A Doll's House

An aged king decides to divide his kingdom between his three daughters, according to which of them is most eloquent in praising him. His favourite, Cordelia, says nothing. Simon Russell Beale, whose recent appearances at the National include Timon of Athens and Collaborators, takes the title role in Shakespeare’s tragedy.

Runtime

3h 25m

Director

Sam Mendes

Cast

Simon Russell Beale, Kate Fleetwood, Anna Maxwell Martin

The Bergers, a blue-collar Jewish family living in an overstuffed tenement and undone by the Depression, struggle through hard times and dream of a better future in this 1972 production of Clifford Odets' pungent play. Personalities and politics clash as Odets' mélange of characters try to survive on pennies a day. Walter Matthau plays...

Runtime

1h 35m

Cast

Walter Matthau, Ron Rifkin, Felicia Farr

A monarch ordained by God to lead his people. But he is also a man of very human weakness. A man whose vanity threatens to divide the great houses of England and drag his people into a dynastic civil war that will last 100 years.

Runtime

3h

Cast

David Tennant, Nigel Lindsay, Michael Pennington

On a bitterly cold London evening, schoolteacher Kyra Hollis receives an unexpected visit from her former lover, Tom Sergeant, a successful and charismatic restaurateur whose wife has recently died. As the evening progresses, the two attempt to rekindle their once passionate relationship only to find themselves locked in a dangerous ba...

Runtime

2h 31m

Director

Stephen Daldry

Cast

Carey Mulligan, Bill Nighy, Matthew Beard

New York, 1971. There’s a party on the stage of the Weismann Theatre. Tomorrow the iconic building will be demolished. Thirty years after their final performance, the Follies girls gather to have a few drinks, sing a few songs and lie about themselves.

Runtime

2h 19m

Cast

Imelda Staunton, Peter Forbes, Janie Dee