The director and writer discuss the new production, Rules for Living, with Rachel Cooke.

The director and adapter talk about their production of Dara.

Find out more about Dara: http://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/shows/dara

Nicholas Hytner looks back on his time as the National’s Director.

Keith Ansell-Pearson (Professor of Philosophy at Warwick University) and Michael Holroyd (biographer of Bernard Shaw) discuss the Nietzschean concept of the ‘übermensch’ and its influence on Shaw’s writing.

Find out more about Man and Superman: http://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/shows/man-and-superman

The perennial playwright reflects on his career with Nicholas Hytner, discussing work from 1991 to the present day.

Alan Bennett joins Nick Hytner to discuss his earliest work, their many collaborations and Bennett's illustrious career as a playwright.

The director and writer discuss the new play, The Hard Problem.

Find out more about The Hard Problem: http://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/shows/the-hard-problem

This film explores the role of women in Ancient Greek society and the representation of female identity in Antigone, Women of Troy and Medea.

Dr Lucy Jackson, Teaching Fellow at King's College London & Knowledge Exchange Fellow at the Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities (TORCH) looks back over these recent Greek productions at the National Theatre, featuring Helen McCrory and Jodie Whittaker.

For background detail on Greek theatre productions at the National Theatre, see our online exhibit: https://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/u/0/exhibit/greek-tragedy-at-the-national-theatre/wRnC0fJ0

Armand Leroi, Professor of Evolutionary Biology at Imperial College London, talks about some of the themes surrounding Tom Stoppard’s new play, The Hard Problem.

The director talks about his new production of Man and Superman and the challenges of staging Bernard Shaw’s witty, provocative classic.