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  • Fifty Years on Stage (2013)
  • TV Movie | 151 min | Comedy, Drama
Fifty Years on Stage (2013)
TV Movie | 151 min | Comedy, Drama
The Royal National Theatre celebrates 50 years of excellent theatre, with extracts of some of the best plays of the last five decades, peformed by the countries best performers.
Directors
Howard Davies (co-director) (segment "Mourning Becomes Electra") | Nicholas Hytner | Rufus Norris (co-director) (segment "London Road") | Alex Sims (co-director) (segment "War Horse") | Tim Van Someren (co-director)
Writers
Alan Ayckbourn (written by) (segment "Bedroom Farce") | Alan Bennett (written by) (segments "The Madness of George III/", "/") | Alecky Blythe (written by) (segment "London Road") | Howard Brenton (written by) (segment "Pravda") & 22 more
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Release date
Nov 2, 2013 (United Kingdom)

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115 cast members
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