Arena The National Theatre: Part Two - War and Peace (Season 39, Episode 3)
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Arena

The National Theatre: Part Two - War and Peace (Season 39, Episode 3)

TV Episode | Documentary

Peter Hall, Richard Eyre, Trevor Nunn and Nicholas Hytner talk about running the new National Theatre from its opening in 1976 to the fulfilment of Olivier's original dream.

Director

Adam Low

Producer

Martin Rosenbaum

Composer

Grant Olding (original music by)

Cinematographer

Martin Rosenbaum

Editor

Joanna Crickmay

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Release date

Oct 31, 2013 (United Kingdom)

Awards

Series awards

12 wins & 15 nominations

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34 cast members

Name	Known for
Penelope Wilton Self - Narrator (voice) Self - Narrator (voice) See fewer	The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2011)
Alan Ayckbourn Self - Playwright Self - Playwright See fewer	A Chorus of Disapproval (1989)
Alan Bennett Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Lady in the Van (2015)
Michael Blakemore Self - Associate Director, 1970-1976 Self - Associate Director, 1970-1976 See fewer	Country Life (1994)
Anthony Blunt Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Art of Claude Lorrain (1970)
Howard Brenton Self Self See fewer	MI-5 (2002)
Peter Brook Self - Director Self - Director See fewer	Lord of the Flies (1963)
Bill Bryden Self - Director, Il Campiello / The Mysteries Self - Director, Il Campiello / The Mysteries See fewer	Ill Fares the Land (1983)
Gavin Clarke Self - National Theatre Archivist Self - National Theatre Archivist See fewer	One.Two.Five (2012)
Howard Davies Self - Director, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Self - Director, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof See fewer	The Secret Rapture (1993)
Judi Dench Self Self See fewer	Skyfall (2012)
Richard Eyre Self - Director, National Theatre, 1988-1997 Self - Director, National Theatre, 1988-1997 See fewer	Notes on a Scandal (2006)
Michael Gambon Self Self See fewer	Gosford Park (2001)
Alexander Gowrie Self - Minister for the Arts, 1983-1985 (archive footage) (as Lord Gowrie) Self - Minister for the Arts, 1983-1985 (archive footage) (as Lord Gowrie) See fewer	World in Action (1963)
James Graham Self - Playwright Self - Playwright See fewer	A Brilliant Young Mind (2014)
Peter Hall Self - Director, National Theatre, 1973-1988 Self - Director, National Theatre, 1973-1988 See fewer	Three Into Two Won't Go (1969)
David Hare Self - Playwright Self - Playwright See fewer	The Hours (2002)
Nicholas Hytner Self Self See fewer	The Madness of King George (1994)
Kwame Kwei-Armah Self Self See fewer	Cutthroat Island (1995)
Ian McKellen Self Self See fewer	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
Jonathan Miller Self - Associate Director, 1973-1975 Self - Associate Director, 1973-1975 See fewer	Cosi Fan Tutte (1986)
Christopher Morahan Self - Associate Director, 1977-1988 Self - Associate Director, 1977-1988 See fewer	The Jewel in the Crown (1984)
Rufus Norris Self - Director, London Road Self - Director, London Road See fewer	Broken (IV) (2012)
Trevor Nunn Self - Director, National Theatre, 1997-2003 Self - Director, National Theatre, 1997-2003 See fewer	Twelfth Night (1996)
Laurence Olivier Self - Director, National Theatre, 1963-1973 (archive footage) Self - Director, National Theatre, 1963-1973 (archive footage) See fewer	Sleuth (1972)
Harold Pinter Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Mansfield Park (1999)
Lucy Prebble Self - Playwright Self - Playwright See fewer	Succession (2018)
Ralph Richardson Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Doctor Zhivago (1965)
Peter Shaffer Self - Playwright Self - Playwright See fewer	Amadeus (1984)
George Bernard Shaw Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	My Fair Lady (1964)
Lady Mary Soames Self - Chairman (as Lady Soames) Self - Chairman (as Lady Soames) See fewer	Arena (1975)
Nick Starr Self - Executive Director Self - Executive Director See fewer	Alan Bennett's Talking Heads (2020)
Tom Stoppard Self - Playwright Self - Playwright See fewer	Shakespeare in Love (1998)
Mary Whitehouse Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	D.O.A. (1980)