Antigone TAG tour: Inverness, Invergordon, Skye, Greenock, Falkirk, Glenrothes, Musselburgh, Aberdeen, Dumfries.

Arcadia Chichester Festival Theatre in rep. August 18-October 7, 01243 781312 As You Like It RSC Stratford-upon-Avon in rep to October 5, 01789 403403; also Newcastle upon Tyne Theatre Royal October 30-November 4, 0191 232 2061 The Country Wife Sheffield Crucible to October 14, 0114 249 6000; The Country Wife Colchester Mercury Sept 28-Oct 21, 01206 573948; The Country Wife Leicester Haymarket October 13 - November 11, 0116 2539797 The Diary of Anne Frank tour: Cambridge, Norwich, Canterbury, Sheffield, Wolverhampton, Edinburgh, Darlington, Nottingham, Salford, Cardiff, Richmond A Doll’s House Shared Experience tour: Cheltenham, Leicester, Coventry, Oxford, Salford, London New Ambassadors The Duchess of Malfi RSC Barbican Oct 21-Nov 18, 020 7638 8891; also tour: Bradford, Stoke-on-Trent, Bath, Norwich, Sheffield, Woking Educating Rita Hull Truck Theatre October 5-28, 01482 323638 The Glass Menagerie Exeter Northcott October 5-21, 01392 493493 The Glass Menagerie Lancaster Dukes October 6-28, 01524 66645 Hamlet Royal National Theatre in rep 13-17 and 25-28 October, 020 7452 3000 Hamlet Birmingham Rep in rep to October 5, 0121 236 4455; also tour: Salford, Bradford, Belfast, Stoke-on-Trent, Richmond, Woking, Milton Keynes.

Hard Times Mold Emlyn Williams September 28-October 21, 01352 755114; also tour: Harlech, Blackwood, Brecon, Swansea, Pontypridd, Aberystwyth Hard Times Compass Theatre tour: Liverpool, Gainsborough, Chipping Norton, Oundle, Sheffield, Solihull, Loughborough, Wimbourne, Portsmouth, Tunbridge Wells, Wimbledon, Stratfod-upon-Avon, Derby, Wolverhampton, Cambridge, Chelmsford, Hull, Musselburgh, Alnwick, Stockton-on-Tees, Rotherham, Wakefield, Stamford, Eastbourne, Oldham, Canterbury, St Albans, Bath Henry V RSC Stratford-upon-Avon Royal Shakespeare in rep to October 7, 01789 403403;

also Newcastle upon Tyne Theatre Royal November 21-25, 0191 232 2061 Henry IV, Part 2 RSC Stratford-upon-Avon Royal Shakespeare in rep to October 7, 01789 403403; also Newcastle Playhouse in rep Nov 6-18, 0191 232 2061 The Hypochondriak Edinburgh Royal Lyceum to October 7, 0131 248 4848 An Ideal Husband Basingstoke Haymarket October 2-7, 01256 465566 King Lear Bristol Old Vic October 20-November 18, 0117 987 7877 A Midsummer Night’s Dream Nottingham Playhouse in rep to October 21, 0115 941 9419 Richard II RSC Stratford-upon-Avon Other Place in rep to October 5, 01789 403403 The Rivals RSC Stratford-upon-Avon Swan in rep to October 7, 01789 403403; also Newcastle Playhouse October 30-November 4, 0191 232 2061 A Streetcar Named Desire Bristol Old Vic to October 14, 0117 987 7877 A Taste of Honey Watford Palace November 3-25, 01923 225671 A Taste of Honey Salisbury Salberg Studio in rep November 8-25, 01722 320333

The Tempest Southampton Nuffield October 19-November 18, 023 8067 1771 The Tempest RSC Barbican Pit October 19-November 18, 020 7638 8891; also Stratford-upon-Avon Other Place Nov 30 - Jan 6, 01789 403403 The Tempest Almeida Theatre Dec 7-Feb 17, 020 7359 4404 Top Girls Newcastle-under-Lyme New Vic October 27-November 18, 01782 717962 Twelfth Night Birmingham Rep in rep to October 7, 0121 236 4455; then tour (see Birmingham Rep Hamlet) Waiting for Godot Colchester Mercury November 2-11, 01206 573948 The White Devil London, Lyric Hammersmith to October 28, 020 8741 2311 Timothy Ramsden