Balancing Acts: Behind the Scenes at the National Theatre | A Typical Day
Based on The History Boys by Alan Bennett
Nicholas Hytner tells the inside story of 12 years at the helm of Britain's greatest theatre. It's a tale of lunatic failures and spectacular successes like The History Boys, War Horse and One Man, Two Guvnors.
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Licence: ERA Licence required
- Type: Analysis
- Channel: BBC Radio 4
- Duration: 12'34''
- Broadcast date: 2017
UK only
Staff and students of licensed education establishments only
Cannot be adapted
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- Literary Resource
Lady in the Van (2015)
The true story of Miss Shepherd, an eccentric woman of uncertain origins, who 'temporarily' parked her broken-down van in writer Alan Bennett's London driveway for 15 years.
Start the Week | Nicholas Hytner
Hytner made his name and fortune in the 1990s with the musical Miss Saigon. Further successes came with theatre and film productions of The Madness of King George and The History Boys, and the sell-out One Man, Two Guvnors. During the year of the pandemic Hytner has sought to keep the theatre afloat with performances of Alan Bennett's Talking Heads.