Most Viewed From National Theatre

The hour before actors go on stage at the National Theatre in London is a performance in and of itself.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Simon Russell Beale

General Othello's marriage is destroyed when vengeful Ensign Iago convinces him that his new wife has been unfaithful.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Frank Finlay

When a young mother speaks out against the Taliban, she and her husband are forced to flee their home and country with their three sons. Embarking...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Shamail Ali

Childlike in his innocence but grotesque in form, Frankenstein’s bewildered creature is cast out into a hostile universe by his horror-struck...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Benedict Cumberbatch

As Blanche’s fragile world crumbles, she turns to her sister Stella for solace – but her downward spiral brings her face to face with the...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Gillian Anderson

Medea is a wife and a mother. For the sake of her husband, Jason, she’s left her home and borne two sons in exile. But when he abandons his...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Helen McCrory

As the world faces its Second World War, John Halder, a good, intelligent German professor, finds himself pulled into a movement with unthinkable...

Genre: Drama

Cast: David Tennant

Andrew Scott brings multiple characters to life in Chekhov's Uncle Vanya, filmed live in West End, London. Hopes, dreams, and regrets are thrust into...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Andrew Scott

In 1964, Richard Burton, newly married to Elizabeth Taylor, is to play the title role in an experimental new Broadway production of Hamlet under Sir...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Johnny Flynn

In the communal area of a block of temporary accommodation, the residents go about their day-to-day routines in the run-up to Christmas. The bonds of...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Anna Calder-Marshall

Confronted with death, National Health Service founder Aneurin ‘Nye’ Bevan’s deepest memories lead him on a mind-bending journey...

Genre: History

Cast: Michael Sheen

Deep in the wood, a lonely fairy longs for someone to bless. When she is summoned to the palace to help the princess sleep, her dream turns into a...

Genre: Fantasy

Cast: Michael Elcock

When an old adversary threatens Rome, the city calls once more on her hero and defender: Coriolanus. But he has enemies at home too. Famine threatens...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Tom Hiddleston

A ship is wrecked on the rocks. Viola is washed ashore but her twin brother Sebastian is lost. Determined to survive on her own, she steps out to...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Tamara Lawrance

St George's Park Tea Room, Port Elizabeth, 1950. On a long rainy afternoon, employees Sam and Willie practise their steps for the finals of the...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Hammed Animashaun

It’s 1786 and King George III is the most powerful man in the world. But his behaviour is becoming increasingly erratic as he succumbs to fits...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Mark Gatiss

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, a rowdy young prodigy, arrives in Vienna, the music capital of the world – and he’s determined to make a splash....

Genre: Drama

Cast: Lucian Msamati

Oliver Goldsmith's classic comedy of manners tells of the clever schemes and comic ruses that unfold one night at a country house. An ambitious...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Stephen Beresford

A flat in Ladbroke Grove, West London. 1952. When Hester Collyer is found by her neighbours in the aftermath of a failed suicide attempt, the story...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Helen McCrory

Puppetry, magic and storytelling combine in a unique, Olivier Award-winning stage adaptation of the best-selling novel. After a cargo ship sinks in...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Hiran Abeysekera