National Theatre Live to stream older plays for free.

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National Theatre Live to stream older plays for free. Apr 2, 2020 2:12:11 GMT Martin Stett and morton like this

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Post by Zeb31 on Apr 2, 2020 2:12:11 GMT

Thought others might be interested!

Starting tomorrow (April 2nd) and running all the way through May, National Theatre Live will be making some of their older catalog available for free on YouTube. Every Thursday at 7 PM (UK time) they will stream a new play, which will then be kept online for one full week until the following play is streamed.

Tomorrow's opener will be One Man, Two Guvnors (2011), for which James Corden won a Tony for Lead Actor. That's how excited I am to finally have a chance to watch these NT Live selections: I'm actively anticipating something starring James fucking Corden. :laugh:

Here's where it'll be streamed:

They're yet to announce the full line-up, but here are the four plays that have been scheduled so far:

April 2: One Man, Two Guvnors, by Richard Bean

April 9: Jane Eyre, adapted by Sally Cookson (trailer here)

April 16: Treasure Island, adapted by Bryony Lavery

April 23: Twelfth Night, by William Shakespeare

Really looking forward to this!

I'm sorry okay! I've been lusting after white *beep* for so long, I lost perspective

Martin Stett Legend "Stett is weirder than New York" - Urbanpatrician Posts: 11,369 Likes: 7,501	National Theatre Live to stream older plays for free. Apr 2, 2020 2:42:44 GMT Zeb31 likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Martin Stett on Apr 2, 2020 2:42:44 GMT Oooooooh, I'll be there. I'll at least try the first one, see how well they're filmed.
	And so, let the curtain rise on tonight's dream

Martin Stett Legend "Stett is weirder than New York" - Urbanpatrician Posts: 11,369 Likes: 7,501	National Theatre Live to stream older plays for free. Apr 2, 2020 20:51:32 GMT Zeb31 likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Martin Stett on Apr 2, 2020 20:51:32 GMT Classic farce. I've got a splitting headache now, but it was worth it.
	And so, let the curtain rise on tonight's dream

countjohn God Tier Posts: 8,053 Likes: 5,478	National Theatre Live to stream older plays for free. Apr 3, 2020 0:13:26 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by countjohn on Apr 3, 2020 0:13:26 GMT Might check out Jane Eyre next week.

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National Theatre Live to stream older plays for free. Apr 10, 2020 23:29:57 GMT

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Apr 3, 2020 0:13:26 GMT countjohn said:

Might check out Jane Eyre next week.

Did you? I thought it was pretty spectacular. These sorts of gothic stories are especially suited to the unreality of the stage, in which ghosts and terrors can exist in the shadows of our minds.

And so, let the curtain rise on tonight's dream

Zeb31 Based Bernardo is not believing que vous êtes come to bing bing avec nous Posts: 2,557 Likes: 3,794	National Theatre Live to stream older plays for free. Apr 11, 2020 3:04:44 GMT Martin Stett likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Zeb31 on Apr 11, 2020 3:04:44 GMT Was gonna post this earlier, wound up forgetting.
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National Theatre Live to stream older plays for free. Apr 17, 2020 23:17:26 GMT

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Post by Martin Stett on Apr 17, 2020 23:17:26 GMT

Wasn't a fan of Treasure Island. My handsome Rory is a lot of fun as Long John (I didn't recognize him without centurion getup, silly me), but that's as far as my praise goes. This production draaaags its feet getting to the ship, and once we arrive the story rockets through with only one moment's breath (the lovely stargazing scene, easily the highlight of the show).

The fact that around 40% of this is narration spouted out at machine gun speeds by Jim is a major sign that something was wrong right from a script level. Still, it is fast and enjoyable enough as action spectacle, I guess.