
Not seen theatre in a while? Well here’s the chance to watch high quality recordings of world-class productions, available any time, anywhere. Drawing on 10 years of NT Live broadcasts, alongside recordings never previously seen outside of the NT’s Archive, the National Theatre Collections 1 and 2 are now available and offer a total of 50 filmed performances.
Highlights include:
- James Corden in One Man, Two Guvnors
- A Streetcar Named Desire: starring Gillian Anderson, Ben Foster and Vanessa Kirby
- Othello: Adrian Lester and Rory Kinnear jointly won the Evening Standard Best Actor Award for their performances in the iconic roles of Othello and Iago.
- Twelfth Night: Tamsin Greig as a transformed Malvolia, in a new twist on Shakespeare’s classic comedy of mistaken identity
- Frankenstein: Benedict Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee Miller each play Victor Frankenstein and his creation in these two performances of Danny Boyle’s smash-hit production
Each video is accompanied by information about the cast and creative team, details of where and when it was filmed, an image gallery, and links to related eBooks.
For access, click here, and log in with your LJMU username (username@ljmu.ac.uk) and password. You will also find the resource listed on Databases A-Z.
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