National Theatre
National Theatre,a three-auditorium complex on London's South Bank devoted to the spectrum of world drama. Initially proposed by a London publisher, Effingham Wilson , in 1848 , the idea of a National Theatre Company only became a living reality at the Old Vic in 1963 under the direction of Laurence Olivier : its early successes included standard classics by Shakespeare , Farquhar , Chekhov , and Shaw as well as new plays by Tom Stoppard , Peter Shaffer , and Peter Nichols . In 1976 it moved into its South Bank home designed by Sir Denys Lasdun where, under the direction of Sir Peter Hall , Sir Richard Eyre , and Trevor Nunn , it has provided an eclectic mixture of world drama, new writing, and popular musicals. Its repertoire has ranged from Aeschylus and Sophocles to Brecht and O'Casey but it has achieved particular success with new plays including the David Hare ...
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