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Video recording, using a single, fixed camera of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s 1988 production of The Tempest. Directed by Nicholas Hytner with John Wood as Prospero. Masques staged by Martin Duncan.
Documentary on King Lear shown ahead of Richard Eyre’s production with Ian Holm transmitted later the same evening. The themes of the play are debated by actors Warren Mitchell, James Earl Jones and...
A National Theatre production of Henry IV parts 1 and II opened in the Olivier Theatre, May 2005. The programme is a fly-on-the-wall account of one day’s rehearsals. The play’s director, Nicholas Hynter,...
Video recording of the National Theatre’s 2012 production of Timon of Athens directed by Nick Hytner with Simon Russell Beale in the title role.
Olivia Vinall (Desdemona) and Lyndsey Marshal (Emilia) talk about their characters, the relationship between them and the position of women in the world of the play. Includes footage from the National...
Rory Kinnear is interviewed by Matt Wolf for a Platform event at the National Theatre. They discuss Kinnear’s approach to playing Hamlet in Nicholas Hytner’s production and the process behind creating...
Video recording of a Platform Performance. Adrian Lester talks to Al Senter about his acting career, focusing on his current role as Othello in Nicholas Hytner’s production. He also talks about working on...
Open University Arts Review 12. Jenny Lecoat talks to Cicely Palser Havely, Senior Lecturer in Literature at the Open University and Team Chair of the OU’s A361 Shakespeare course. They discuss the...
When Julius Caesar returns to Rome in triumph, his rapturous welcome by the people is noted and deplored by his enemies. As highly educated and privileged as they are treacherous, Caesar’s handful of...
Video recording of Nicholas Hytner’s 2005 production for the National Theatre with David Bradley as King Henry and Michael Gambon as Falstaff.