30 August 2023
National Theatre Collection 3 will offer a total of 20 films by February 2024, taking the number of productions available to watch to 70.
Titles launched today are:
- Antony and Cleopatra: Politics and passion are violently intertwined in Shakespeare’s gripping tale of power. Ralph Fiennes and Sophie Okonedo star in the title roles.
- The Book of Dust: Eighteen years after his groundbreaking production of His Dark Materials, Nicholas Hytner returns to Philip Pullman’s parallel universe to direct a gripping adaptation by Bryony Lavery.
- The Crucible: Olivier Award-winner Lyndsey Turner directs this electrifying new production with designs by Es Devlin in a restaging of Arthur Miller’s masterpiece.
- Everyman: When Death comes calling, Everyman must abandon his hedonistic life and embark on a frantic search to find a friend who will speak in his defence. Chiwetel Ejiofor is Everyman, directed by Rufus Norris.
- Jack Absolute Flies Again: Richard Bean and Oliver Chris’s play is based on Sheridan's 1775 play The Rivals, and stars Caroline Quentin, Laurie Davidson, Natalie Simpson and Kelvin Fletcher.
- Much Ado About Nothing: Escape to the Italian Riviera in Simon Godwin’s production with a cast including Katherine Parkinson and John Heffernan.
- Our Generation: Created from five years of interviews with 12 young people from across the UK, this captivating coming-of-age play is for anyone who is – or ever has been – a teenager.
- Phaedra: Writer-Director Simon Stone reimagines Seneca’s famous tragedy.
- Shut Up, I’m Dreaming: The PappyShow’s love letter to a new generation, directed by Kane Husbands and based on the views, ideas and experiences of teenagers across England.
- Wuthering Heights: Shot through with music and dance, Emma Rice transforms Emily Brontë’s masterpiece into a passionate, powerful and uniquely theatrical experience.
Two of the ten new titles for February are:
- Othello: Directed by Clint Dyer with Giles Terera in the title role and Rosy McEwen as Desdemona.
- The Wife of Willesden: Critically acclaimed, multi-award winning, best-selling author Zadie Smith’s play transports Chaucer’s The Wife of Bath to 21st Century North West London.
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