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All audio episodes
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The Emperor Jones: Patterson Joseph talks to Al Senter
Paterson Joseph talks to Al Senter about his role as Brutus Jones in The Emperor Jones, the politics of O'Neill's play and challenges of transferring the Gate theatre's intimate production to the Olivier Theatre.
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St Joan: Anne-Marie Duff in conversation
Anne-Marie Duff talks to Matt Wolf about her role as Joan in the 2007 NT production of Saint Joan and discusses her career and dividing her time between film, TV and theatre work.
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The Lear Diaries: Brian Cox
Brian Cox discusses with Jane Edwardes his experience of playing King Lear, touring the production while also appearing in Richard III, keeping a diary and the difficulty of working with two directors at once.
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Ivanov: Katie Mitchell in discussion
The director Katie Mitchell discusses her interpretation of Chekhov's first full-length play with the National's Executive Director Nick Starr.
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J T Rogers on The Overwhelming
The writer of The Overwhelming discusses his work and the inspiration for the play with David Belton
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An Inspector Calls: Stephen Daldry and Giles Croft
Director Stepehn Daldry talks about his production of An Inspector Calls to Giles Croft, Literary Manager of the NT.
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Claire Tomalin: Time-Torn Man – A Life of Thomas Hardy
Claire Tomalin talks about her study of one of the sacred figures in English writing. She charts his life from illegitimate birth, rural upbringing and escape to London to his status as a bestselling novelist and, in later life, his supreme achievements as a poet.
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In Conversation: Oliver Cotton
Oliver Cotton discusses his work at the National and beyond with Al Senter. Recorded during the run of The Royal Hunt of the Sun in which Cotton played De Valverde.
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In Conversation: Oliver Ford Davies
Oliver Ford Davies discusses his long career at the NT and elsewhere with Al Senter. Recorded while he was playing the Cardinal Inquisitor in The Life of Galileo.
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Rwanda: Survival against the odds
Mary Kayitesi Blewitt lost almost her entire family in the Rwandan genocide and subsequently set up the Survivors Fund. To accompany the production of The Overwhelming, she talks with other survivors about the work of the charity and the continuing effect of the atrocities
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His Dark Materials: Philip Pullman and Dr. Rowan Williams
Dr Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury, and Philip Pullman discuss whether consumerism and the mass media have created a crisis of childhood with reference to Pullman's play His Dark Materials. Chaired by Robert Butler.
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Christopher Bigsby on All My Sons
Christopher Bigsby, author of numerous books on Arthur Miller's work, talks about All My Sons - the first great success of Miller's career.
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Gitta Sereny on Albert Speer
Gitta Sereny came to know Albert Speer during the last years of his life as no other biographer has known a Nazi leader. She talks with Stephen Daldry about this extraordinary experience and the book that inspired David Edgar's play.
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Angels in America: Tony Kushner in conversation with Adam Mars Jones
The American playwright talks about his work and his play Angels in America, with writer Adam Mars Jones. The play is subtitled A Gay Fantasia on National Themes, it confronts a variety of 1990s issues head-on using a gay relationship as a catalyst for exploring an America-in-crisis.
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The Sea: Discussion with Sam Mendes and Judi Dench
Sam Mendes, director of the 1990 NT production of Edward Bond's The Sea, and Judi Dench who plays Louise Rafi discuss the production and their work with Genista McIntosh.
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Penelope Wilton: In Conversation
Penelope Wilton in conversation with Al Senter about her career at the National and beyond and her playing the title role of The House of Bernarda Alba in the Lyttelton in 2005.
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Katie Mitchell on The Seagull
The director of The Seagull talks to Dan Rebellato about her new production of The Seagull.
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PEN: Another Sky
Michael Palin leads a reading from Another Sky, a collection of work by writers whose lives and careers have been jeopardised by their commitment to free speech - including many cases for which PEN has campaigned since 1970.
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Katie Mitchell on Waves
Director Katie Mitchell talks to Christopher Campbell about her new production, Waves, and about the process of devising with the Company from the text of Virginia Woolf's novel, The Waves.
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Peter Hall on The Coming of Godot
In 2006, the year of Samuel Beckett's centenary, Peter Hall recalls the original London production of Beckett's groundbreaking masterpiece, Waiting for Godot, with Jonathan Croall, author of The Coming of Godot, which celebrates the play's 50-year theatrical journey
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Nicholas Hytner on The Alchemist
The National’s Director talks about his production of Ben Jonson’s comedy of greed and gullibility to Robert Butler, author of The Alchemist Exposed in the ‘National Theatre at Work’ series.
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John Carey on 'What Good are the Arts?'
One of the country’s most eminent reviewers and academics talks about his delightfully sceptical and devastatingly intelligent assessment of the true value of art. -
Alan Bennett and Judi Dench
Alan Bennett and Judi Dench read an unperformed and unpublished short play by Alan Bennett – its world premiere.
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Tony Harrison
Tony Harrison talks about The Trackers of Oxyrhyncus and Square Rounds.
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Alan Bennett and Nicholas Hytner on The History Boys
Alan Bennett talks about The History Boys, with Nicholas Hytner.
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Simon Callow talks about Shakespeare's Henry IV, Part II
Simon Callow talks about his book on Henry IV, concentrating on Part 2, published as part of the Faber 'Actors on Shakespeare' series
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Peter Hall on Bacchai
Peter Hall talks about his many years of acclaimed work on Greek drama.
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Jean Benedetti on his book David Garrick and The Birth of Modern Theatre
Jean Benedetti talks about his book, David Garrick and The Birth of Modern Theatre.
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Anthony Holden: Shakespeare
Anthony Holden talks about his acclaimed biography of William Shakespeare -
John Barrymore – Shakespearean Actor
Barrymore's biographer Michael Morrison presents his vivid recollection of a legendary theatrical personality.
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A Pocket Guide to Shakespeare's Plays
Director Giles Croft, actor Barbara Flynn and director and co-author Stephen Unwin discuss the Pocket Guide to Shakespeare's Plays, to mark its publication and to celebrate the life of Kenneth McLeish, its other co-author.
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Peggy Ramsay
David Hare (client), Colin Chambers (biographer) and Simon Callow (another client and friend) talk about the life of literary agent Margaret (Peggy) Ramsay. Recording starts a few minutes into the talk.
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Patrick Marber and Nicholas Wright on Closer
Patrick Marber discusses his play Closer with fellow playwright Nicholas Wright.
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