Antigone Actors of Dionysus tour 01904 642912 Sept 12-Dec 6
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof London Lyric Theatre 020 7494 5045 from Sept 5
Death of a Salesman Compass Theatre at Chester Gateway 01244 340392 September 20-29, then Wakefield, Worcester, Glasgow, Stratford-upon-Avon, Edinburgh, Bury St Edmunds, Aberdeen, Swansea, Sheffield; Leicester Haymarket 0116 253 9797 Oct 5-27
The Glass Menagerie Hornchurch Queen’s 01708 443333 Sept 28-Oct 20
Hamlet Stratford-upon-Avon Royal Shakespeare Theatre 01789 403403, in rep March 31-Oct 13, then Newcastle-upon-Tyne Theatre Royal 0191 232 2061 Nov 5-10
An Inspector Calls London Playhouse 020 7494 5372 from Sept 30
Julius Caesar Stratford-upon-Avon Royal Shakespeare Theatre 01789 403403, in rep to Oct 13, then Newcastle-upon-Tyne Theatre Royal 0191 232 2061 Nov 20-24
King Lear Shakespeare’s Globe 020 7401 9919, in rep to Sept 21
Lord of the Flies Pilot Theatre tours Wakefield, Salford, Sheffield, Swansea, Taunton, Ipswich, Bradford, Richmond (Surrey), Salisbury, Colchester, Truro, Reading, Wimbledon, Jersey, Brighton, Southend, Chester, Liverpool Sept 20-March 23 www.pilot-theatre.com
Macbeth Shakespeare’s Globe 020 7401 9919, in rep to Sept 22 Harrogate Theatre 01423 502116 Oct 26-Nov 17
The Merchant of Venice London Barbican Pit 020 7638 8891 Oct 23-Nov 24, then Stratford-upon-Avon Swan 01789 403403 Nov 28-Jan 19
A Midsummer Night’s Dream York Theatre Royal 01904 623568 Sept 14-29, then in rep to Nov 17; Coventry Belgrade 024 7655 3055 Oct 6-20; Glasgow Citizens’ 0141 429 0022 Oct 26-Nov 17
Of Mice and Men Birmingham Rep 0121 236 4455 Nov 2-26
Richard III Sheffield Crucible 0114 249 6000 March 13-April 6*
The Rivals Salisbury Playhouse 01722 320333 Sept 6-29
Romeo and Juliet Basingstoke Haymarket 01256 465566 October 10-27; Newcastle-under-Lyme New Vic 01782 717962 Oct 26-Nov 17
The School for Scandal Derby Playhouse 01332 363275 Sept 14-Oct 6, then Northampton Royal 01604 624811 Oct 12-Nov 3
Three Sisters (adapted by Brian Friel) Chichester Festival 01243 781312, in rep to Sept 29
To Kill A Mockingbird Mold Clwyd Theatr Cymru 01352 755114 Sept 27-Oct 20, then Cardiff, Brecon, Milford Haven, Huddersfield, Bangor, Aberystwyth, Newtown, Swansea
Twelfth Night Stratford-upon-Avon Royal Shakespeare Theatre 01789 403403, in rep to Oct 12, then Newcastle-upon-Tyne Theatre Royal 0191 232 2061 Nov 13-17
Under Milk Wood Mold Clwyd Theatr Cymru Oct 25-Nov 17 01352
Note: opening dates include preview performances *With Kenneth Branagh - tickets selling fast Timothy Ramsden
