718188982010

Other theatre: ______________________
Henry IV, Part Two 1951627289992011
Other theatre: ______________________
Henry V 195263738290200012
Other theatre: ______________________
Henry VI, Part One 19536475912004
Other theatre: ______________________
Henry VI, Part Two 1954657691922004
Other theatre: ______________________
Henry VI, Part Three 19556677922004
Other theatre: ______________________
Henry VIII 195768842009
Other theatre: ______________________
King John 19485969852006
Other theatre: ______________________
Richard II 194960708087952003
Other theatre: ______________________
Richard III 195667788393200514
Other theatre: ______________________

*Produced at OSFPortland
**Produced at OSFPortland and Ashland
Top, left to right: Hamlet (1968): Patrick McNamara, Shirley Patton
and Dennis Smith; photo by Whitland Locke. The Merchant of
Venice (2001): Robin Goodrin Nordli and Linda K. Morris; photo
by David Cooper. Timon of Athens (1978): Michael Kevin;
photo by Hank Kranzler. Cymbeline (2013): Dawn-Lyen Gardner;
photo by T. Charles Erickson.

The Tragedies
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Antony and Cleopatra 195059677793200315

Other theatre: ______________________
Coriolanus 19536280962008
Other theatre: ______________________
Hamlet 19383947546168748394200010
Other theatre: ______________________
Julius Caesar 195260708291200211
Other theatre: ______________________
King Lear 19515864768592*97200413
Other theatre: ______________________
Macbeth 1947556571798795200209
Other theatre: ______________________
Othello 194849576673818292992008
Other theatre: ______________________
Romeo and Juliet 193637495663697582
889620030712
Other theatre: ________________
Timon of Athens 19557897
Other theatre: ______________________
Titus Andronicus 195674862002
Other theatre: ______________________
Troilus and Cressida 19587284200112
Other theatre: ______________________

BONUS
n The Two Noble Kinsmen 1994
Written by William Shakespeare and John Fletcher
Other theatre: ______________________
Bottom, left to right: Loves Labors Lost (2005):
Tyler Layton, Sarah Rutan, Catherine Lynn Davis,
Derrick Lee Weeden and Andra Ferraz;
photo by T. Charles Erickson. The Tempest
(2001): Cristofer Jean; photo by David Cooper.
Henry IV, Part Two (1972): Powers Boothe;
photo by Carolyn Mason Jones.
Background: As You Like It (2012): Ensemble;
photo by T. Charles Erickson.