The National Theatre is to launch its On Demand in Schools programme this autumn with three acclaimed National Theatre curriculum-linked productions which will be free for every secondary school classroom in the UK. The productions include Danny Boyle’s Frankenstein by Nick Dear, based on the novel by Mary Shelley, featuring Benedict Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee Miller alternating the roles of Frankenstein and the Creature; and Nicholas Hytner’s productions of Shakespeare’s Hamlet with Rory Kinnear, and Othello with Adrian Lester and Rory Kinnear. They will be free to stream on demand in the classroom for three years from September 2015. Exclusively available to UK teachers and schools, no special software is required to watch the streams, and streams can be viewed on multiple devices.
Photo credit: Rory Kinnear and Adrian Lester in Othello courtesy of the National Theatre
Date: From September 2015
For more information, visit: nationaltheatre.org.uk/schools
National Theatre: On Demand. In Schools
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Frankenstein trailer – View here
Hamlet trailer – View here
Othello trailer – View here