National Theater Live

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National Theater Live is an initiative of the Royal National Theater in London that aims to bring various plays to the big screens around the world. The theater thus joins a growing group of renowned ensembles, theaters and opera houses that want to make their productions accessible to a larger audience at low cost in this way - others are the New York Metropolitan Opera , the British houses of the Royal Ballet , the Royal Opera House and the Royal Shakespeare Company, as well as the Russian Bolshoi Ballet .

Overview

In June 2009, a play was broadcast live in the cinema for the very first time. The first season of live broadcasts started with Phèdre , in which Helen Mirren played a leading role. A total of 50,000 people from 19 countries around the world watched the play. The plays are now shown in up to 1,400 cinemas in 25 countries. The number of viewers has also grown. The play The Audience , for example, the first production shown in 2013 that was not staged at the National Theater, saw 180,000 people live in the cinema. By 2016, approximately 4 million viewers saw the plays in cinemas around the world. All plays are broadcast in HD. The live broadcast of the play Hamlet had the largest audience up to that point. This play aired on October 15, 2015. Benedict Cumberbatch portrayed Hamlet. More than 225,000 spectators from 25 countries watched the broadcast of the play.

In addition to Benedict Cumberbatch and Helen Mirren, other well-known film and television actors can also be seen in the live productions of the National Theater. In the summer of 2013, viewers could watch Macbeth live in cinemas with Kenneth Branagh and Alex Kingston . In January 2014, the play Coriolanus with Tom Hiddleston and Mark Gatiss was broadcast live in cinemas. On September 16, 2014, Gillian Anderson played Blanche DuBois in the play A Streetcar Named Desire . On April 16, 2015, the play The Hard Problem with Damien Molony was shown in cinemas worldwide. A month later, Ralph Fiennes appeared in the National Theater Live production Man and Superman .

In the course of the COVID-19 pandemic , the National Theater made recordings of the series available as a stream on YouTube for the first time from April 2020 under the slogan "National Theater at Home" . Selected pieces, released weekly on Thursdays and seen online for a week each, included One Man, Two Guvners (2011), both alternating versions of Nick Dears Frankenstein (2011), and Antonius and Cleopatra (2018). In the first six weeks, the pieces were viewed more than eight million times; Donations collected during the broadcasts were used to benefit artists affected by the crisis.

Live broadcasts

season 1

Number (season) Number (total) title author theatre actor Charisma
1 1 Phèdre Jean Racine Royal National Theater Helen Mirren , Dominic Cooper , John Shrapnel , Margaret Tyzack June 25, 2009
2 2 All's Well That Ends Well William Shakespeare Royal National Theater Oliver Ford Davies , Clare Higgins , Conleth Hill October 1, 2009
3 3 nation Terry Pratchett , Mark Ravenhill Royal National Theater Nicholas Rowe January 30, 2010
4th 4th The Habit of Art Alan Bennett Royal National Theater Richard Griffiths , Frances de la Tour April 22, 2010
5 5 London Assurance Dion Boucicault , Richard Bean Royal National Theater Simon Russell Beale , Mark Addy , Fiona Shaw , Richard Briers June 28, 2010

season 2

Number (season) Number (total) title author theatre actor Charisma
1 6th A Disappearing Number Simon McBurney Royal National Theater Saskia Reeves October 14, 2010
2 7th Hamlet William Shakespeare Royal National Theater David Calder , Clare Higgins , Rory Kinnear , Alex Lanipekun , Patrick Malahide December 9, 2010
3 8th Fela! Jim Lewis, Bill T. Jones Royal National Theater Sahr Ngaujah January 13, 2011
4th 9 King Lear William Shakespeare Royal National Theater Alec Newman , Derek Jacobi , Gina McKee February 3, 2011
5 10 Frankenstein Nick Dear , Mary Shelley Royal National Theater Benedict Cumberbatch , Jonny Lee Miller , Karl Johnson , Naomie Harris , William Nye , George Harris March 17 and 24, 2011 (alternating leading actors)
6th 11 The Cherry Orchard Anton Chekhov , Andrew Upton Royal National Theater Claudie Blakley , Kenneth Cranham , Conleth Hill , Gerald Kyd , Charity Wakefield , Zoë Wanamaker June 30, 2011

season 3

Number (season) Number (total) title author theatre actor Charisma
1 12 One Man, Two Guvnors Richard Bean, Carlo Goldoni Royal National Theater James Corden , Jemima Rooper , Suzanne Toase September 15, 2011
2 13 The Kitchen Arnold Wesker Royal National Theater Tom Brooke , Marek Oravec October 6, 2011
3 14th Collaborators John Hodge Royal National Theater Simon Russell Beale , Mark Addy , Patrick Godfrey December 1, 2011
4th 15th Traveling Light Nicholas Wright Royal National Theater Antony Sher , Damien Molony February 9, 2012
5 16 The Comedy of Errors William Shakespeare Royal National Theater Claudie Blakley , Silas Carson , Lenny Henry ,

Lucian Msamati

March 1, 2012
6th 17th She Stoops to Conquer Oliver Goldsmith Royal National Theater David Fynn , Cush Jumbo , Sophie Thompson March 29, 2012

Season 4

Number (season) Number (total) title author theatre actor Charisma
1 18th The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time Mark Haddon , Simon Stephens Royal National Theater Luke Treadaway September 6, 2012
2 19th The Last of the Haussmans Stephen Beresford Royal National Theater Julie Walters , Rory Kinnear , Helen McCrory October 11, 2012
3 20th Timon of Athens William Shakespeare Royal National Theater Alfred Enoch November 1, 2012
4th 21st The magistrates Arthur Wing Pinero Royal National Theater Nancy Carroll , Christina Cole , John Lithgow 17th January 2013
5 22nd People Alan Bennett Royal National Theater Franc Ashman , Linda Bassett , Ellie Burrow , Selina Cadell 21st March 2013
6th 23 This house James Graham Royal National Theater Charles Edwards May 16, 2013
7th 24 The audience Peter Morgan Gielgud Theater Helen Mirren , Edward Fox , Richard McCabe , Nathaniel Parker 13th June 2013
8th 25th Macbeth Rob Ashford, Kenneth Branagh Manchester International Festival Kenneth Branagh , Ray Fearon , Alex Kingston , John Shrapnel , Alexander Vlahos 20th July 2013

Season 5

Number (season) Number (total) title author theatre actor Charisma
1 26th Othello William Shakespeare Royal National Theater Rory Kinnear , Adrian Lester , Lyndsey Marshal 26th September 2013
2 27 Coriolanus William Shakespeare Donmar Warehouse Tom Hiddleston , Mark Gatiss , Hadley Fraser , Alfred Enoch , Mark Stanley , Birgitte Hjort Sørensen January 30, 2014
3 28 Was horse Michael Morpurgo , Nick Stafford New London Theater (Production by the Royal National Theater) Ian Shaw January 27, 2014
4th 29 King Lear William Shakespeare Royal National Theater Simon Russell Beale , Tom Brooke , Anna Maxwell Martin May 1, 2014
5 30th A small family business Alan Ayckbourn Royal National Theater Nigel Lindsay June 12, 2014
6th 31 Skylight David Hare Wyndham's Theater Carey Mulligan , Bill Nighy , Matthew Beard , David Hare 17th July 2014

Season 6

Number (season) Number (total) title author theatre actor Charisma
1 32 Medea Euripides , Ben Power Royal National Theater Helen McCrory , Jane Wymark 4th September 2014
2 33 A Streetcar Named Desire Tennessee Williams Royal National Theater Gillian Anderson , Ben Foster , Corey Johnson , Vanessa Kirby 16th September 2014
3 34 John Lloyd Newson Royal National Theater Lee Boggess , Hannes Langolf , Ermira Goro December 9, 2014
4th 35 Treasure Island Bryony Lavery , Robert Louis Stevenson Royal National Theater Arthur Darvill , Alastair Parker January 22, 2015
5 36 Behind the Beautiful Forevers David Hare, Katherine Boo Royal National Theater Meera Syal March 12, 2015
6th 37 A View From the Bridge Arthur Miller Wyndham's Theater (Production by the Young Vic) Phoebe Fox , Mark Strong , Emun Elliott March 26, 2015
7th 38 The hard problem Tom Stoppard Royal National Theater Damien Molony , Lucy Robinson , Anthony Calf April 16, 2015
8th 39 Man and Superman George Bernard Shaw Royal National Theater Ralph Fiennes , Indira Varma , Corey Johnson , Nicholas Bishop May 14, 2015
9 40 Everyman Carol Ann Duffy Royal National Theater Dermot Crowley , Chiwetel Ejiofor July 16, 2015

Season 7

Number (season) Number (total) title author theatre actor Charisma
1 41 The Beaux 'Stratagem George Farquhar Royal National Theater Samuel Barnett , Geoffrey Streatfeild , Susannah Fielding , Pippa Bennett-Warner 3rd September 2015
2 42 Hamlet William Shakespeare Barbican Theater Benedict Cumberbatch , Ciarán Hinds , Leo Bill , Jim Norton , Karl Johnson 15th October 2015
3 43 Of Mice and Men John Steinbeck Longacre Theater, Broadway James Franco , Chris O'Dowd 19th November 2015
4th 44 Jane Eyre Mike Akers, Charlotte Brontë Royal National Theater Madeleine Worrall , Felix Hayes December 8, 2015
5 45 Les Liaisons Dangereuses Christopher Hampton, Choderlos de Laclos Donmar Warehouse Janet McTeer , Morfydd Clark , Adjoa Andoh , Dominic West January 28, 2016
6th 46 As You Like It William Shakespeare Royal National Theater Rosalie Craig , Joe Bannister February 25, 2016
7th 47 Hangmen Martin McDonagh Wyndham's Theater (Royal Court production) David Morrissey , Andy Nyman March 2, 2016

Season 8

Number (season) Number (total) title author theatre actor Charisma
1 48 The Deep Blue Sea Terence Rattigan Royal National Theater Helen McCrory , Tom Burke , Adetomiwa Edun September 1, 2016
2 49 The Threepenny Opera Bertolt Brecht , Elisabeth Hauptmann Royal National Theater Rory Kinnear 22nd September 2016
3 50 No Man's Land Harold Pinter Wyndham's Theater Ian McKellen , Patrick Stewart , Damien Molony , Owen Teale 15th December 2016
4th 51 Amadeus Peter Shaffer Royal National Theater Lucian Msamati , Adam Gillen 2nd February 2017
5 52 Saint Joan George Bernard Shaw Donmar Warehouse Gemma Arterton 16th February 2017
6th 53 Hedda Gabler Henrik Ibsen Royal National Theater Ruth Wilson March 9, 2017
7th 54 Twelfth Night William Shakespeare Royal National Theater Tamsin Greig , Doon Mackichan April 6, 2017
8th 55 Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead Tom Stoppard Old Vic Daniel Radcliffe , David Haig April 20, 2017
9 56 obsession Jan Peter Gerrits , Simon Stephens , Ivo van Hove Barbican Theater Jude Law May 11, 2017
10 57 Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Edward Albee Harold Pinter Theater Imelda Staunton , Conleth Hill , Luke Treadaway , Imogen Poots 18th May 2017
11 58 Peter Pan James Matthew Barrie Royal National Theater Mark Rylance , Daniel Evans , Paul Hilton June 10, 2017
12 59 Salomé Yael Farber Royal National Theater Isabella Nefar 22nd June 2017
13 60 Angels in America, Part One: Millennium Approaches Tony Kushner Royal National Theater Andrew Garfield , Nathan Lane , Russell Tovey 20th July 2017
14th 61 Angels in America, Part Two: Perestroika Tony Kushner Royal National Theater Andrew Garfield , Nathan Lane , Russell Tovey July 27, 2017
15th 62 Yerma Federico García Lorca Young Vic Billie Piper August 31, 2017

Season 9

Number (season) Number (total) title author theatre actor Charisma
1 63 Follies Stephen Sondheim , James Goldman Royal National Theater Imelda Staunton , Liz Ewing , Gary Raymond , Philip Quast 16th November 2017
2 64 Young Marx Richard Bean, Clive Coleman Bridge Theater Rory Kinnear , Nancy Carroll, Dixie Egerickx , Oliver Chris 7th December 2017
3 65 Cat on a hot tin roof Tennessee Williams Apollo Theater (Production by Young Vic) Jack O'Connell , Sienna Miller February 22, 2018
4th 66 Julius Caesar William Shakespeare Bridge Theater Ben Whishaw , Michelle Fairley , David Calder , David Morrissey March 22, 2018
5 67 Macbeth William Shakespeare Royal National Theater Nadia Albina , Michael Balogun , Stephen Boxer , Anne-Marie Duff May 10, 2018

Season 10

Number (season) Number (total) title author theatre actor Charisma
1 68 Julie Polly Stenham , August Strindberg Royal National Theater Vanessa Kirby , Eric Kofi Abrefa September 6, 2018
2 69 King Lear William Shakespeare Duke of York's Theater (Chichester Festival Theater production) Ian McKellen , Sinéad Cusack , Danny Webb , Kirsty Bushell September 27, 2018
3 70 Allelujah! Alan Bennett Royal National Theater Samuel Barnett , Sam Bond , Jacqueline Chan , Jacqueline Clarke 1st November 2018
4th 71 The Madness of George III Alan Bennett Nottingham Playhouse Mark Gatiss , Adrian Scarborough 20th November 2018
5 72 Antony & Cleopatra William Shakespeare Royal National Theater Sophie Okonedo , Ralph Fiennes December 6, 2018
6th 73 The Tragedy of King Richard the Second William Shakespeare Almeida Theater Simon Russell Beale 15th January 2019
7th 74 I'm not running David Hare Royal National Theater Sian Brooke , Amaka Okafor January 31, 2019
8th 75 All about Eve Mary Orr, Ivo van Hove Noël Coward Theater Gillian Anderson , Lily James April 11, 2019
9 76 All my sons Arthur Miller Old Vic Theater Sally Field , Bill Pullman , Jenna Coleman 14 May 2019
10 77 Small Island Helen Edmundson, Andrea Levy Royal National Theater Leah Harvey , Gershwyn Eustache junior June 27, 2019
11 78 The Lehman Trilogy Stefano Massini Royal National Theater Simon Russell Beale , Ben Miles , Adam Godley July 25, 2019

Season 11

Number (season) Number (total) title author theatre actor Charisma
1 79 Fleabag Phoebe Waller-Bridge Wyndham's Theater (production of the Soho Theater) Phoebe Waller-Bridge September 12, 2019
2 80 A Midsummer Night's Dream William Shakespeare Bridge Theater Gwendoline Christie , Oliver Chris , David Moorst , Hammed Animashaun 17th October 2019
3 81 Hansard Simon Woods Royal National Theater Lindsay Duncan , Alex Jennings 7th November 2019
4th 82 Present Laughter Noël Coward Old Vic Theater Andrew Scott November 28, 2019
5 83 Cyrano de Bergerac Edmond Rostand Playhouse Theater James McAvoy February 20, 2020
6th 84 The Welkin Lucy Kirkwood Royal National Theater Maxine Peake planned for May 21, 2020, canceled due to the Covid-19 pandemic
7th 85 Leopoldstadt Tom Stoppard Wyndham's Theater Aaron Neil, Rhys Bailey scheduled for June 25, 2020, canceled due to the Covid-19 pandemic
8th 86 Jack Absolute Flies Again Richard Bean and Oliver Chris Royal National Theater Caroline Quentin, Richard Fleeshman scheduled for July 23, 2020, canceled due to the Covid-19 pandemic

Web links

Individual evidence

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  2. ↑ Live streaming info page of the Rheged Center in Cumbria . Retrieved March 11, 2018.
  3. ^ HD Performances and Telecast info page of the Society of the Four Arts in Palm Beach . Retrieved March 11, 2018.
  4. ^ Next up from National Theater . In: bexhillobserver.net . February 14, 2016. Retrieved March 2, 2016.
  5. ^ Karen Price: National Theater's live cinema broadcast of All's Well That Ends Well . In: walesonline.co.uk . March 28, 2013. Retrieved March 2, 2016.
  6. ↑ a b Sharon Eberson: Shows on the go: Some productions appearing on new platforms . In: Post-gazette.com . November 1, 2015. Accessed March 3, 2016.
  7. ^ Ryan Gilbey: Coriolanus at National Theater Live: cut the chat and get on with the show . In: Theguardian.com . January 31, 2014. Accessed March 3, 2016.
  8. ↑ Preview: Hangmen - Live . In: Eedinburghnews.scotsman.com . March 2, 2016. Retrieved March 3, 2016.
  9. ↑ Alexandra Bonifield: Toil and Trouble. . In: Theaterjones.com . October 29, 2013. Retrieved March 3, 2016.
  10. ↑ Coriolanus starring Tom Hiddleston kicks off the GREAT campaign. . In: Philstar.com . September 1, 2014. Accessed March 3, 2016.
  11. ↑ David Ng: Q&A Gillian Anderson in 'A Streetcar Named Desire' is not so alien . In: Latimes.com . September 10, 2014. Retrieved March 3, 2016.
  12. ↑ Thomas Kielinger: The master of mental fitness is back. . In: Welt.de . February 14, 2015. Retrieved March 3, 2016.
  13. ↑ Peter Craven: Man and Superman review: Ralph Fiennes superb in National Theater production of George Bernard Shaw play. . In: Smh.com.au . June 11, 2015. Accessed March 3, 2016.
  14. ^ Coronavirus: Actors to be paid for streamed National Theater plays . bbc.com, May 7, 2020.