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Production Statistics to 2010

Since her first production (Hamlet with Alan Bates at Nottingham Rep in 1966) Deirdre Clancy has designed 144 shows for theatre, opera and ballet.

For 29 she designed both set and costumes. For the remainder she has collaborated as costume designer with a number of set designers. However over half of these collaborations have been with just 9 other designers – of whom John Gunter on 46 productions, Hayden Griffin 11, Tom Pye 6, Mikael Melbye & Bill Dudley 5 each, and the late John Bury 2.

Similarly, Clancy has worked with a total of 46 directors in all 3 mediums. Of these productions 35 have been operas with Ian Judge, 17 plays with Peter Gill, 13 with Bill Bryden, 8 with Bill Gaskill, 8 operas /plays with Adrian Noble, 5 plays each with Danny Boyle & Anthony Page, 4 with Christopher Morahan, and 2 each with Sir Peter Hall, Richard Eyre, David Pountney.

Clancy's Shakespeare productions are:

All's Well That Ends Well RSC Greg Doran 2003
Hamlet UK, Nottingham Rep Anthony Page 1966
Henry IV i+ii RSC Adrian Noble 1991
Henry VIII RSC Howard Davies 1983
Lear US, San Diego Adrian Noble 2010
Love's Labours Lost RSC Ian Judge 1993
Macbeth Canada, Stratford Ont Peter Gill 1971
Macbeth Japan, Tokyo, Shochiku Co Giles Block 1987
Midsummer Night's Dream Switzerland, Zurich Schauspielhaus Peter Gill 1972
Much Ado About Nothing UK, London, Regents Park Tim Sheader 2009
Taming of the Shrew US, San Diego Ron Daniels 2010
Troilus & Cressida RSC Ian Judge 1996
Twelfth Night RSC Peter Gill 1974
Twelfth Night RSC Bill Alexander 1987
Twelfth Night RSC Ian Judge 1994