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Acting

National Theatre

Acting requires a wide range of skill, from the ability to control your voice to adopting physical attributes. A stage actor will often be required to research a period of history or particular topic to bring a character to life. This collection aims to give an insight into what it is like to be an actor at the National Theatre. Featuring Simon Russell Beale, Zoë Wanamaker, Lesley Manville, Rory Kinnear, Fiona Shaw, Ben Whishaw and Roger Allam.

  • 2 minutes 36 seconds
    Rehearsal overview
    Watch a video diary from One Man, Two Guvnors to see improvisation within the rehearsal room.
    16 August 2012, 1:37 pm
  • 3 minutes 30 seconds
    Devising a multimedia production
    What is a devised media production?
    15 August 2012, 2:53 pm
  • 5 minutes 8 seconds
    Acting In The Cherry Orchard
    Director Howard Davies and actors Charity Wakefield, Mark Bonnar and Zoe Wanamaker talk about method and processes of acting for Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard.
    1 February 2012, 12:27 pm
  • 2 minutes 33 seconds
    Improvising during rehearsals
    Improvisation is a useful tool in the rehearsal room. Daniel Rigby takes us into the rehearsal room for One Man Two Gunvors.
    31 January 2012, 4:40 pm
  • 4 minutes 3 seconds
    An actor’s role in a multimedia production
    In one of Katie Mitchell's multimedia productions, one actor may find itself representing the voice of one character, the head of a second and the arm of a third. Meanwhile, a fourth actor might be manipulating lights and a video camera to relay the image to projection screens.
    31 January 2012, 4:37 pm
  • 2 minutes 42 seconds
    The reinvention of the script
    Each script is unique, like an Elizabethan cue script
    31 January 2012, 4:36 pm
  • 6 minutes 2 seconds
    Voice work on ‘O what a noble mind…’
    Voice work on Ophelia’s speech.
    31 January 2012, 4:35 pm
  • 8 minutes 2 seconds
    Text work on blank verse from Much Ado About Nothing
    Deconstructing the Friar’s speech in Much Ado About Nothing
    31 January 2012, 4:35 pm
  • 8 minutes 44 seconds
    Text work on prose from Saint Joan
    Embodying prose from Bernard Shaw's Saint Joan
    31 January 2012, 4:34 pm
  • 9 minutes 42 seconds
    Voice work on ‘To be, or not to be…’
    Voice coach Jeannette Nelson works on Hamlet speech with actor Ferdinand Kingsley.
    31 January 2012, 2:24 pm
  • 30 minutes 29 seconds
    Interview with Rory Kinnear about playing Hamlet
    Rory Kinnear is interviewed by Matt Wolf. They discuss Kinnear's approach to playing the historic part.
    31 January 2012, 2:22 pm
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