To celebrate its ten year anniversary in 2023, the Black Plays Archive launched a new website! Read all about this online catalogue of the first professional production in the UK of plays written by Black British, African, and Caribbean playwrights.

Read about the history of Lorca’s The House of Bernarda Alba at the National Theatre, from translation to performance featuring material from our Archive.

Founded in 1963 with Laurence Olivier as its first Director, the movement to found the National Theatre was over 100 years in the making.