Past productions 2004 -2006
The first performances by the National Theatre took place in 1963 at the Old Vic. Listed here are productions from 2004 to 2006.
All dates are given for press nights.THE PERMANENT WAY
A new play by David Hare
Dir: Max Stafford- Clark
Cottesloe, 8 January 2004
Transferred to the Lyttelton 3 April 2004
THE WONDERFUL LIFE AND MISERABLE DEATH OF THE RENOWNED MAGICIAN DR FAUSTUS
Adapted from Christopher Marlowe
Additional Material by Carl Grose
(World Premiere)
Dir: Rebecca Gould and Mervyn Millar
Cottesloe, 10 February 2004
CYRANO DE BERGERAC
By Edmond Rostand
New Version by Derek Mahon
Dir: Howard Davis
Olivier, 19 April 2004
SING YER HEART OUT FOR THE LADS
By Roy Williams
Revival of 2002 Transformation production in the Loft
Dir: by Paul Miller
Cottesloe, 30 April 2004
LIFEGAME
By Keith Johnstone
Dir: Phelim McDermott and Lee Simpson
Cottesloe, 6 May 2004
THE HISTORY BOYS
By Alan Bennett
Dir: Nicholas Hytner
(World Premiere)
Lyttelton, 18 May 2004
MEASURE FOR MEASURE
By William Shakespeare
Dir: Simon McBurney
A Collaboration between the National Theatre and Theatre de Complictie
Olivier, 27 May 2004
THE FALSE SERVANT
By Pierre Marivaux
A new version by Martin Crimp
Dir: Jonathan Kent
Cottesloe, 1 June 2004
IPHIGENIA AT AULIS
By Euripides
Translated by Don Taylor
Dir: Katie Mitchell
Lyttelton, 22 June 2004
A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM
Book by Burt Shevelove and Larry Gelbart
Dir: Edward Hall
Olivier, 9 July 2004
THE NIGHT SEASON
By Rebecca Lenkiewicz
Dir: Lucy Bailey
Cottesloe, 3 August 2004
TROPICANA
A Shunt Event
The Shunt Vaults, 9 September 2004
STUFF HAPPENS
By David Hare
Dir: Nicholas Hytner
Olivier, 10 September 2004
BURIED CHILD
By Sam Shephard
Dir: Matthew Warchus
Lyttleton, 18 September 2004
PRIMO
Based on If This is a Man by Primo Levi
Dir: Richard Wilson
Cottesloe, 30 September 2004
THE MANDATE
By Nikolai Erdman
Dir: Declan Donnellan
Cottesloe, 21 October 2004
HIS DARK MATERIALS – PART 1
Book by Philip Pullman
Dir: Nicholas Hytner
Olivier, 20 November 2004
HIS DARK MATERIALS – PART 2
Book by Philip Pullman
Dir: Nicholas Hytner
Olivier, 30 November 2004
FIX UP
By Kwame Kwei-Armah
Dir: Angus Jackson
Cottesloe, 16 December 2004
A DREAM PLAY
By August Strindberg
Adapted by Caryl Churchill
Dir: Katie Mitchell
Cottesloe, 4 February 2005
THE HOUSE OF BERNARDA ALBA
by Federico García Lorca
In a new English version by David Hare
Dir: Howard Davies
Lyttleton, 15 March 2005
TRISTAN & YSEULT
A co-production with Kneehigh Theatre
By Anna Maria Murphy
Dir: Emma Rice
Cottesloe, 12 April 2005
THEATRE OF BLOOD
A Co-production with Improbable Theatre
by Lee Simpson and Phelim McDermott
Dir: Phelim McDermott
Lyttleton, 9 May 2005
HENRY IV – PART 1
By William Shakespeare
Dir: Nicholas Hytner
Oliver
HENRY IV – PART 2
By William Shakespeare
Dir: Nicholas Hytner
Olivier,
ON THE SHORE OF THE WIDE WORLD
A co-production between the National Theatre and the Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester.
By Simon Stephens
Dir: Sarah Frankcom
Cottesloe, 26 May 2005
THE UN INSPECTOR
Freely adapted from Gogol's The Government Inspector by David Farr
Dir: David Farr
Olivier, 16 June 2005
THE PRESIDENT OF AN EMPTY ROOM
By Steven Knight
Dir: Howard Davies
Cottesloe, 28 June 2005
ARISTOCRATS
By Brian Friel
Dir: Tom Cairns
Lyttleton, 12 July 2005
PLAYING WITH FIRE
By David Edgar
Dir: Michael Attenborough
Olivier, 12 September 2005
TWO THOUSAND YEARS
By Mike Leigh
Dir: Mike Leigh
Cottesloe, 15 September 2005
World Premiere
HISTORY BOYS
By Alan Bennett
Dir: Nicholas Hytner
Lyttelton, 28 September 2005 (Revival)
PAUL
By Howard Brenton
Dir: Howard Davies
Cottesloe, 6 October 2005 (cancelled)
Cottesloe, 9 November 2005
World Premiere
PILLARS OF THE COMMUNITY
By Henrik Ibsen in a new version by Samuel Adamson
Dir: Marianne Elliot
Lyttelton, 1 November 2005
JUST FOR SHOW
A work by Lloyd Newson for DV8 Physical Theatre
Dir: Lloyd Newson
Lyttelton, 11 November 2005
CORAM BOY
Adapted by Helen Edmundson from a novel by Jamila Gavin
Dir: Melly Still
Olivier, 15 November 2005
World Premiere
TRANSLATIONS
By Brian Friel
An NT Education Mobile production
Cottesloe, 16 November 2005
ONCE IN A LIFETIME
By George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart
Dir: Edward Hall
Olivier, 15 December 2005
MEASURE FOR MEASURE
By William Shakespeare
A co-production between the National Theatre and Complicite
Dir: Simon McBurney
Lyttelton, 15 February 2006
SOUTHWARK FAIR
By Samuel Adamson
Dir: Nicholas Hytner
Cottesloe, 16 February 2006
World Premiere
BURN
By Deborah Gearing
Dir: Anna Mackmin
Cottesloe, 15 March 2006
CHATROOM
By Enda Walsh
Dir: Anna Mackmin
Cottesloe, 15 March 2006
CITIZENSHIP
By Mark Ravenhill
Dir: Anna Mackmin
Cottesloe, 15 March 2006
ROYAL HUNT OF THE SUN
by Peter Shaffer
Dir. Trevor Nunn
Olivier, 30 March 2006
THE VOYSEY INHERITANCE
by Harley Granville Barker
Dir. Peter Gill
Lyttelton, 5 May 2006
TWO THOUSAND YEARS
by Mike Leigh
Dir. Mike Leigh
Lyttelton, 12 May 2006
THE OVERWHELMING
by JT Rogers
Dir. Max Stafford-Clark
Cottesloe, 17 May 2006
MARKET BOY
by David Eldridge
Dir. Rufus Norris
Olivier, 6 June 2006
THE SEAGULL
by Anton Chekov
In a version by Martin Crimp
Dir. Katie Mitchell
Lyttelton, 27 June 2006
THE LIFE OF GALILEO
by Bertolt Brecht
Dir. Howard Davies
Olivier, 6 July 2006
EXILES
by James Joyce
Dir. James MacDonald
Cottesloe, 2 August 2006
THE ALCHEMIST
by Ben Jonson
Dir. Nicholas Hytner
Olivier, 14 September 2006
THE SEAFARER
by Conor McPherson
Dir. Conor McPherson
Cottesloe, 28 September 2006
CAROLINE OR CHANGE
by Tony Kushner (Books and lyrics), Jeanine Tesori (Music)
Dir. George C Wolfe
Lyttelton, 19 October 2006
THÉRÈSE RAQUIN
by Emile Zola
In a version by Nicholas Wright
Dir. Marianne Elliott
Lyttelton, 13 November 2006
WAVES
Suggested by Virginia Woolf’s Novel The Waves
In a version devised by Katie Mitchell and the Company
Dir. Katie Mitchell
Cottesloe, 16 November 2006
CORAM BOY
Adapted by Helen Edmundson from a novel by Jamilia Gavin
Dir. Melly Still
Olivier, 7 November 2006
