Bibliography
Bibliography of the Royal National Theatre
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This bibliography is arranged in sections, click on a section title below to view the books on that topic.
The creation of a national theatre
History of the National Theatre
Parliamentary Debates (Hansard)
Publications relating to individual productions
Architecture of the National Theatre
Denys Lasdun (Architect of the National Theatre)
Other National Theatre publications
Maugham Collection of Theatrical Paintings
Directors of the National:
Other individuals associated with the NT:
The creation of a national theatre
* Archer; William and Granville Barker; Harley,A National Theatre: Scheme and Estimates
(Duskworth, 1907)* Whitworth; Geoffrey, The Making of a National Theatre (Faber & Faber, 1951)
History of the National Theatre
The National Theatre: Some Facts and Figures 1963-1967 (National Theatre, 1967)
* The National Theatre at the Old Vic 1963-1971: A Pictorial Record (National Theatre, 1971)
The Lyttelton Theatre: Introductory season on the South Bank, a complete illustrated programme (National Theatre, 1976)
* Cook; Judith, The National Theatre (Harrap, 1976)
* The National Theatre: the Complete Guide (Heinemann for the National Theatre, 1977)
* Elsom; John & Tomalin; Nicholas, The History of the National Theatre (Jonathan Cape, 1978)
* The National Figures; The National Theatre's first two years on London's South Bank facts/figures/comment 1976-1978 (National Theatre, 1978)
* The National Figures: facts/figures/comment 1979-1980 (National Theatre, 1980)
National Theatre Costumes, sales catalogue (Phillips, 9 March 1986)
* Goodwin; Tim, Britain's Royal National Theatre: the first 25 years (Royal National Theatre/Nick Hern Books, 1988)
Lewis; Peter, The National, A Dream Made Concrete (Methuen, 1990)
* Charity Sale of Costumes from the Royal National Theatre Archive, sales catalogue (Sotheby's, 18 Dec 1996)
Callow; Simon, The National: The Theatre and its Work (Nick Hern Books/Royal National Theatre, 1997)
* National Theatre Broadsheet, 1997
* Hunkin; James F., Changing Faces: A Decade at the Royal National Theatre (Oberon Books in association with the Royal National Theatre, 1997)
* Compiled by Lyn Haill & Stephen Wood, Stage by Stage: the development of the National Theatre 1848-1997 (Royal National Theatre's Publications Department, 1998)
Mulryne; Ronnie & Shewring; Margaret with Jason Barnes (eds.), The Cottesloe at the National: 'Infinite Riches in a Little Room' (Mulryne and Shewring/Royal National Theatre, 1999)
Parliamentary Debates (Hansard)
* National Theatre and Museum of London Bill – 2nd Reading, Vol. 338 No. 35, 6 Feb 1973
* National Theatre Bill – 2nd Reading, Vol. 880 No. 12, 7 Nov 1974
* National Theatre Bill – 2nd Reading, Vol. 354 No. 15, 21 Nov 1974
* Vol. 74, No. 69, 26 Feb 1985
*National Theatre Act 1949 12&13 Geo. 6 Ch. 16
Publications relating to individual productions
(NB: The NT Archive holds press reviews relating to NT and visiting productions)
*Wolf; Matt, The Guys and Dolls Book (Royal National Theatre/Nick Hern Books Ltd, 1997)
* Hare; David, Asking Around: Background to the David Hare Trilogy, (Faber & Faber in association with the Royal National Theatre, 1993)
Hiley; Jim Theatre at Work: the story of the National Theatre's production of Brecht's Galileo
(Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1981)Jones; Derek, The Making of The Mysteries (Channel Four Television, 1985)
Reynolds; Peter, Pericles Text into Performance (Royal National Theatre Education Department, 1994)
Reynolds; Peter, Unmasking Oedipus (Royal National Theatre Publications and NT Education, 1996)
*Trevis; Di, Remembrance of Things Proust – A Rehearsal Diary for the author's production of Remembrance of Things Past (NT Education/NT Publications, 2001)
*Croall; Jonathan, Hamlet Observed – The National Theatre at Work, on John Caird's production of Hamlet (National Theatre Publications, 2001)
*Butler; Robert, Humble Beginnings - The National Theatre at Work, on John Caird's production of Humble Boy (National Theatre Publications in association with Caird Company, 2001)
Croall; Jonathan, Inside the Molly House – The National Theatre at Work, on Nicholas Hytner's production of Mother Clap's Molly House (National Theatre Publications, 2001)
Croall; Jonathan, Peter Hall's Bacchai – The National Theatre at Work (National Theatre Publications, 2002)
Butler; Robert, Just About Anything Goes – The National Theatre at Work, on Trevor Nunn's production of Anything Goes (National Theatre Publications, 2002)
Reynolds; Peter & White; Lee, Henry V at the National – A Rehearsal Diary on Nicholas' Hytner's production of Henry V (NT Education/NT Publications, 2003)
*Butler; Robert, The Art of Darkness – Staging the Philip Pullman Trilogy, on Nicholas Hytner's production of His Dark Materials (National Theatre/Oberon Books, 2003
Architecture of the National Theatre
Theatre Projects Consultants Ltd, The Three Stages of the National Theatre Described, Information Sheet, 1976
Kustow; Michael, The Playing Spaces of the National Theatre in Gambit: International Theatre Review, Volume 7, Number 28, 1976.
Amery; C. (ed.), The National Theatre, special edition of The Architectural Review Guide (The Architectural Press Ltd, 1977)
Various articles in The Complete Guide to Britain's National Theatre (Heinemann, 1977)
Eyre; Richard; Space and the Director in Making Space for Theatre: British Architecture and Theatre since 1958, by Ronnie Mulryne and Margaret Shewring (Mulryne and Shewring
Ltd, 1995)
* Ronnie Mulryne and Margaret Shewring, Making Space for Theatre, British Architecture and Theatre since 1958 (Mulryne and Shewring, 1995)
Goodwin; John (ed.), British Theatre Design, The Modern Age (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1995)
Denys Lasdun (Architect of the National Theatre)
A Language and a Theme, the Architecture of Denys Lasdun & Partners (RIBA Publications, 1976)
RIBA Gold for Lasdun in Building, 1977, 6975 (p.51)
Sir Denys Lasdun, RIBA Journal; 9/1977 (p.366-367)
Drake; L, Obituary (RIBA Journal, December 1980)
Lyall; S., Dinosaurs or giants?, Building; 44/1984 (p.24-25)
Doumato; L., Sir Denys Lasdun (Fromm International, 1984)
Lasdun; Denys, Architecture, continuity and change (UIA – International architect, 1984 (p.22-23))
Lasdun; Denys, Architecture in an Age of Skepticism (Oxford University Press, 1985)
J.M. Montaner i Martorell and J. Mora, Notas Biographicas, El Croquis; 1988, 36 (p.21-29)
Sharp; D., Rational Lessons from Lasdun (Building Design; 1989, 939 (p.10))
Curtis; William JR, Denys Lasdun and his place in the Modern Tradition (World Architecture; 1991, 14 (p.34-39))
Lasdun; Denys, Tradition Classicism and Myth (World Architecture, 1991, p.40-53)
*Curtis; William JR, Denys Lasdun, Architecture, City, Landscape (Phaidon Press, 1994)
Platform Publications
Each year the National Theatre produces an annual report and since 1996 an annual review.
In addition to programmes the National Theatre has produced the following occasional publications:
A series of publications from edited transcripts of Platform Events held at the National Theatre. Series Editor Lyn Haill.
1. * Translation – Ranjit Bolt, Michael Frayn, Christopher Hampton, Steven Pimlott, Jeremy Sams, Timberlake Wertenbaker,
2. * On Angels in America – Tony Kushner, Declan Donnellan, Nick Ormerod
3. * Directors – Stephen Daldry, Nicholas Hytner, Robert Lepage
4. * Designers – Bob Crowley, Jocelyn Herbert, John Napier
5. * Musicals…and Sondheim – Kate Edgar, Ian Judge, David Pountney, Tim Rice, Jeremy Sams, Mark Steyn and Stephen Sondheim
6. * Peter Brook
7. * Arthur Miller
8. * Playwrights – Chris Hannan, David Hare, Judith Johnson, Harwant Bains, Caryl Churchill, Winsome Pinnock, Ray Cooney, Simon Donald, John Godber, Patrick Marber
9. * David Hare (published with the Almeida Theatre)
10. * Shaw & Shaw – Fiona Shaw on the Prime of Miss Jean Brodie and on her production of Shaw's Widowers' Houses, plus Michael Holroyd on George Bernard Shaw
11. His Dark Materials - a collection of six transcripts of Platforms relating to His Dark Materials is in production.
Other National Theatre publications
* Programmes for every National Theatre production since 1963
* Ed. Haill, Lyn, In Rehearsal at the National, Rehearsal Photogrpahs 1976-2001, preface by Trevor Nunn (National Theatre/Oberon Books, 2001)
* Norma Cohen and Joseph Smith Theatre Works: A guide to working in the Theatre (Royal National Theatre and the Theatre Museum, 1992 - revised 1997)
* Ed. Haill; Lyn recipes by Melvin Schnable, Royal National Theatre Cookery Book
The playscripts for many NT productions have been published: contact the bookshop for details [link to bookshop]
Granville Barker Prefaces to Shakespeare, Royal National Theatre and Nick Hern Books, 1993
Antony and Cleopatra
Cymbeline
Hamlet
Othello
King Lear
The Merchant of Venice
Romeo and Juliet
Macbeth
Making Scenes: Four short plays for young actors, 3 volumes (Methuen Drama in association with the Royal National Theatre, 1995)
Related areas of interest:
Old Vic Theatre
* The Royal Coburg Theatre 1818 to The Old Vic 1968 (National Theatre, 1968)
George Rowell, The Old Vic Theatre: A History (Cambridge University Press, 1993)
Chichester Festival Theatre
* Evershed-Martin; Leslie, The Impossible Theatre: The Chichester Festival Theatre Adventure (Phillimore & Co, 1971)
Maugham Collection of Theatrical Paintings
* Raymond Mander and Joe Mitchenson, The Artist and the Theatre, (William Heinemann Ltd, 1955)
* Raymond Mander and Joe Mitchenson, Guide to the Maugham Collection of Theatrical Paintings, (National Theatre, 1980)
Directors of the National
Laurence Olivier
* Olivier; Laurence, Confessions of an Actor (Simon and Schuster, 1982)
Olivier; Laurence, Henry V, by William Shakespeare (Lorrimer, 1984)
Olivier; Laurence, On Acting (Touchstone, 1986)
Barker; Felix, The Oliviers (J. B. Lippincott, 1953)
Tynan; Kenneth, The Recruiting Officer: The National Theatre Production (Rupert Hart Davis, 1965)
* Tynan; Kenneth, Othello: The National Theatre Production (Rupert Hart Davis, 1966)
Fairweather; Virginia, Cry God for Larry (Calder and Boyars, 1969)
* Cottrell; John, Laurence Olivier (Prentice-Hall, 1975)
Morley; Margaret, The Films of Laurence Olivier (Citadel, 1977)
Daniels; Robert L., Laurence Olivier: Theatre and Cinema (A. S. Barnes, 1980)
Kiernan; Thomas, Sir Larry (Times Books, 1981)
Barker, Felix, Laurence Olivier (Spellmount, 1984)
Hirsch; Foster, Laurence Olivier on Screen (Da Capo, 1984)
Tanitch; Robert, Olivier: The Complete Career (Abbeville, 1985)
O'Connor; Gary, Olivier: In Celebration (Dodd, Mead, 1987)
* Holden; Anthony, Olivier (Athenaeum, 1988)
* Bragg; Melvyn, Laurence Olivier (Hutchinson, 1989)
* Haill; Lyn, ed., Olivier at Work: The National Theatre Years (Nick Hern/National Theatre, 1989)
Tynan; Kenneth, Profiles (Nick Hern/Walker, 1989)
* Spotto; Donald, Lawrence Olivier, a biography (Harper Collins, 1991)
* Olivier; Tarquin, My Father Laurence Olivier (BCA, 1992)
* Lewis; Roger, The Real Life of Lawrence Olivier (Arrow Books, 1997)
An authorized biography of Olivier by Terry Coleman is to be published by Bloomsbury in 2005.
Peter Hall
* Barlas; Chris, An Interview with Peter Hall, in Gambit: International Theatre Review, Volume 7, Number 28, 1976.
* Goodwin; John (ed.) John, Peter Hall's Diaries: The Story of a Dramatic Battle, (Hamish Hamilton, 1983)
* Hall; Peter, Making an Exhibition of Myself: The Autobiography of Peter Hall, (Sinclair-Stevenson, 1993)
* Fay; Stephen, Power Play: The Life and Times of Peter Hall (Hodder & Stoughton, 1995)
* Hall; Peter, Exposed by the Mask (Oberon Books, 2000)
* Croall; Jonathan, Peter Hall's Bacchai – The National Theatre at Work (National Theatre Publications, 2002)
* Hall; Peter, Shakespeare's Advice to the Players (Oberon Books, 2004)
Richard Eyre
* Eyre; Richard, Utopia and other places (Vintage, 1994)
* Eyre; Richard, Space and the Director in Making Space for Theatre: British Architecture and Theatre since 1958, by Ronnie Mulryne and Margaret Shewring (Mulryne and Shewring Ltd; 1995)
* Hunkin; James F., Changing Faces: A Decade at the National Theatre (Oberon Books in association with the Royal National Theatre, 1997)
* Eyre; Richard & Nicholas Wright, Changing Stages: A View of British Theatre in the Twentieth Century (Bloomsbury, 2000)
* Eyre; Richard, National Service: A Diary of a Decade (Bloomsbury, 2003)
* Eyre; Richard, The Odd Couple, in Boxed Sets: Television Representations of Theatre, edited by Jeremy Ridgman, The Arts Council of England, 1998 (p.11-22)
Trevor Nunn
Nunn; Trevor, The Actor and the Text (Virgin Books, 1993)
Koltai; Ralph, Ralph Koltai Designer for the Stage, Introduced by Trevor Nunn (Nick Hern Books, 2004)
Cook; Judith, At the Sign of the Swan: Introduction to Shakespeare's Contemporaries, Foreword by Trevor Nunn (Harrap, 1996)
J. M. Barrie; John Caird and Trevor Nunn (Ed's), Peter Pan: The Boy Who Would Not Grow Up (Josef Weinberger Plays, 1999)
William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night: Screenplay, Trevor Nunn ( Methuen, 1996)
* Ed. Haill, Lyn, In Rehearsal at the National, Rehearsal Photogrpahs 1976-2001, preface by Trevor Nunn (National Theatre/Oberon Books, 2001)
* Butler; Robert, Just About Anything Goes – The National Theatre at Work, on Trevor Nunn's production of Anything Goes (National Theatre Publications, 2002)
Nicholas Hytner
Hytner; Nicholas, Film: 20th Century Icons (Absolute Press, 1999)
Croall; Jonathan, Inside the Molly House: The National Theatre at work (National Theatre, 2001)
* Reynolds; Peter & White; Lee, Henry V at the National - A Rehearsal Diary on Nicholas' Hytner's production of Henry V (NT Education/NT Publications, 2003)
* Butler; Robert, The Art of Darkness - Staging the Philip Pullman Trilogy, on Nicholas Hytner's production of His Dark Materials (National Theatre/Oberon Books, 2003)
Other individuals associated with the National
Kenneth Tynan, (Literary Manager 1963-1973)
Tynan; Kenneth, He That Plays the King (Longmans, 1950)
Tynan; Kenneth, Alec Guinness (Rockliff, 1953)
Tynan; Kenneth, Persona Grata (Alan Wingate, 1953)
Tynan; Kenneth, Bull Fever (Longmans, 1955)
Tynan; Kenneth, The Recruiting Officer: The National Theatre Production (Rupert Hart Davis, 1965)
* Tynan; Kenneth, Othello: The National Theatre Production (Rupert Hart Davis, 1966)
Tynan; Kenneth, Tynan Right and Left (Longmans, Green, 1967)
Tynan; Kenneth, The Sound of Two Hands Clapping (Jonathan Cape, 1975)
Tynan; Kenneth, Show People (Simon and Schuster, 1979)
Tynan; Kenneth, A View of the English Stage, 1944-63 (Methuen, 1984)
* Tynan; Kathleen, The Life of Kenneth Tynan (Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1987)
* Tynan; Kathleen (ed.), Kenneth Tynan Letters (Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1994)
* Lahr; John (ed.), The Diaries of Kenneth Tynan (Bloomsbury, 2001)
Dundy; Elaine, Life Itself! (Virago Press, 2001)
* Shellard; Dominic, Kenneth Tynan, A Life (Yale University Press, 2003)
John Russell Brown (Literary Manager 1973-, Associate Director 1973-1988)
Brown; John Russell, Free Shakespeare (Heinemann, 1974)
Brown; John Russell, Shakespeare in Performance: An Introduction Through Six Major Plays
(Harcourt Brace, 1976)Ed. Brown; John Russell, The Oxford Illustrated History of Theatre (Oxford University Press, 2001)
