Nicholas Hytner on Othello

Nicholas Hytner on directing Hamlet 

The film and stage director talks talks to Mark Leipacher about his acclaimed production of King Lear, working with Simon Russell Beale and his career. This is a recording of a live Platform event from May 2014. 

Paterson Joseph talks to Asif Khan, Ellen Thomas and Don Warrington about the identity of the black voice in British theatre. This is a recording of a live Platform event from October 2011. 

Discussions about Shakespeare at the National Library. 

Stephen Boxer (Gloucester), Sam Troughton (Edmund) and Tom Brooke (Edgar) talk to Mark Leipacher about the National Theatre's current production of King Lear directed by Sam Mendes. This is a recording of a live Platform event from February 2014.