Past productions 2001-2003
The first performances by the National Theatre took place in 1963 at the Old Vic. Listed here are productions from 2001 to 2003.2001
THE PLAYBOY OF THE WESTERN WORLD
By J M Synge
Dir: Fiona Buffini
Cottesloe 20 Feb 2001
THE WALLS
By Colin Teevan
Dir: Mick Gordon
Cottesloe 14 Mar 2001
MY FAIR LADY
Books and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner
Music by Frederick Loewe
adapted from Bernard Shaw's play Pygmalion and Gabriel Pascal's motion picture
Dir: Trevor Nunn
Lyttelton 15 Mar 2001
THE GOOD WOMAN OF SETZUAN
By Bertolt Brecht
In a new version by Tanika Gupta
Dir: Stephen Powell
Cottesloe 20 Mar 2001 (Mobile)
FINDING THE SUN / MARRIAGE PLAY
By Edward Albee
Dir: Anthony Page
Cottesloe 8 May 2001
THE WINTER'S TALE
By William Shakespeare
Dir: Nicholas Hytner
Olivier 23 May 2001
HOWARD KATZ
By Patrick Marber
Dir: Patrick Marber
Cottesloe 13 Jun 2001
THE RELAPSE or Virtue in Danger
By John Vanbrugh
Dir: Trevor Nunn with Stephen Rayne
Olivier 20 Jul 2001
HUMBLE BOY
By Charlotte Jones
Dir: John Caird
Cottesloe 9 Aug 2001
MOTHER CLAP'S MOLLY HOUSE
By Mark Ravenhill
Music by Matthew Scott
Dir: Nicholas Hytner
Lyttelton 4 Sep 2001
GAGARIN WAY
By Gregory Burke
Dir: John Tiffany
Cottesloe 3 Oct 2001
(Traverse Theatre Company in association with the Royal National Theatre Studio)
LUTHER
By John Osbourne
Dir: Peter Gill
Olivier 5 Oct 2001
JITNEY
By August Wilson
Dir: Marion McClinton
Lyttelton 16 Oct 2001
(co-production with Stanhope Productions, Sageworks and CTG)
THE GOOD HOPE
By Herman Heijermans
Dir: Bill Bryden
Cottesloe 8 Nov 2001
NO MAN'S LAND
By Harold Pinter
Dir: Harold Pinter
Lyttelton 6 Dec 2001
SOUTH PACIFIC
Music by Richard Rogers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II
Book by Oscar Hammerstein II and Joshua Logan, adapted from Tales of the South Pacific by James A Michener
Dir: Trevor Nunn
Olivier 12 Dec 2001
2002
THE SYRINGA TREE
By Pamela Gien
Dir: Larry Moss
Cottesloe 14 Feb 2002
HINTERLAND
By Sebastian Barry
Dir: Max Stafford-Clark
Cottesloe 4 Mar 2002
Co-production with Abbey Theatre Dublin and Out of Joint
TARTUFFE
By Molière
In a new translation by Ranjit Bolt
Dir: Lindsay Posner
Lyttelton 5 Mar 2002
MEASURE FOR MEASURE
By William Shakespeare
Dir: Jonathan Petherbridge
Cottesloe 8 Apr 2002
(NT Education)
VINCENT IN BRIXTON
By Nicholas Wright
Dir: Richard Eyre
Cottesloe, 1 May 2002
SING YER HEART OUT FOR THE LADS
By Roy Williams
Dir: Simon Usher
Loft, 2 May 2002
BACCHAI
By Euripides
In a new version by Colin Teevan with music by Harrison Birtwistle
Dir: Peter Hall
Olivier, 17 May 2002
THE POWERBOOK
From the novel by Jeanette Winterson, devised by Jeanette Winterson, Deborah Warner and Fiona Shaw
Dir: Deborah Warner
Lyttelton, 18 May 2002
FREE
By Simon Bowen
Dir: Thea Sharrock
Loft, 23 May 2002
LIFE AFTER LIFE
A reportage play by Paul Jepson and Tony Parker
Dir: Paul Jepson
Loft, 29 May 2002
A PRAYER FOR OWEN MEANY
A novel by John Irving adapted by Simon Bent
Dir: Mick Gordon
Lyttelton, 13 Jun 2002
THE SHADOW OF A BOY
By Gary Owen
Dir: Erica Whyman
Loft, 17 Jun 2002
THE COAST OF UTOPIA
VOYAGE; SHIPWRECK, SALVAGE
By Tom Stoppard
Dir: Trevor Nunn
Olivier, 3 Aug 2002
FROZEN
By Bryony Lavery
Dir: Bill Alexander
Cottesloe, 3 Jul 2002
THE MENTALISTS
By Richard Bean
Dir: Sean Holmes
Loft, 8 Jul 2002
THE ADVENTURES OF THE STONEHEADS
By Toby Wilsher
Dir: Toby Wilsher
Lyttelton, 5 Jul 2002
A collaboration between the National Theatre and Trestle Theatre Company
THE BIRDS
By Aristophanes in a new verse version by Sean O'Brien
Dir: Kathryn Hunter
Lyttelton, 26 Jul 2002
A collaboration between the National Theatre & Mamaloucos Circus
SANCTUARY
By Tanika Gupta
Dir: Hettie MacDonald
Loft, 29 Jul 2002
THE ASSOCIATE
By Simon Bent
Dir: Paul Miller
Loft, 19 Aug 2002
PLAY WITHOUT WORDS: THE HOUSE-WARMING
Devised by Matthew Bourne
Lyttelton, 23 Aug 2002
CLOSING TIME
By Owen McCafferty
Dir: James Kerr
Loft, 9 Sep 2002
IVANOV
By Anton Chekhov, in a new version by David Harrower
Dir: Katie Mitchell
Cottesloe, 16 Sep 2002
A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE
By Tennessee Williams
Dir: Trevor Nunn
Lyttelton, 8 Oct 2002
MAPPA MUNDI
By Shelagh Stephenson
Dir: Bill Alexander
Cottesloe, 7 Nov 2002
DINNER
By Moira Buffini
Dir: Fiona Buffini
Loft, 18 Nov 2002
SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER
By Oliver Goldsmith with a new Prologue and Epilogue by Stephen Jeffreys
Dir: Max Stafford-Clark
Lyttelton, 17 Dec 2002
NT in co-production with Out of Joint
A LAUGHING MATTER
By April de Angelis
Dir: Max Stafford-Clark
Lyttelton, 17 Dec 2002
NT in co-production with Out of Joint
ANYTHING GOES
Music and lyrics by Cole Porter, Original book by PG Wodehouse & Guy Bolton and Howard Lindsay & Russel Crouse, New book by Timothy Crouse & John Weidman
Dir: Trevor Nunn
Olivier, 18 Dec 2002
2003
TALKING CURE
By Christopher Hampton
Dir: Howard Davies
Cottesloe, 10 Jan 2003
DUCHESS OF MALFI
By John Webster
Dir: Phyllida Lloyd
Lyttelton, 28 Jan 2003
LOVE'S LABOUR'S LOST
By William Shakespeare
Dir: Trevor Nunn
Olivier, 21 Feb 2003
THE THREEPENNY OPERA
By Bertold Brecht & Kurt Weil
Dir: Tim Baker
Cottesloe, 12 Feb 2003
HONOUR
By Joanna Murray-Smith
Dir: Roger Michell
Cottesloe, 26 Feb 2003
PERICLES
By William Shakespeare
Dir: Yukio Ninagawa
Olivier, 31 March 2003
THE TEMPEST
By William Shakespeare
Dir: Mark Rosenblatt
Cottesloe, 19 March 2003
SCENES FROM THE BIG PICTURE
By Owen McCafferty
Dir: Peter Gill
Cottesloe, 10 April 2003
JERRY SPRINGER - THE OPERA
Originated by Richard Thomas
Music by Richard Thomas
Book and Lyrics by Richard Thomas and Stewart Lee
Dir: Stewart Lee
Olivier, 29 April 2003
HENRY V
Written by William Shakespeare
Dir: Nicholas Hytner
Olivier, 13 May 2003
ELMINA'S KITCHEN
Written by Kwame Kwei-Armah
Dir: Angus Jackson
Cottesloe, 29 May 2003
HIS GIRL FRIDAY
Adapted by John Guare from the Front Page by Ben Hecht
and Charles McCarthur & the film produced by Columbia Pictures
Dir: Jack O'Brien
Olivier, 5 June 2003
JUMPERS
Written by Tom Stoppard
Dir: David Leveaux
Lyttelton, 19 June 2003
POWER
Written by Nick Dear
Dir: Lindsay Posner
Cottesloe, 3 July 2003
EDMOND
Written by David Mamet
Dir: Edward Hall
Olivier, 17 July 2003
THREE SISTERS
Written by Anton Chekhov in a new version by Nicholas Wright
Dir: Katie Mitchell
Lyttelton, 12 August 2003
DEMOCRACY
Written by Michael Frayn
Dir: Michael Blakemore
Cottesloe, 9 September 2003
VIENNA WOODS
Written by Odon von Horvath
In a new version by David Harrower
Dir: Richard Jones
Olivier, 14 October 2003
THE PILLOWMAN
Written by Martin McDonagh
World Premiere
Dir: John Crowley
Cottesloe, 13 November 2003
MOURNING BECOMES ELECTRA
Written by Eugene O'Neill
Director: Howard Davis
Lyttelton, 27 November 2003
HIS DARK MATERIALS I
Based on the novels by Philip Pullman
Adapted by Nicholas Wright
Director: Nicholas Hytner
Olivier, 20 December 2003
HIS DARK MATERIALS II
Based on the novels by Philip Pullman
Adapted by Nicholas Wright
Director: Nicholas Hytner
Olivier, 20 December 2003
