National Theatre of Great Britain

'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.

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.