Drama at your local library – new National Theatre online resource
We’re excited to announce that we now have access to a collection of over 20 full-length theatre performances from the National Theatre.
This resource includes a selection of plays from Greek Tragedy to Shakespeare, Adaptations, Retellings and 20th and 21st Century Plays.
The collection is accessible in all of our branches. You need to be logged onto one of our PCs and access the resource through our link on the library website for ‘Online Reference Information’. Select the option for ‘Arts, Music and Culture’. Alternatively click on the link below and then click on the button ‘Go to National Theatre Online’:
A selection of the titles currently on offer includes:
- 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
- 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
- Wuthering Heights: Shot through with music and dance, Emma Rice transforms Emily Brontë’s masterpiece into a passionate, powerful and uniquely theatrical experience.
- The Book of Dust: Eighteen years after his groundbreaking production of His Dark Materials, Nicholas Hytner returns to Pullman’s parallel universe to direct a spellbinding adaptation by Bryony Lavery.
- Hamlet: Hamlet’s dad is dead. His uncle has taken over the kingdom and married Hamlet’s mum. The whole world feels like it’s turned upside down. This energetic and engaging schools production retells Shakespeare’s tragedy.
This is a fantastic resource, useful for those studying drama or literature, or for those looking for an entertaining way to spend a couple of hours
