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HISTORY

The 2013 production of The Tempest is Manawatu Summer Shakespeare's eleventh consecutive production - a history which embraces many of the best known and most popular of the plays of Shakespeare. The plays have been directed by a number of professionals from as far afield as Los Angeles, recruited under Massey University's Visiting Artist Scheme.  

Until this year, the productions have taken place at various locations around the parks at The Victoria Esplanade in the city - where we will venture in future, who knows?

The directors for each year, and the plays they presented, are:
2003 Simon Ferry The Tempest
2004 Ralph Johnson A Comedy of Errors 
2005 Penni Bousfield Love's Labours Lost
2006 Ryan Hartigan Twelfth Night
2007 Lilicherie MacGregor Hamlet
2008 Ralph Johnson Romeo & Juliet
2009 Peter Hambleton All's Well That Ends Well
2010 Paul McLaughlin Macbeth
2011 Jaime Dorner A Midsummer Night's Dream
2012 Amanda McRaven Much Ado About Nothing