Editing King John (play) (section)

=== Selected recent revivals ===
The [[Royal Shakespeare Company]] based in Stratford-upon-Avon presented three productions of ''King John'': in 2006 directed by Josie Rourke as part of their Complete Works Festival,<ref>{{cite news|last1=Billington|first1=Michael|title=King John Swan, Stratford-upon-Avon|url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2006/aug/04/theatre.rsc|newspaper=The Guardian|date=4 August 2006}}</ref> in 2012 directed by Maria Aberg who cast a woman, Pippa Nixon, in the role of the Bastard,<ref>{{cite news|last1=Costa|first1=Maddy|title=RSC's King John throws women into battle Shakespeare lived in a man's world – but the RSC is recasting his 'battle play' King John with women in the thick of the action|url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2012/apr/16/rsc-king-john-women|newspaper=The Guardian|date=16 April 2012}}</ref> and in 2020, directed by [[Eleanor Rhode]] and with a woman, Rosie Sheehy, cast in the role of King John. The company's 1974–5 production was heavily rewritten by director [[John Barton (director)|John Barton]], who included material from ''[[The Troublesome Reign of King John]]'', [[John Bale]]{{'s}} ''[[King Johan]]'' (thought to be Shakespeare's own sources) and other works.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Cousin|first1=Geraldine|title=King John|date=1994|publisher=Manchester University Press|location=Manchester, England|isbn=0719027535|pages=64 et sec}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |title=King John: new perspectives |date=1989 |publisher=University of Delaware Press |isbn=0874133378 |editor-last=Curren-Aquino |editor-first=Deborah T. |location=Newark |pages=191}}</ref>

The Oregon Shakespeare Festival has staged the play several times, most recently in 2022 in a production with a cast of women and non-binary actors.<ref>{{Cite web |title=King John |url=http://www.osfashland.org/en/productions/2022-plays/king-john |accessdate=2023-02-21 |work=Oregon Shakespeare Festival}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Ortega |first=Darleen |date=2022-09-21 |title=Oregon Shakespeare Festival: King John and Confederates |url=http://portlandobserver.com/news/2022/sep/21/oregon-shakespeare-festival/ |accessdate=2023-02-21 |work=The Portland Observer}}</ref>

The [[Chicago Shakespeare Theater]] on [[Navy Pier]] presented the play in its 1990-1991 season and again in 2003-2004.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Chicago Shakespeare Theater: Production History |url=https://www.chicagoshakes.com/about_us/production_history |access-date=2022-06-13 |website=www.chicagoshakes.com}}</ref>
[[File:King John Worcester Repertory Company 2016.jpg|thumb|440x440px|Phil Leach as King John in the 2016 [[Worcester Repertory Company]] production directed by [[Ben Humphrey]], facing the real [[John of England|King John]]'s tomb in [[Worcester Cathedral]].]]
In 2008, the [[Hudson Shakespeare Company]] of New Jersey produced ''King John'' as part of their annual [[Shakespeare in the Park]]s series. Director Tony White set the action in the medieval era but used a multi-ethnic and gender swapping cast.<ref>{{cite news|title=THIS SUMMER ALL THE WORLD"S A STAGE Bard on the Boulevard Continues with 'King John'|url=http://www.hudsonshakespeare.org/Articles/2008articles/kingjohncranfordchronicle.html|publisher=Cranford Chronicle|date=4 July 2008}}</ref>

New York's Theater for a New Audience presented a "remarkable" [[Theatre in the round|in-the-round]] production in 2000, emphasising Faulconbridge's introduction to court [[realpolitik]] to develop the audience's own awareness of the characters' motives. The director was [[Karin Coonrod]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Brantley|first1=Ben|title=King John|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=21 January 2000}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|editor1-last=Bevington|editor1-first=David|editor2-last=Kastan|editor2-first=David|title=Shakespeare: King John and Henry VIII|date=June 2013|publisher=Random House|location=New York|chapter=King John on stage}}</ref>

In 2012, [[Bard on the Beach]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bardonthebeach.org|title=Home|website=Bard on the Beach|access-date=21 March 2018}}</ref> in Vancouver, British Columbia put on a production. It was also performed as part of the 2013 season at the [[Utah Shakespeare Festival]], recipient of America's Outstanding Regional Theatre Tony Award (2000), presented by the [[American Theatre Wing]] and the [[League of American Theatres and Producers]].

The play was presented at [[Shakespeare's Globe]], directed by [[James Dacre]], as part of the summer season 2015 in the 800th anniversary year of [[Magna Carta]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Cavendish |first=Dominic |date=7 June 2015 |title=King John, Shakespeare's Globe, review: 'could hardly be more timely'|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/theatre-reviews/11658067/King-John-Shakespeares-Globe-review-could-hardly-be-more-timely.html |newspaper=The Telegraph |access-date=2015-06-24 }}</ref> A co-production with [[Royal & Derngate]], this production also played in [[Salisbury Cathedral]], [[Temple Church]] and [[The Holy Sepulchre, Northampton]].

The [[Rose Theatre Kingston|Rose Theatre]], [[Kingston upon Thames]], Surrey hosted [[Sir Trevor Nunn]]'s direction of the play during May and June 2016, in the quatercentenary year of Shakespeare's death and the 800th anniversary year of King John's death.

The [[Worcester Repertory Company]] staged a production of the play (directed by [[Ben Humphrey]]) in 2016 around the tomb of King John in [[Worcester Cathedral]] on the 800th anniversary of the king's death.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/14783205.King_John_will_be_present_for_Shakespeare_in_the_cathedral/|title=King John will be present for Shakespeare in the cathedral|website=Worcester News|date=5 October 2016 |language=en|access-date=2018-05-04}}</ref> King John was played by Phil Leach.<ref name=":0" />{{Failed verification|date=July 2019}}