National Theatre – Dorfman

A–Z  of all Productions

• “Master Harold”…and the Boys, Market Theatre Company, Johannesburg started 22^nd March 1983.
• Abingdon Square, Shared Experience and Soho Theatre Company 2^nd June 1989 – 24^th April 1990.
• Accidental Death of an Anarchist, National Theatre started 4^th January 1991.
• After Life, National Theatre 2^nd June – 7^th August 2021.
• After the Fall, National Theatre started 15^th June 1990.
• Alice’s Adventures Under Ground, National Theatre 1^st November 1994 – 1995.
• All My Sons, National Theatre started 30^th June 2000.
• All of Us, National Theatre 18^th March 2020 – 24^th September 2022.
• American Buffalo, National Theatre started 22^nd June 1978.
• The American Clock, National Theatre 31^st July 1986 – 1987.
• Angels in America, National Theatre 17^th January 1992 – 1993.
• Animal Farm, National Theatre 17^th April 1984 – 14^th April 1986.
• Antigone, National Theatre 15^th May – ? 1984.
• Antigone, National Theatre started 13^th October 1983.
• Anton Chekhov, National Theatre started 5^th July 1984.
• As I Lay Dying, National Theatre started 26^th July 1984.
• As I Lay Dying, National Theatre started 15^th October 1985.
• As You Like It, National Theatre started 9^th May 2000.
• At Our Table, National Theatre started 12^th September 1991.
• Barber Shop Chronicles, Fuel and National Theatre 7^th June 2017 – 24^th August 2019.
• The Bay At Nice, National Theatre 4^th September 1986 – 1987.
• Bed, National Theatre 4^th March – ? 1989.
• The Beggar’s Opera, National Theatre started 24^th June 1982.
• Berenice, National Theatre 3^rd May – ? 1990.
• Billy Liar, National Theatre 11^th December 1992 – 1993.
• Bit A’ Business, National Theatre started 30^th August 1984.
• Black Poppies, National Theatre started 28^th May 1987.
• Black Snow, National Theatre 18^th April – ? 1991.
• Blinded By The Sun, National Theatre 28^th August 1996 – 1997.
• Blood Wedding, National Theatre started 13^th December 1991.
• The Blue Ball, National Theatre started 23^rd March 1995.
• Blue/Orange, National Theatre started 7^th April 2000.
• Blue/Orange 13^th April 2000 – 15^th December 2001.
• Bouncing, National Theatre started 8^th November 1985.
• But You’re A Woman! started 7^th January 1978.
• The Camilla Ringbinder Show, National Theatre 1^st – 30^th July 1977.
• Candleford, National Theatre started 7^th November 1979.
• Cardiff East, National Theatre 6^th February – 12^th April 1997.
• Caritas, National Theatre started 1^st October 1981.
• Carrington, National Theatre started 13^th September 1984.
• The Caucasian Chalk Circle, National Theatre started 19^th April 1982.
• Channels (Hungary): The Stonewatcher 17^th June 2004.
• The Cherry Orchard, National Theatre 3^rd December 1985 – 1986.
• The Cherry Orchard, National Theatre 18^th September 2000 – 2001.
• Closer, National Theatre started 22^nd May 1997.
• Collaborators, Royal National Theatre 1^st November 2011 – 23^rd June 2012.
• Command or Promise, National Theatre started 24^th October 1985.
• Consent, National Theatre 28^th March – ? 2017.
• Copenhagen, National Theatre 21^st May 1998 – 7^th April 2001.
• The Coup, National Theatre started 12^th July 1991.
• The Cripple of Inishmaan, National Theatre started 12^th December 1996.
• The Crucible, National Theatre started 25^th October 1980.
• The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, National Theatre 30^th July – 27^th October 2012.
• Cymbeline, National Theatre started 9^th May 1988.
• Cyrano de Bergerac, RNT and Tara Arts co-production 19^th October 1995 – 1996.
• The Darker Face of the Earth, National Theatre started 30^th July 1999.
• The Day After Tomorrow, National Theatre started 28^th January 1993.
• The Day I Stood Still, National Theatre started 15^th January 1998.
• De Profundis, National Theatre started 3^rd November 2000.
• Dealer’s Choice 9^th February – 28^th October 1995.
• Death of England 31^st January – 7^th March 2020.
• Death of England: Closing Time, National Theatre 13^th September – 11^th November 2023.
• Democracy, National Theatre 9^th September 2003 – 9^th October 2004.
• The Designated Mourner, National Theatre 18^th April – ? 1996.
• Dido, Queen of Carthage, National Theatre started 24^th March 2009.
• Dispatches, National Theatre started 2^nd June 1979.
• Don Juan, National Theatre started 2^nd April 1981.
• Don Juan Comes Back from the War, National Theatre started 14^th April 1978.
• A Door Must Be Kept Open or Shut, National Theatre dates unknown.
• Early Days, National Theatre 11^th April 1980 – 27^th February 1981.
• East, London Theatre Group started 1975.
• The Effect, National Theatre and Headlong 6^th November 2012 – 23^rd February 2013.
• Effie’s Burning, Library Theatre Company, Manchester started April 1987.
• Electric Halos, Blue Elephant Theatre Company 11^th July 2001.
• Elmina’s Kitchen, National Theatre 29^th May – 25^th August 2003.
• The Enchantment, National Theatre 1^st August 2007 (press night).
• The Ends of the Earth, National Theatre 23^rd February – ? 1996.
• Entertaining Strangers, National Theatre started 9^th October 1987.
• Exiles 2^nd August – 26^th October 2006.
• Fair Ladies at a Game of Poem Cards, National Theatre 14^th November 1996 – 1997.
• The False Servant started May 2004.
• Family Voices, National Theatre 1981.
• Fanshen, National Theatre started 31^st March 1988.
• The Father, National Theatre 17^th October 1988 – 1989.
• The Fawn, National Theatre started 7^th July 1983.
• Finding the Sun, National Theatre started 2^nd May 2001.
• Five Guys Named Moe started 19^th January 1990.
• Fool for Love, National Theatre 27^th September 1984 – 30^th March 1985.
• For the West, English Stage Company started 11^th May 1977.
• Four to One, National Theatre started 5^th August 1976.
• Four Weeks in the City , National Theatre started 24^th February 1978.
• Frogs 15^th March – ? 1996.
• Frozen, National Theatre 28^th June – August 2002.
• Fuenta Ovejuna, National Theatre 15^th December 1988 – 1992.
• Fuenta Ovejuna, National Theatre 15^th December 1988 – 1992.
• Further than the Furthest Thing, National Theatre and Tron Theatre, Glasgow co-production started 6^th August 2000.
• The Futurists, National Theatre 8^th March – ? 1986.
• Gagarin Way, National Theatre Studio in assocation with the Traverse Theatre started 12^th July 2001.
• The Game of Love and Chance, Cambridge Theatre Company and Gloria co-production 6^th January – ? 1993.
• The Garden of England, National Theatre started 23^rd October 1984.
• Glengarry Glen Ross, National Theatre started 15^th September 1983.
• The Good Hope, National Theatre started 2^nd November 2001.
• Grenfell: in the words of survivors, National Theatre 13^th July – 26^th August 2023.
• Guiding Star, RNT and Everyman Theatre, Liverpool co-production started 30^th September 1998.
• Half-Life, National Theatre started 15^th November 1977.
• Hamlet, National Theatre started 5^th November 1985.
• Happy Now?, National Theatre 16^th January – 15^th March 2008.
• Haroun and the Sea of Stories, National Theatre started 26^th September 1998.
• Has “Washington” Legs?, National Theatre started 22^nd November 1978.
• He Who Saw Everything, National Theatre started 12^th May 1993.
• Herod, National Theatre started 8^th December 1978.
• Hinterland, Co-production between National Theatre, Abbey Theatre and Out of |Joint started 17^th January 2002.
• Honour started 27^th February 2003.
• Hove, National Theatre started 28^th April 1993.
• Howard Katz, National Theatre started 1^st June 2001.
• Hughie, National Theatre started 18^th January 1980.
• Humble Boy, National Theatre started 3^rd August 2001.
• The Hunchback of Notre Dame, National Theatre started 20^th December 1977.
• The Iceman Cometh, National Theatre started 26^th February 1980.
• Illuminatus!, Science Fiction Theatre of Liverpool started 28^th November 1976.
• In Extremis, National Theatre started 3^rd November 2000.
• In the Blue, National Theatre started 8^th November 1985.
• In the Pink!, Raving Beauties started 18^th December 1981.
• The Invention of Love, National Theatre 25^th September 1997 – 6^th February 1999.
• Invisible Friends, National Theatre started 23^rd November 1989.
• Island, National Theatre started 15^th February 2012.
• Ivanov, National Theatre started 2^nd September 2002.
• Jews/Arabs, National Theatre started 1^st June 1978.
• Judgement, National Theatre started 11^th August 1977.
• Kemp’s Jig started 11^th July 1977.
• Kick for Touch, National Theatre started 9^th February 1983.
• King Lear, National Theatre 21^st March – ? 1997.
• Kings, National Theatre started 17^th September 1992.
• Landscape, Gate Theatre, Dublin/National Theatre started 19^th May 1994.
• Lark Rise, National Theatre started 23^rd March 1978.
• Last Summer in Chulimsk, National Theatre started 2^nd March 1978.
• Lavender Blue, National Theatre started 7^th November 1977.
• Le Cid 1993 – 1994.
• Leave Taking, National Theatre 8^th December 1994 – 14^th January 1995.
• A Lesson from Aloes, Market Theatre, Johannesburg 1978 – 6^th August 1980.
• Light Shining in Buckinghamshire, National Theatre 9^th January – ? 1997.
• Line ’Em, National Theatre 12^th August – 13^th September 1980.
• The Little Clay Cart, National Theatre 28^th November 1991 – 1992.
• London Road, National Theatre 14^th April 2011 – 6^th September 2012.
• Long Time Gone, National Theatre started 4^th December 1986.
• The Long Voyage Home, National Theatre started 14^th February 1979.
• The Long Way Round, National Theatre started 6^th July 1989.
• Lost Worlds, National Theatre started 12^th May 1978.
• Love Letters on Blue Paper, National Theatre started 11^th February 1978.
• Love Songs of World War III: The Adrian Mitchell Songbook, National Theatre started 11^th January 1988.
• Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, National Theatre 19^th October 1989 – 1990.
• Macbeth, National Theatre started 14^th April 1987.
• The Machine Wreckers, National Theatre 4^th August – ? 1995.
• Making History, Field Day started 20^th September 1988.
• The Man Who, National Theatre May 1994 – 1995.
• Man, Beast and Virtue, National Theatre 1^st September 1989 – 1990.
• The Mandate, National Theatre 26^th October 2004 – 15^th January 2005.
• Marriage Play, National Theatre started 2^nd May 2001.
• A Matter of Life and Death, National Theatre started 19^th August 1986.
• The Mayor of Zalamea, National Theatre 4^th August 1981 – 10^th February 1982.
• Mean Tears, National Theatre started 16^th July 1987.
• Measure for Measure, London Bubble Theatre Company started 8^th April 2002.
• The Merchant of Venice, National Theatre started 11^th June 1999.
• Metamorphosis, London Theatre Group started 29^th July 1977.
• A Midsummer Night’s Dream, National Theatre started 18^th November 1982.
• Monologue, Almeida Theatre Company 2002.
• Moon on a Rainbow Shawl, National Theatre started 7^th March 2012.
• Mosquitoes, National Theatre 18^th July – 28^th September 2017.
• Mother Courage and her Children, National Theatre 3^rd December 1993 – 1994.
• The Mother, National Theatre December 1986 – 1987.
• Motocar, Paines Plough started December 1977.
• The Mountain Giants, National Theatre 8^th July – ? 1993.
• Mr A’s Amazing Maze Plays started 25^th February 1993.
• Mrs Affleck, National Theatre 27^th January – ? 2009.
• Mrs Klein, National Theatre 5^th August 1988 – March 1989.
• The Murderers, National Theatre started 23^rd September 1985.
• Mutabilitie, National Theatre 14^th November 1997 – 1998.
• Neaptide, National Theatre 26^th June – ? 1986.
• The Neighbour, National Theatre started 21^st April 1993.
• Nine Night, National Theatre 21^st April 2018 – 9^th February 2019.
• Not About Heroes, National Theatre started 13^th February 1986.
• Not About Nightingales, National Theatre started 27^th February 1998.
• The Observer, National Theatre 20^th May – 8^th July 2009.
• The Ocean at the End of the Lane, Royal National Theatre 3^rd December 2019 – 25^th January 2020.
• Old Movies, National Theatre started 15^th June 1977.
• Once in a While the Odd Thing Happens, National Theatre 13^th September 1990 – 1991.
• One Woman Plays, National Theatre started 26^th June 1981.
• Ophelia, National Theatre and Oxford Playhouse ? – 19^th November 1977.
• The Oresteia: The Daughters of Darkness, National Theatre started 18^th November 1999.
• The Oresteia: The Home Guard, National Theatre started 24^th September 1999.
• Othello, National Theatre 1^st August 1997 – 1998.
• Other Places, National Theatre started 9^th October 1982.
• Our Ladies of Perpetual Succour, National Theatre of Scotland 10^th August – 1^st October 2016.
• Our Lady of Sligo, Co-production between National Theatre and Out of Joint started 1998.
• Pains of Youth, National Theatre 21^st October 2009 – January 2010.
• The Passion, National Theatre started 19^th April 1977.
• Paul 30^th September 2005 – 4^th February 2006.
• People, Places and Things, National Theatre and Headlong 1^st September 2015 – 18^th June 2016.
• Piano, National Theatre 2^nd August – ? 1990.
• The Pillowman, National Theatre 13^th November 2003 (press night).
• The Pitmen Painters, Live Theatre Newcastle ? – 27^th June 2008.
• A Place with the Pigs, National Theatre started 6^th February 1988.
• The Playboy of the Western World, National Theatre started 14^th February 2001.
• The Prince of Homburg, National Theatre started 16^th April 1982.
• The Putney Debates, National Theatre started 1^st December 1978.
• Racing Demon, National Theatre started 1^st February 1990.
• The Rain Gathering, National Theatre dates unknown.
• Remembrance of Things Past, National Theatre started 17^th November 2000.
• The Reporter 22^nd February – 2^nd June 2007.
• Richard II, National Theatre 26^th May – ? 1995.
• Richard III Part Two, Paines Plough started December 1977.
• The Riot, RNT and Kneehigh co-production started 4^th February 1999.
• The Rise and Fall of Little Voice, National Theatre 16^th June 1992 – 13^th February 1993.
• The Road to Mecca, National Theatre started 21^st February 1985.
• Robert Lowell, American Poet, National Theatre started 14^th December 1977.
• Romeo and Julie, National Theatre and Sherman Theatre 14^th February – 1^st April 2023.
• Roots, National Theatre 19^th October 1988 – 1989.
• Rose, National Theatre started 19^th May 1999.
• Rosmersholm, National Theatre started 30^th April 1987.
• Rutherford & Son, National Theatre 26^th May – ? 1994.
• Scenes from the Big Picture, National Theatre 12^th April – 21^st June 2003.
• Schism in England, National Theatre 26^th July – ? 1989.
• Serjeant Musgrave’s Dance, National Theatre started 19^th May 1981.
• The Shape of the Table, National Theatre 2^nd November 1990 – 1991.
• Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, National Theatre started 5^th December 1977.
• Sir is Winning, National Theatre started 24^th August 1977.
• Skylight, National Theatre 27^th April – ? 1995.
• Sleep with Me, National Theatre started 16^th April 1999.
• Small Change, National Theatre started 19^th February 1983.
• Somewhere, National Theatre in association with Liverpoool Playhouse started 31^st March 1993.
• Southwark Fair February – ? 2006.
• Space, National Theatre 28^th October 1987.
• The Spanish Tragedy, National Theatre started 1982.
• Stages, National Theatre 12^th November 1992 – 1993.
• Stanley, National Theatre 24^th January – ? 1996.
• The Strangeness of Others, National Theatre started 10^th June 1988.
• Strawberry Fields, National Theatre started 31^st March 1977.
• The Street of Crocodiles, National Theatre and Théâtre de Complicité started 13^th August 1992.
• Strider – The Story of a Horse, National Theatre started 20^th January 1984.
• Summer, National Theatre started 21^st January 1982.
• Sunday Morning, National Theatre started 8^th November 1985.
• Sweeney Todd, National Theatre started 22^nd May 1993.
• Tartuffe, National Theatre started 18^th April 1990.
• The Tempest, National Theatre 21^st April 1988 – 1989.
• Three Men on a Horse, National Theatre 15^th January – 5^th December 1987.
• The Ticket-of-Leave Man, National Theatre started 5^th February 1981.
• Ticking, West Lothian Youth Theatre 11^th July 2001.
• Ting Tang Mine, National Theatre started 10^th September 1987.
• To Those Born Later, National Theatre started 1^st June 1977.
• Travelling Time, National Theatre started 10^th March 1987.
• Tristan & Yseult, Kneehigh Theatre started 2005.
• True Dare Kiss, National Theatre started 3^rd October 1985.
• True West, National Theatre started 3^rd December 1981.
• Twelfth Night 11^th January – 2^nd March 2011.
• Twelfth Night, National Theatre started 16^th May 1997.
• A Twist of Lemon, National Theatre started 18^th March 1985.
• A Twist of Lemon, National Theatre started 8^th November 1985.
• The Two Gentlemen of Verona, National Theatre started 5^th May 1999.
• Two Thousand Years, National Theatre 15^th September 2005 (press night).
• Two Weeks with the Queen, National Theatre and Stephen Joseph Theatre 3^rd August 1994 – February 1995.
• Uncle Vanya, National Theatre 20^th February – ? 1992.
• Up for None, National Theatre started 19^th November 1984.
• Vamp Till Ready, National Theatre started 17^th February 1978.
• A View from the Bridge, National Theatre 6^th February 1987 – 20^th February 1988.
• Vincent in Brixton, National Theatre 24^th April – 26^th October 2002.
• The Voysey Inheritance, Royal National Theatre 10^th June 1989 – 18^th January 1990.
• The Waiting Room, National Theatre started 25^th May 2000.
• The Walls, National Theatre started 12^th March 2001.
• War and Peace, RNT and Shared Experience co-production started 7^th June 1996.
• When We Were Women, National Theatre started 29^th July 1988.
• White Chameleon, National Theatre 4^th February – ? 1991.
• Wicked, Yaar!, National Theatre started 8^th March 1994.
• Widowers’ Houses, National Theatre started 7^th October 1999.
• Wings, National Theatre started 9^th August 1979.
• The Winter’s Tale, National Theatre started 28^th April 1988.
• The World Turned Upside Down, National Theatre started 27^th October 1978.
• Wrecked Eggs, National Theatre started 4^th September 1986.
• Yerma, National Theatre 19^th March – ? 1987.
• A Yorkshire Tragedy: Not so New as Lamentable and True, National Theatre started 27^th January 1987.