Nicholas Hytner
From Miss Saigon to The History Boys, from state-funded to commercial theatre, Nicholas Hytner looks back over a long career in the arts.
2020 has been disastrous for the arts in Britain and many people have lost their jobs as Covid-19 has swept through the country. Sir Nicholas Hytner has been working in the theatre for nearly four decades and he tells Andrew Marr about the unprecedented challenges that now face his industry.
Hytner made his name and fortune in the 1990s with the musical Miss Saigon. Further successes came with theatre and film productions of The Madness of King George and The History Boys, and the sell-out One Man, Two Guvnors.
He ran the National Theatre for twelve years before setting up his own commercial venture 鈥� with his business partner Nick Starr 鈥� the Bridge Theatre. During the year of the pandemic Hytner has sought to keep the theatre afloat with performances of Alan Bennett鈥檚 Talking Heads, and a specially adapted, socially distanced, but joyful, version of A Christmas Carol.
Producer: Katy Hickman
Photographer: Helen Maybanks
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- Mon 28 Dec 2020 09:00主播大秀 Radio 4
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