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Dateline:
8th February, 2004
National Theatre: New Programme
The National Theatre has announced its programme for the coming year
to September:
Olivier
Cyrano De Bergerac
by Edmond Rostand, in a new version by Derek Mahon
(Previews from 10th April, opens 19th).
Directed by Howard Davies,set designs by William Dudley, costumes
by John Bright, lighting by Paul Anderson.
Cast includes Stephen Rea, Claire Price, Zubin Varla, Anthony O'Donnell
and Malcolm Storry
Measure For Measure
By William Shakespeare
(Previews from 17th May, opens 27th)
Directed by Simon McBurney,in a collaboration between the National
Theatre and Complicite. Costumes by Christina Cunningham, lighting
by Paul Anderson
Cast includes Naomi Frederick and Paul Rhys
A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum
Book by Burt Shevelove and Larry Gelbart, music and lyrics by Stephen
Sondheim
(Opening in July)
Directed by Edward Hall
Starring Desmond Barrit
Stuff Happens
a new play by David Hare
(Opening in September)
Directed by Nicholas Hytner
In a letter to President Clinton on January 26th, 1998 the neo-conservative
group Project for a New American Century urged the adoption of a new
strategy "that would secure the interests of the US and our friends
and allies around the world." The 40 signatories, who included
Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld, wrote: "That strategy should
aim, above all, at the removal of Saddam Hussein's regime from power....That
needs to become the aim of American foreign policy." On March
20th 2003 a coalition led by the United States and Great Britain began
military operations to depose Saddam Hussein. In association with
the National Theatre Studio, David Hare will develop a play that responds
to the recent war, its causes and its fall-out.
His Dark Materials
Based on the novels by Philip Pullman, adapted by Nicholas Wright
Returns to the Olivier from December 2004 - March 2005
The cast to be announced.
Lyttelton
The Permanent Way
by David Hare
(3rd April to 1st May 2004)
Transfer from the Cottesloe
The History Boys
by Alan Bennett
(Previews from 8th May, opens 18th)
Directed by Nicholas Hytner, designed by Bob Crowley, with lighting
by Mark Henderson.
Starring Frances de la Tour.
A new comic drama about adolescent schoolboys. A group of bright,
funny sixth-form boys in pursuit of sex, sport and a place at university.
A maverick English teacher at odds with the young and shrewd supply
teacher. A headmaster obsessed with results, and a history teacher
who thinks he's a fool.
Iphigenia At Aulis
by Euripdes, translated by Don Taylor
(Previews from 12th June, opens 22nd)
Directed by Katie Mitchell, designed by Hildegarde Bechtler, with
lighting by Chris Davey.
The House Of Bernarda Alba
Federico Garcia Lorca, in a new version by David Hare
(Dates to be confirmed)
Directed by Howard Davies.
Cottesloe
The Pillowman
Extends its run by three weeks, to Saturday 17th April
Sing Yer Heart Out For The Lads
by Roy Williams
(Previews from 23rd Apilr, opens 30th)
Directed by Paul Miller, designed by Hayden Griffin, with lighting
by Andy Phillips
Saturday 7th October 2000: England v Germany;. The King George v The
Duke of York. Keegan resigns and Barry plays a blinder. Tensions erupt
in a South London pub as England lose again.
Lifegame
by Keith Johnstone
(5th to 13th May)
Produced by Improbable Theatre, directed by Phelim McDermott and Lee
Simpson, designed by Julian Crouch with lighting by Colin Grenfell.
The cast includes Niall Ashdown, Angela Clerkin, Julian Crouch, Guy
Dartnell, Stella Duffy, Phelim McDermott, Nick Powell, Lee Simpson
and guests.
Each night a different guest is interviewed on stage about their life.
As their story unfolds, it's spontaneously transformed into a piece
of theatre - never seen before, never to be seen again.
The False Servant
by Pierre Marivaux, in a new version by Martin Crimp
(Previews from 26th May, opens 1st June)
Directed by Jonathan Kent, designed by Paul Brown, with lighting by
Mark Henderson,
The cast includes David Collings and Adrian Scarborough
The Night Season
by Rebecca Lenkiewicz
(Dates to be confirmed)
If This is a Man
Antony Sher will perform his own one-man show based on the book by
Primo Levi, directed by Richard Wilson.
(Dates to be confirmed)
The Mandate
by Nikolai Erdman, in a new version by Declan Donnellan
(Dates to be confirmed)
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