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Dateline: 27th April, 2003

RNT Platforms (May to November, 2003)

Platforms are interviews, talks or workshops, held in the Olivier usually at 6pm and most lasting 45 minutes.

The schedule is:

Preview: Nicholas Hytner
Olivier
19th May 2003, 6pm
£3.50
45mins
In his first Platform as Director of the National, Nicholas Hytner talks about his vision for the £10 Season and introduces its aims, objectives and the shows in the season that are yet to come...

Interview: His Girl Friday director Jack O'Brien
Olivier
6th June 2003, 6pm
£3.50
45mins
talks about his production

Harold Pinter: War
Olivier
10th June 2003, 6pm
£3.50
45mins
Harold Pinter reads from his new publication War

Interview: Henry V director Nicholas Hytner
Olivier
20th June 2003, 6pm
£3.50
45mins
talks about his production

Talk: Henry V - Kissed by History with Felipe Fernandez-Armesto
Olivier
27th June 2003, 6pm
£3.50
45mins
"The ugly prince, kissed by history, becomes a beautiful legend."

Wordplay: Shakespeare Masterclass
Olivier
25th July 2003, 2.30pm
£5
2 hrs
Patsy Rodenburg (NT Head of Voice) leads a session in Shakespearean verse speaking

Interview: Edmond director Edward Hall
Olivier
31st July 2003, 6pm
£3.50
45mins
talks about his production

Playreading: David Mamet's Duck Variations
Olivier
3rd Sep 2003, 6pm
£3.50
45mins
Two old men sit on a park bench discussing ducks

Discussion: His Girl Friday Stage v Screen
Olivier
5th Sep 2003, 6pm
£3.50
45mins
The play or the film... which works best?

Wordplay: Modern American classics
Olivier
19th Sep 2003, 2.30pm
£5
2 hrs
An illustrated examination of the best of American writing

Wordplay: Adapting for the stage
Olivier
17th Oct 2003, 2.30pm
£5 ukp
2 hrs
Learn more about the art of turning other media into theatre.

Interview: Tales from the Vienna Woods director Richard Jones
Olivier
22nd Oct 2003, 6pm
£3.50
45mins
talks about his production

Playreading: Ödön von Horváth's A Sexual Congress
Olivier
3rd Nov 2003, 2pm
£5
2 hrs
"The gigantic battle between the individual and society"

Wordplay: Translating for theatre
Olivier
6th Nov 2003, 2.30pm
£5
2 hrs
Insights into the challenges of interpreting foreign texts

Review: The Travelex £10 Season
Olivier
21st Nov 2003, 6pm
£3.50
45mins
A look back at what the Season was like...

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©Peter Lathan 2003