Hayley Atwell, actrice britannique / Nicholas Hytner

Clare Higgins, Hayley Atwell and Paul Ready join the previously announced Simon Russell Beale in the National Theatre’s 2008 production of Major Barbara. Following the success of Saint Joan – for which Anne-Marie Duff collected the 2007 Evening (…)

Stage and screen star Hayley Atwell is currently playing two lead roles a night in Measure for Measure at the Donmar Warehouse. She tells Nick Clark about how the production responded to contemporary gender politics, reveals the Shakespeare (…)

Though written in 1676, George Etherege’s comedy of manners seems ideally suited for a 21st century update. He was writing at a time when a reverence for wealth and celebrity characterised London society, so you can see why Nicholas Hytner chose (…)