Shakespeare Play

The boys begin studying the play that they will perform in the seventh grade and then spend the eighth grade rehearsing it. For many years, the play was performed shortly before Christmas, but in the 2020-21 school year, the performance was moved to March, just before spring break. That year's play, Macbeth, was produced as a movie, filmed in Central Park and The Church of the Heavenly Rest. The Shakespeare play returned to the stage the following year, and is now performed at the The Heckscher Children’s Theater at El Museo del Barrio. The celebration of the Shakespeare production is a crucial part of the school’s cultural and poetic tradition.

100+ YEARS OF SHAKESPEARE PLAYS

2018, Much Ado About Nothing
2017, Julius Caesar
2016, The Tempest
2015, A Midsummer Night's Dream
2014, Twelfth Night
2013, Romeo and Juliet
2012, King Henry V
2011, As You Like It
2010, A Midsummer Night's Dream
2009, Much Ado About Nothing
2008, The Taming of the Shrew
2007, The Tempest
2006, Macbeth
2005, Twelfth Night
2004, Julius Caesar
2003, A Midsummer Night's Dream
2002, As You Like It
2001, Much Ado About Nothing
2000, The Taming of the Shrew
1999, King Henry V
1998, Henry IV Part II
1997, Henry IV Part I
1996, Twelfth Night
1995, Julius Caesar
1994, A Midsummer Night’s Dream
1993, As You Like It
1992, The Tempest
1991, The Taming of the Shrew
1990, Much Ado About Nothing
1989, King Henry IV Part II
1988, King Henry IV Part I
1987, A Midsummer Night’s Dream
1986, Twelfth Night
1985, As You Like It
1984, The Winter's Tale
1983, King Richard II
1982, The Tempest
1981, King Henry IV Part I
1980, The Merchant Of Venice
1979, As You Like It
1978, A Midsummer Night’s Dream
1977, Twelfth Night
1976, Julius Caesar
1975, The Taming of the Shrew
1974, The Tempest
1973, King Henry IV Part I
1972, The Merchant of Venice
1971, As You Like It
1970, A Midsummer Night’s Dream
1969, Julius Caesar
1968, Twelfth Night
1967, The Taming of the Shrew
1966, The Tempest
1965, King Henry IV Part I
1964, The Merchant of Venice
1963, As You Like It
1962, A Midsummer Night’s Dream
1961, Twelfth Night
1960, Julius Caesar
1959, Macbeth
1958, King Henry V
1957, The Tempest
1956, The Merchant of Venice
1955, The Taming of The Shrew
1954, King Richard II
1953, A Midsummer Night’s Dream
1952, King Henry V
1951, Twelfth Night
1950, Macbeth
1949, Julius Caesar
1948, The Tempest
1947, The Taming of the Shrew
1946, King Richard II
1945, Twelfth Night
1944, The Merchant of Venice
1943, As You Like It
1942, Julius Caesar
1941, King Henry V
1940, The Taming of the Shrew
1939, The Tempest
1938, King Richard II
1937, The Merchant of Venice
1936, Twelfth Night
1935, Macbeth
1934, As You Like It
1933, The Taming of the Shrew
1932, King Henry V
1931, The Tempest
1930, Othello
1929, Julius Caesar
1927, Twelfth Night
1926, King Richard II
1924, As You Like It
1923, Hamlet
1922, Macbeth
1921, The Merchant of Venice (Dec.)
1921, The Tempest (March)
1920, Twelfth Night
1919, Julius Caesar
1917, As You Like It
1916, Hamlet
1910, The Merchant of Venice
2019, As You Like It

1910 The Merchant of Venice
1916 Hamlet
1917 As You Like It
1919 Julius Caesar
1920 Twelfth Night
1921 The Tempest (March)
1921 The Merchant of Venice (Dec.)
1922 Macbeth
1923 Hamlet
1924 As You Like It
1926 King Richard II
1927 Twelfth Night
1929 Julius Caesar
1929 The Merchant of Venice
1930 Othello
1931 The Tempest
1932 King Henry V
1933 The Taming of the Shrew
1934 As You Like It
1935 Macbeth
1936 Twelfth Night
1937 The Merchant of Venice
1938 King Richard II
1939 The Tempest
1940 The Taming of the Shrew
1941 King Henry V
1942 Julius Caesar
1943 As You Like It
1944 The Merchant of Venice
1945 Twelfth Night
1946 King Richard II
1947 The Taming of the Shrew
1948 The Tempest
1949 Julius Caesar
1950 Macbeth
1951 Twelfth Night
1952 King Henry V
1953 A Midsummer Night's Dream
1954 King Richard II
1955 The Taming of the Shrew
1956 The Merchant of Venice
1957 The Tempest
1958 King Henry V
1959 Macbeth
1960 Julius Caesar
1961 Twelfth Night
1962 A Midsummer Night's Dream
1963 As You Like It
1964 The Merchant of Venice
1965 King Henry IV Part I
1966 The Tempest
1967 The Taming of the Shrew
1968 Twelfth Night
1969 Julius Caesar
1970 A Midsummer Night's Dream
1971 As You Like It
1972 The Merchant of Venice
1973 King Henry IV Part I
1974 The Tempest
1975 The Taming of the Shrew
1976 Julius Caesar
1977 Twelfth Night
1978 A Midsummer Night's Dream
1979 As You Like It
1980 The Merchant of Venice
1981 King Henry IV Part I
1982 The Tempest
1983 King Richard II
1984 The Winter's Tale
1985 As You Like It
1986 Twelfth Night
1987 A Midsummer Night's Dream
1988 King Henry IV Part I
1989 King Henry IV Part II
1990 Much Ado About Nothing
1991 The Taming of the Shrew
1992 The Tempest
1993 As You Like It
1994 A Midsummer Night's Dream
1995 Julius Caesar
1996 Twelfth Night
1997 King Henry IV Part I
1998 King Henry IV Part II
1999 King Henry V
2000 The Taming of the Shrew
2001 Much Ado About Nothing
2002 As You Like It
2003 A Midsummer Night's Dream
2004 Julius Caesar
2005 Twelfth Night
2006 Macbeth
2007 The Tempest
2008 The Taming of the Shrew
2009 Much Ado About Nothing
2010 A Midsummer Night's Dream
2011 As You Like It
2012 King Henry V
2013 Romeo & Juliet
2014 Twelfth Night
2015 A Midsummer Night's Dream
2016 The Tempest
2017 Julius Caesar
2018 Much Ado About Nothing
2019 As You Like It
2021 Macbeth
2022 King Henry IV, Part I
2023 A Midsummer Night's Dream
2024 The Winter's Tale