Buzz Buzz!

Playwrights, Actors and Directors at the National Theatre

By: Jonathan Croall

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Paperback | 15 October 2008 | Edition Number 1

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Containing over a hundred interviews conducted over the last fifteen
years with leading directors, actors and writers at the National
Theatre, Buzz Buzz! is a fantastic compendium that offers unrivalled insight into the work and practice of the best theatre talent.

In these illuminating interviews playwrights such as Michael Frayn,
Kwame Kwei-Armah, Rebecca Lenkiewicz, David Hare, Pam Gems and Tony
Kushner and many others talk about the roots of their work, their
methods of research, and how they collaborate with their directors,
while actors from Fiona Shaw to Kenneth Branagh, and directors from
Peter Hall to Marianne Elliott, contribute fascinating insights into
their ideas and ways of working. The book covers plays by the Greeks
and Shakespeare, English and European classics, and the best of modern
English, Irish and American drama.

Theatre writer and commentator Jonathan Croall draws on the vast
wealth of interviews he's conducted at the National Theatre in this
fascinating and wide-ranging book.

Industry Reviews

' This is a treasure trove of insight and illumination for aspiring actors, directors and playwrights '
The Stage {Main} October 2008

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Introduction	p. 1
Playwrights on Their Plays
The History Boys	p. 7
The Coast of Utopia	p. 9
Angels in America	p. 13
Stanley	p. 15
Democracy	p. 16
Landscape with Weapon	p. 18
Frozen	p. 20
The Talking Cure	p. 22
The Cripple of Inishmaan	p. 25
The Night Season	p. 26
The Permanent Way	p. 30
A Laughing Matter	p. 32
Fix Up	p. 34
Copenhagen	p. 37
The Riot	p. 39
Humble Boy	p. 41
Attempts on her Life	p. 42
Mr A's Amazing Maze Plays	p. 44
Racing Demon, Murmuring Judges, The Absence of War	p. 47
Sleep With Me	p. 49
Play Without Words	p. 51
The Rise and Fall of Little Voice	p. 52
Leave Taking	p. 54
Our Lady of Sligo	p. 56
Market Boy	p. 57
Battle Royal	p. 60
Dealer's Choice and Paul Godfrey The Blue Ball	p. 62
Adaptations and Musicals
Remembrance of Things Past	p. 67
Coram Boy	p. 70
The Canterbury Tales	p. 73
My Fair Lady	p. 75
War Horse	p. 78
Waves	p. 80
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie	p. 83
Out of a House Walked a Man	p. 85
Rafta, Rafta ...	p. 87
The UN Inspector	p. 89
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum	p. 91
Tristan & Yseult	p. 93
Theatre of Blood	p. 95
War and Peace	p. 97
Jerry Springer - The Opera	p. 99
Billy Liar	p. 100
Dragon	p. 102
Actors and Directors at Work
The Greeks and Shakespeare
Euripides, Bacchai	p. 107
Aristophanes, Frogs	p. 109
Aeschylus, The Oresteia	p. 111
Hamlet	p. 114
Othello	p. 116
Antony and Cleopatra	p. 118
The Winter's Tale	p. 120ä
Henry IV	p. 122
Henry V	p. 124
Measure for Measure	p. 126ä
English and Irish Classics
Volpone Matthew Warchusä	p. 133
The Man of Mode Nicholas Hytner	p. 135
The Way of the World Phyllida Lloyd	p. 136
She Stoops to Conquer Max Stafford-Clark	p. 138
Money John Caird	p. 139
Widowers' Houses Fiona Shaw	p. 141
The Voysey Inheritance Peter Gill, Dominic West, Nancy Carroll	p. 143
Peter Pan Ian McKellen	p. 148
Saint Joan Marianne Elliott, Anne-Marie Duff	p. 150
European Drama
The False Servant Charlotte Rampling	p. 153
Therese Raquin Marianne Elliott	p. 154
An Enemy of the People Ian McKellen	p. 155
Pillars of the Community Marianne Elliott, Lesley Manville	p. 158
The Seagull Ben Whishaw	p. 162
Cyrano de Bergerac Stephen Rea	p. 163
Three Sisters Eve Best	p. 164
A Dream Play Katie Mitchell, Angus Wright	p. 166
Mother Courage and Her Children Anthony Clark	p. 176
Mother Courage and Her Children Diana Rigg	p. 177
The Life of Galileo Howard Davies The Caucasian Chalk Circle, Sean Holmes	p. 179
Modern American Drama
Machinal Stephen Daldry, Fiona Shaw	p. 182
Mourning Becomes Electra Howard Davies, Tim Pigott-Smith	p. 184
All My Sons Julie Walters	p. 192
Death of a Salesman David Thacker	p. 195
Buried Child Matthew Warchus, Lauren Ambrose	p. 196
Edmond Edward Hall, Kenneth Branagh	p. 198
Modern English and Irish Drama
Happy Days Fiona Shaw	p. 202
Aristocrats, Tom Cairns, Peter McDonald, Dervla Kirwan, Andrew Scott, Gina McKee	p. 204
Alice's Adventures Under Ground Martha Clarke	p. 206
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead Simon Russell Beale	p. 208
Skylight Stella Gonet	p. 209
Vincent in Brixton Jochum Ten Haaf	p. 210
Dinner Harriet Walter	p. 212
Scenes from the Big Picture Peter Gill	p. 213
Power Robert Lindsay	p. 215
The Pillowman David Tennant	p. 217
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His Dark Materials David Harewood	p. 220
The Hothouse Ian Rickson	p. 222
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