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Lost in a good book with Tamsin Greig

"I've done tapas literature."

War Horse: One Year Later

Puppeteer and performer Mervyn Millar first wrote about the process of creating War Horse a year ago in The Horse's Mouth. Here he talks about the rehearsal process for the revival of last year's sell-out success.

Jeannette Nelson: My favourite voice books

Jeannette Nelson, Head of Voice at the National, chooses her favourite books on voice from the Bookshop.

Lost in a good book with Hattie Morahan

"I love it when you get so into a book that you want to read it standing up, walking along, at the bus stop, wherever you are."

Books in rehearsal: Afterlife

Jenny Eastop, Staff Director on Michael Frayn's Afterlife, gives background to the play and talks about the books that the company used during rehearsal.

Lost in a good book with Simon Russell Beale

Simon Russell Beale talks about his first encounter with Shakespeare, the lumpiness of Shaw, and the moment he gave up on Proust.

Rebecca Lenkiewicz on Her Naked Skin

I used to work at the National Film Theatre as an usherette and on my breaks I’d often go out to the river with a cup of tea and scour the bookstalls under Waterloo Bridge.