NT Live

Lithgow Makes 'The Magistrate' a Blissfully Silly Romp

John Lithgow combines naturalism and farce in “The Magistrate,” Arthur Wing Pinero’s rarely performed 1884 comedy, the latest NT Live broadcast from London’s National Theatre.

'People' Plays Like a Beckettian 'Cherry Orchard'

In an NT Live broadcast, Alan Bennett’s newest play, “People,” starring Frances de la Tour, is a screed against the commodification of Britain’s culture, history, and inhabitants.