By Amy Somensky Feb 27, 2006, 1:04 GMT
London: The artistic director of the National Theater, Nicholas Hytner, has announced the upcoming programming for the theater. The lineup includes:
Two Thousand Years by Mike LeighThe production returns to the National Theater's Lyttelton on March 25, 2006
Mike Leigh explores, in a gentle tragi-comic way, a wide range of issues, including politics, religion, identity and the vexed question of Israel and the Middle East.
The Voysey Inheritance by Harley Granville BarkerApril 18, 2006 - June 7, 2006 at the LytteltonDirected By Peter Gill
Edward’s highly principled world upturns when his father reveals that he has been illegally speculating with clients’ money.
To make matters worse, he soon discovers his large, scandal-fearing family would perpetuate the crime rather than risk public dishonour.
The Overwhelming by J.T RogersMay 9, 2006 at the CottesloeDirected By Max Stafford-Clark
Seizing the opportunity to research a book, Jack Exley uproots his family from illinois to Rwanda in early 1994. Alarmingly out of depth, Jack begins a fervent search for his dear and missing friend while his wife and teenage son find trouble of their own. As Jack involves himself in the local politics, he discovers a pattern of brutality and beliefs that jeopardizes the lives of everyone around him.
Market Boy by David EldridgeMay 26, 2006 at the OlivierDirected by Rufus Norris
There’s an art to selling stilettos and you’d better grasp it. Learn a good wind-up, learn the pull of cash, learn drugs, learn sex, and run wild with the market monkeys. Stay sharp in the ruthless world of Essex traders. Romford Market, 1985.
This boy has everything to learn.
The Life of Galileo by Bertolt BrechtA new version by David HareJuly at the OlivierDirected by Howard DaviesStarring Simon Russell Beale as Galileo
The Seafarer by Conor McPhersonCottesloe
Caroline or ChangeMusic by Jeanine Tesori, book and lyrics by Tony KushnerOctober at the Lyttelton
The story of an African-American woman working as a maid for a Jewish family as the Civil Rights-movement is about to explode.
The Seagull by Anton ChekhovDirected by Katie Mitchell
Attempts On Her Life by Martin Crimp Directed by Katie Mitchell The Alchemist by Ben JohnsonDirected by Nicholas HytnerStarring Simon Russell Beale and Alex Jennings
For more information on the National Theater visit www.nationaltheatre.org.uk.
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