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NT Talks

Summary: Welcome to our collection of conversations recorded live from the National Theatre stages, including interviews with actors, directors and playwrights.

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 Another World: Islamic State Discussion (part 3/3) | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 36:24

The last of a series of discussions on the issues raised by the play, Another World.

 Another World: Islamic State Discussion (part 2/3) | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 39:07

A series of discussions on the issues raised by the play, Another World.

 Shakespeare: Writer for Today | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 15:40

From the new series of the BBC's The Hollow Crown, director Dominic Cooke and writer Ben Power discuss their approach to filming Shakespeare's work for the screen.

 Shakespeare: The 21st Century | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 50:40

The former Director of the National Theatre talks to Abigail Rokison-Woodall about his enormous contribution to the history of Shakespeare at the NT.

 Shakespeare and Migration: Lenny Henry | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 41:09

Lenny Henry and George Alagiah look at how migration and exile are explored in Shakespeare’s play, The Comedy or Errors, and discuss how the situations experienced by the characters might be mirrored today.

 Shakespeare and Old Age: Simon Russell Beale | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 42:01

Simon Russell Beale and Simon Lovestone look at how memory and ageing are explored in Shakespeare’s play, King Lear, and discuss how the situations experienced by the characters might be mirrored today.

 Another World: Islamic State Discussion | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 36:16

A series of discussions on the issues raised by the play, Another World.

 Les Blancs | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 27:13

Lorraine Hansberry's Literary Executor and Director of her Literary Trust, Joi Gresham, joins director Yaël Farber and dramaturg Drew Lichtenberg to discuss the playwright’s work and legacy, and this new production of her play, Les Blancs.

 The Solid Life of Sugar Water | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 12:29

Graeae Associate Director Amit Sharma and playwright Jack Thorne talk to Kate Bassett about the production.

 Dominic Cooke on Ma Rainey's Black Bottom | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 20:46

The director discusses his new production of August Wilson’s play, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, with Ola Animshawun. This is a recording of a live platform event.

 D H Lawrence and Work | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 29:48

Alongside the production of Husbands & Sons, an investigation into the labour market in the early 20th century, the opportunities open to both men and women, and how Lawrence’s own experience of work influenced his characters and writing. With Pamela Cox, Professor of Sociology at the University of Essex, and presenter of the BBC series, Servants and Shopgirls, and Andrew Harrison, Assistant Professor of English Literature and Director of the DH Lawrence Research Centre at the University of Nottingham.

 Roger Michell on Waste | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 27:42

Roger Michell discusses his new production of Harley Granville Barker’s play with Michael Billington. #ntWaste

 Private Eye: a review of 2015 | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 1:01:21

The annual treat for fans of the satirical magazine, as Editor Ian Hislop looks back on the past year with regular guests Craig Brown, Harry Enfield, Lewis Macleod, Jan Ravens and John Sessions. www.private-eye.co.uk twitter.com/privateeyenews facebook.com/PrivateEyeNews This is a recording of a live platform event.

 Marianne Elliott and Ben Power on Husbands & Sons | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 26:01

Ben Power discusses his adaptation of DH Lawrence’s trilogy with the director Marianne Elliott. This is a recording of a live platform event. #ntHusbandsandSons www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/shows/husbands-sons

 Dominic Cooke on Here We Go | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 28:47

Director Dominic Cooke talks to Fiona Mountford about Caryl Churchill’s new play. #ntHereWeGo http://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/shows/here-we-go

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