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BY DATE (or alternatively, VIEW BY TITLE)
THE WHITE DEVIL (The Pit, London EC2; opened 7 January, 1997)
SHOWSTOPPER (Arts Theatre, London WC2; opened 9 January, 1997)
ALL OF YOU MINE (Bush Theatre, London W12; opened 10 January, 1997)
BLACK BREAD AND CUCUMBER (Jermyn Street Theatre, London SW1; opened 15 January, 1997)
ROPE (Salisbury Playhouse; opened 16 January, 1997)
THE SHIFT (Young Vic Studio, London SE1; opened 16 January, 1997)
DANCING WITH POTATOES (Bloomsbury Theatre, London WC1; opened 21 January, 1997)
ONE WORD IMPROV (Albery Theatre, London WC2; opened 28 January, 1997)
THE JEWESS OF TOLEDO (Bridewell Theatre, London EC4; opened 10 February, 1997)
HEATHCLIFF (Labatt's Apollo Hammersmith, London W6; opened 12 February, 1997)
THE MESSAGE (West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds/touring; opened 17 February, 1997)
THE INHERITORS (Orange Tree Theatre, Richmond; opened 24 February, 1997)
GET OUT OF HERE! (BAC [Battersea Arts Centre], London SW11; opened 25 February, 1997)
KING LEAR (Leicester Haymarket; opened 27 February, 1997)
THE POSITIVE HOUR (Hampstead Theatre, London NW3; opened 4 March, 1997)
VIPER'S OPIUM (Drill Hall Arts Centre, London WC1; opened 5 March, 1997)
WIDOWS (Cambridge Arts Theatre/touring; opened 8 March, 1997)
THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHERETTES (Lyric Studio Hammersmith, London W6; opened 17 March, 1997)
HOBSON'S CHOICE (West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds; opened 18 March, 1997)
MISALLIANCE (Birmingham Rep; opened 18 March, 1997)
HONESTLY (Young Vic Studio, London SE1; opened 25 March, 1997)
TOM AND CLEM (Aldwych Theatre, London WC2; opened 14 April, 1997)
CRACKED (Hampstead Theatre, London NW3; opened 15 April, 1997)
THE ADMIRABLE CRICHTON (Chichester Festival Theatre; opened 22 April, 1997)
THE WASP FACTORY (West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds; opened 24 April, 1997)
ABSENT FRIENDS (Greenwich Theatre, London SE10; opened 29 April, 1997)
EASY (BAC [Battersea Arts Centre], London SW11; opened 30 April, 1997)
SCHOOLGIRLS IN UNIFORM (BAC [Battersea Arts Centre], London SW11; opened 1 May, 1997)
A WOMAN OF NO IMPORTANCE (Leicester Haymarket; opened 1 May, 1997)
LADY WINDERMERE'S FAN (Chichester Festival Theatre; opened 6 May, 1997)
THE SERVANT OF 2 MASTERS (Nottingham Playhouse; opened 7 May, 1997)
FAT JANET IS DEAD (Warehouse Theatre, Croydon; opened 9 May, 1997)
HENRY V (Watermill Theatre, Bagnor, nr. Newbury; opened 13 May, 1997)
MISS JULIE/THE STATUE OF LIBERTY (Derby Playhouse; opened 15 May, 1997)
MRS WARREN'S PROFESSION (Richmond Theatre/touring; opened 20 May, 1997)
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM (Riverside Studios, London W6; opened 21 May, 1997)
THE WARP (Three Mills Island, London E3; May 24-25, 1997)
THE CHERRY ORCHARD (Birmingham Rep; opened 27 May, 1997)
THROWAWAY (Theatre Royal, Stratford East, London E15; opened 2 June, 1997)
LIPS TOGETHER, TEETH APART (Derby Playhouse; opened 3 June, 1997)
PINOCCHIO IN VENICE (Cambridge Arts Theatre/touring; opened 5 June, 1997)
NOCTURNE FOR LOVERS (Minerva Studio, Chichester; opened 9 June, 1997)
WISHBONES (Bush Theatre, London W12; opened 13 June, 1997)
BLITHE SPIRIT (Chichester Festival Theatre; opened 16 June, 1997)
THE TWILIGHT OF THE GOLDS (Arts Theatre, London WC2; opened 19 June, 1997)
DON JUAN (West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds; opened 24 June, 1997)
DISAPPEARANCES (Salisbury Playhouse Studio; opened 26 June, 1997)
SKYLIGHT (Vaudeville Theatre, London WC2; opened 30 June, 1997)
THE SEVEN SACRAMENTS OF NICOLAS POUSSIN (Royal London Hospital, London E1; opened 1 July, 1997)
DRINKING IN CIRCLES (White Bear Theatre, London SE11; opened 2 July, 1997)
THE PROVOK'D WIFE (Old Vic Theatre, London SE1; opened 4 July, 1997)
SUMMER HOLIDAY (Labatt's Apollo Hammersmith, London W6; opened 8 July, 1997)
ASSASSINS (New End Theatre, London NW3; opened 10 July, 1997)
DIVORCE ME, DARLING! (Chichester Festival Theatre; opened 15 July, 1997)
VANITY FAIR (West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds; opened 16 July, 1997)
SIDE BY SIDE BY SONDHEIM (Greenwich Theatre, London SE10; opened 28 July, 1997)
'TIS PITY SHE'S A WHORE (Chelsea Centre, London SW10; opened 29 July, 1997)
LAST LETTERS FROM STALINGRAD (Bridewell Theatre, London EC4; opened 31 July, 1997)
A TAINTED DAWN (Gateway Theatre, Edinburgh; opened 11 August, 1997)
BLINDED BY LOVE (CEGADA DE AMOR) (Edinburgh International Conference Centre; opened 12 August, 1997)
WOUNDS TO THE FACE (Stella Artois Assembly, Edinburgh; opened 17 August, 1997)
EAST PALACE, WEST PALACE (Gateway Theatre, Edinburgh; opened 21 August, 1997)
THE COCKTAIL PARTY (King's Theatre, Edinburgh; opened 25 August, 1997)
TIMELESS (Gateway Theatre, Edinburgh; opened 27 August, 1997)
EDINBURGH FRINGE 3: Blue Heart/Massage (Various venues, Edinburgh; August, 1997)
EDINBURGH FRINGE COMEDY 2: Glub Glub!/I Am A Coffee/Dead On The Ground/Dusty Fruit/Do You Come Here Often?/the gogmagogs gigagain (Various venues, Edinburgh; August, 1997)
NEW TERRITORIES (BAC [Battersea Arts Centre], London SW11; opened 9 September, 1997)
OF MICE AND MEN (West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds; opened 9 September, 1997)
ONE NIGHT (Theatre Royal, Stratford East, London E15; opened 9 September, 1997)
PLAYHOUSE CREATURES (Old Vic Theatre, London SE1; opened 15 September, 1997)
ODYSSEUS THUMP (West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds; opened 24 September, 1997)
THE SERVANT OF TWO MASTERS (Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich; opened 25 September, 1997)
HRH (Playhouse Theatre, London WC2; opened 9 October, 1997)
MEASURE FOR MEASURE (Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry/touring; opened 9 October, 1997)
SHINTOKU-MARU (Barbican Theatre, London EC2; opened 15 October, 1997)
A LETTER OF RESIGNATION (Comedy Theatre, London SW1; opened 16 October, 1997)
THEATRE STORIES (Royal National Theatre [Cottesloe], London SE1; opened 17 October, 1997)
"SHE KNOWS YOU KNOW!" (Vaudeville Theatre, London WC2; opened 20 October, 1997)
SCISSOR HAPPY (Duchess Theatre, London WC2; opened 22 October, 1997)
ELECTRA (Donmar Warehouse, London WC2; opened 23 October, 1997)
TALES MY LOVER TOLD ME (King's Head Theatre, London N1; opened 24 October, 1997)
JULIUS CAESAR (Birmingham Rep; opened 28 October, 1997)
I.D. (Riverside Studios, London W6; opened 30 October, 1997)
ANGELS AND DEMONS (Tricycle Theatre, London NW6; opened 12 November, 1997)
CARAVAN (Bush Theatre, London W12; opened 14 November, 1997)
THE END OF THE AFFAIR (Bridewell Theatre, London EC4; opened 19 November, 1997)
THE SNOWMAN (Birmingham Rep; opened 9 December, 1997)
JULIAN CLARY: SPECIAL DELIVERY (Vaudeville Theatre, London WC2; opened 12 December, 1997)
BABES IN THE WOOD (Palace Theatre,
Watford; December, 1997)