Buzz Buzz! Playwrights, Actors and Directors at the National Theatre.

Cover -- Contents -- Introduction -- Part One: Playwrights on Their Plays -- Alan Bennett, The History Boys -- Tom Stoppard, The Coast of Utopia -- Tony Kushner, Angels in America -- Pam Gems, Stanley -- Michael Frayn, Democracy -- Joe Penhall, Landscape with Weapon -- Bryony Lavery, Frozen -- Christopher Hampton, The Talking Cure -- Martin McDonagh, The Cripple of lnishmaan -- Rebecca Lenkiewicz, The Night Season -- David Hare, The Permanent Way -- April De Angelis, A Laughing Matter -- Kwame Kwei-Armah, Fix Up -- Michael Frayn, Copenhagen -- Nick Darke, The Riot -- Charlotte Jones, Humble Boy -- Martin Crimp, Attempts on her Life -- Alan Ayckbourn, Mr A's Amazing Maze Plays -- David Hare, Racing Demon, Murmuring Judges, The Absence of War -- Hanif Kureishi, Sleep With Me -- Matthew Bourne, Play Without Words -- Jim Cartwright, The Rise and Fall of Little Voice -- Winsome Pinnock, Leave Taking -- Sebastian Barry, Our Lady of Sligo -- David Eldridge, Market Boy -- Nick Stafford, Battle Royal -- Patrick Marber, Dealer's Choice and Paul Godfrey, The Blue Ball -- Part Two: Adaptations and Musicals -- Remembrance of Things Past Harold Pinter -- Coram Boy Helen Edmundson, Melly Still -- The Canterbury Tales Prunella Scales -- My Fair Lady Jonathan Pryce -- War Horse Michael Morpurgo -- Waves Katie Mitchell -- The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie Phyllida Lloyd, Fiona Shaw -- Out of a House Walked a Man Simon McBurney -- Rafta, Rafta . . . Ayub Khan-Din -- The UN Inspector David Farr -- A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum Desmond Barrit -- Tristan &amp -- Yseult Emma Rice -- Theatre of Blood Phelim McDermott -- War and Peace Helen Edmundson -- Jerry Springer - The Opera Richard Thomas, Stewart Lee -- Bitty Liar Willis Hall, Keith Waterhouse, Tim Supple -- Dragon Ultz -- Part Three: Actors and Directors at Work -- THE GREEKS AND SHAKESPEARE.

Euripides, Bacchai Peter Hall -- Aristophanes, Frogs Fiona Laird -- Aeschylus, The Oresteia Katie Mitchell -- Hamlet Simon Russell Beale -- Othello David Harewood -- Antony and Cleopatra Sean Mathias, Helen Mirren -- The Winter's Tale Nicholas Hytner -- Henry IV Matthew Macfadyen -- Henry V Adrian Lester -- Measure for Measure Simon McBurney, Paul Rhys, Naomi Frederick -- ENGLISH AND IRISH CLASSICS -- Benjonson, Volpone Matthew Warchus -- George Etherege, The Man of Mode Nicholas Hytner -- William Congreve, The Way of the World Phyllida Lloyd -- Oliver Goldsmith, She Stoops to Conquer Max Stafford-Clark -- Edward Bulwer-Lytton, Money John Caird -- Bernard Shaw, Widowers'Houses Fiona Shaw -- Harley Granville Barker, The Voysey Inheritance Peter Gill, Dominic West, Nancy Carroll -- J. M. Barrie, Peter Pan Ian McKellen -- Bernard Shaw, Saint Joan Marianne Elliott, Anne-Marie Duff -- EUROPEAN DRAMA -- Pierre Marivaux, The False Servant Charlotte Rampling -- Emile Zola, Thérèse Raquin Marianne Elliott -- Henrik Ibsen, An Enemy of the People Ian McKellen -- Henrik Ibsen, Pillars of the Community Marianne Elliott, Lesley Manville -- Anton Chekhov, The Seagull Ben Whishaw -- Edmond Rostand, Cyrano de Bergerac Stephen Rea -- Anton Chekhov, Three Sisters Eve Best -- August Strindberg, A Dream Play Katie Mitchell, Angus Wright -- Bertolt Brecht, Mother Courage and Her Children Anthony Clark -- Bertolt Brecht, Mother Courage and Her Children Diana Rigg -- Bertolt Brecht, The Life of Galileo Howard Davies The Caucasian Chalk Circle, Sean Holmes -- MODERN AMERICAN DRAMA -- Sophie Treadwell, Machinal Stephen Daldry, Fiona Shaw -- Eugene O'Neill, Mourning Becomes Electra Howard Davies, Tim Pigott-Smith -- Arthur Miller, All My Sons Julie Walters -- Arthur Miller, Death of a Salesman David Thacker -- Sam Shepard, Buried Child Matthew Warchus, Lauren Ambrose.

David Mamet, Edmond Edward Hall, Kenneth Branagh -- MODERN ENGLISH AND IRISH DRAMA -- Samuel Beckett, Happy Days Fiona Shaw -- Brian Friel, Aristocrats Tom Cairns, Peter McDonald, Dervla Kirwan, Andrew Scott, Gina McKee -- Christopher Hampton, Alice's Adventures Under Ground Martha Clarke -- Tom Stoppard, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead Simon Russell Beale -- David Hare, Skylight Stella Gonet -- Nicholas Wright, Vincent in Brixton Jochum Ten Haaf -- Moira Buffini, Dinner Harriet Walter -- Owen McCafferty, Scenes from the Big Picture Peter Gill -- Nick Dear, Power Robert Lindsay -- Martin McDonagh, The Pillowman David Tennant -- David Hare, Stuff Happens Nicholas Farrell, Alex Jennings -- Philip Pullman, His Dark Materials David Harewood -- Harold Pinter, The Hothouse Ian Rickson -- Untitled.

Containing over a hundred interviews conducted over the last fifteenyears with leading directors, actors and writers at the NationalTheatre, Buzz Buzz! is a fantastic compendium that offers unrivalled insight into the work and practice of the best theatre talent.

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