National Theatre Live: 50 Years On Stage (2013)

Original title

National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage

Directed by

Nicholas Hytner

Genre

documentary

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

2h 26m

Rating

6.2 of 10 from 4 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This film presents excerpts from fifty years of Royal National Theatre productions, performed by a cast of top British actors. It showcases scenes from classic playwrights like Shakespeare, Pinter, and Bennett.

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What happens

National Theatre Live: 50 Years On Stage is a 2013 live staged event film directed by Nicholas Hytner. Shown in theatres and on PBS and National Theatre Live. The program is presented by The Royal National Theatre which celebrates 50 years of theatre, with some extracts of the best productions from the last five decades including Alan Bennett, Noël Coward, David Hare, Tony Kushner, Eugene O'Neill, Harold Pinter, William Shakespeare, George Bernard Shaw, Tom Stoppard, and Tennessee Williams performed by the countries best performers including Judi Dench, Maggie Smith, Michael Gambon, Helen Mirren, Benedict Cumberbatch, Andrew Scott, Penelope Wilton, Simon Russell Beale, Frances de la Tour, Ian Holm, Derek Jacobi, and Joan Plowright. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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