theatre on screen
by jullicanif | created - 10 Aug 2014 | updated - 2 months ago | Publicrecorded theatre plays I watched at cinema
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1. National Theatre Live: Frankenstein (2011)
130 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Childlike in his innocence but grotesque in form, Frankenstein's bewildered creature is cast out into a hostile universe by his horror-struck maker. Meeting with cruelty wherever he goes, the Creature determines to track down his creator.
Directors: Danny Boyle, Tim Van Someren | Stars: Jonny Lee Miller, Benedict Cumberbatch, Andreea Paduraru, Ella Smith
Votes: 4,235 | Gross: $0.42M
2. War Horse (2014)
135 min | Drama
Based on Michael Morpurgo's novel and adapted for the stage by Nick Stafford, War Horse takes audiences on an extraordinary journey from the fields of rural Devon to the trenches of First World War France.
Directors: Marianne Elliott, Tom Morris, Tim Van Someren | Stars: Nigel Allen, Derek Arnold, Alex Avery, Alistair Brammer
Votes: 357
3. King Lear (2014)
210 min | Drama, History
An aging King invites disaster when he abdicates to his corrupt, toadying daughters and rejects his one loving, but honest one.
Directors: Sam Mendes, Robin Lough | Stars: Saif Al-Warith, Waj Ali, Nathan Ampofo, Paul Anthoney
Votes: 181
4. A Small Family Business (2014)
210 min | Comedy, Crime
Moments after taking over his father-in-law's business, principled Jack McCracken's integrity begins to fade away, as he is approached by a private detective armed with some compromising information.
Directors: Adam Penford, Tim Van Someren | Stars: Nigel Lindsay, Neal Barry, Stephen Beckett, Abby Cassidy
Votes: 31
5. National Theatre Live: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (2012 TV Movie)
160 min | Drama
Christopher has an extraordinary brain - exceptional at maths while ill-equipped to interpret everyday life. When his neighbour's dog is murdered, he ventures on a frightening journey that upturns his world.
Directors: Marianne Elliott, Scott Graham, Steven Hoggett, Nick Wickham | Stars: Luke Treadaway, Niamh Cusack, Paul Ritter, Nicola Walker
Votes: 379 | Gross: $68.32M
6. The Tempest (II) (2014)
169 min | Comedy, Drama
Prospero, Duke of Milan, usurped and exiled by his own brother, holds sway over an enchanted island. He is comforted by his daughter Miranda and served by his spirit Ariel and his deformed ... See full summary »
Directors: Jeremy Herrin, Ian Russell | Stars: Roger Allam, Jason Baughan, Jessie Buckley, Sam Cox
Votes: 343
7. The Audience (2013)
173 min | Biography, Drama
For sixty years, Elizabeth II has met each of her twelve Prime Ministers in a weekly audience at Buckingham Palace, a meeting like no other in British public life, it is private.
Directors: Stephen Daldry, Robin Lough | Stars: Helen Mirren, Paul Ritter, Edward Fox, Richard McCabe
Votes: 516
8. National Theatre Live: Everyman (2015)
121 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
Everyman is successful, popular and riding high when Death comes calling. He is forced to abandon the life he has built and embark on a last, frantic search to recruit a friend.
Directors: Rufus Norris, Nick Wickham | Stars: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Philip Martin Brown, Paul Bullion, Adam Burton
Votes: 93
9. National Theatre Live: The Beaux' Stratagem (2015)
160 min | Comedy
Simon Godwin (Man and Superman) directs George Farquhar's wild comedy of love and cash.
Director: Simon Godwin | Stars: Samuel Barnett, Geoffrey Streatfeild, Susannah Fielding, Pippa Bennett-Warner
Votes: 48
10. Coriolanus (2014)
192 min | Drama, History, War
Caius Martius Coriolanus is a war hero, banished from his home, seeking to come back.
Directors: Josie Rourke, Tim Van Someren | Stars: Rochenda Sandall, Mark Stanley, Dwane Walcott, Mark Gatiss
Votes: 2,230
11. Shakespeare's Globe: A Midsummer Night's Dream (2014)
172 min | Comedy
Mistaken identity, unrequited love, and the supernatural are combined in Shakespeare's classic set in the woods of Greece on a moonlit night.
Director: Dominic Dromgoole | Stars: Steffan Donnelly, Huss Garbiya, Tala Gouveia, Tom Lawrence
Votes: 190
12. Hamlet (2015)
217 min | Drama
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, finds out that his Uncle Claudius killed his father to obtain the throne, and plans his revenge.
Directors: Lyndsey Turner, Robin Lough | Stars: Benedict Cumberbatch, Ciarán Hinds, Sian Brooke, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith
Votes: 2,382 | Gross: $0.21M
13. National Theatre Live: Jane Eyre (2015)
200 min | Drama, Music
After a harsh childhood, orphan Jane Eyre is hired by Edward Rochester, the brooding lord of a mysterious manor house, to care for his young daughter.
Directors: Bridget Caldwell, Sally Cookson | Stars: Benji Bower, Will Bower, Craig Edwards, Laura Elphinstone
Votes: 388
14. Branagh Theatre Live: The Winter's Tale (2015)
180 min | Drama
A jealous King jeopardizes his family, friendships, and succession.
Directors: Rob Ashford, Kenneth Branagh, Benjamin Caron | Stars: Miranda Raison, Pierre Atri, Jaygann Ayeh, Tom Bateman
Votes: 298
15. National Theatre Live: As You Like It (2016)
160 min | Comedy
After the overthrowing of Duke Senior by his tyrannical brother, Senior's daughter Rosalind disguises herself as a man and sets out to find her banished father while also counseling her clumsy suitor Orlando in the art of wooing.
Directors: Polly Findlay, Tim Van Someren | Stars: Leon Annor, Philip Arditti, Joe Bannister, Mark Benton
Votes: 57
16. National Theatre Live: One Man, Two Guvnors (2011 TV Movie)
179 min | Comedy, Musical
Francis Henshall becomes minder to Roscoe, a small time East End hood. Francis spots the chance of an extra meal ticket and takes a second job with one Stanley Stubber. To prevent discovery, Francis must keep his two guvnors apart.
Directors: Nicholas Hytner, Robin Lough | Stars: Suzanne Toase, Trevor Laird, Fred Ridgeway, Claire Lams
Votes: 945
17. National Theatre Live: No Man's Land (2016 TV Movie)
170 min | Drama
Following their hit run on Broadway, Sir Ian McKellen and Sir Patrick Stewart return to the West End stage in Harold Pinter's No Man's Land, broadcast live to cinemas from Wyndham's Theatre, London.
Directors: Sean Mathias, Robin Lough | Stars: Sean Mathias, Ian McKellen, Damien Molony, Patrick Stewart
Votes: 361
18. National Theatre Live: Saint Joan (2017)
240 min | Drama
Joan, a young Frenchwoman, decides to spring to action when England invades France. After having visions of Archangel and Saints, she goes to Charles VII to offer her support.
Directors: Josie Rourke, Tony Grech-Smith | Stars: Gemma Arterton, Fisayo Akinade, Matt Bardock, Niall Buggy
Votes: 128
19. National Theatre Live: Julius Caesar (2018 TV Movie)
135 min | Biography, Drama
Caesar returns in triumph to Rome and the people pour out of their homes to celebrate. Alarmed by the autocrat's popularity, the educated elite conspire to bring him down. After his assassination, civil war erupts on the streets of Rome.
Directors: Nicholas Hytner, Tony Grech-Smith | Stars: Ben Whishaw, Michelle Fairley, David Morrissey, Adjoa Andoh
Votes: 281
20. National Theatre Live: Macbeth (2018)
210 min | Drama
The ruined aftermath of a bloody civil war. Ruthlessly fighting to survive, the Macbeths are propelled towards the crown by forces of elemental darkness.
Directors: Rufus Norris, Tim Van Someren | Stars: Nadia Albina, Michael Balogun, Stephen Boxer, Anne-Marie Duff
Votes: 107
21.
Television Theater (1953– )
Episode:
Szekspir Forever!
(2019)
97 min | Drama
Director: Andrzej Seweryn | Star: Andrzej Seweryn
22.
Television Theater (1953– )
Episode:
Poskromienie zlosnicy
(1971)
84 min | Drama
Directors: Zygmunt Hübner, Joanna Wisniewska | Stars: Tadeusz Lomnicki, Magdalena Zawadzka, Anna Seniuk, Tadeusz Surowa
23. Television Theater (1953– )
Drama
Series of television plays.
Stars: Jerzy Trela, Krzysztof Globisz, Krystyna Janda, Jan Englert
Votes: 91
24. National Theatre Live: Twelfth Night (2017)
203 min | Comedy
Tamsin Greig is Malvolia in a new twist on Shakespeare's classic comedy of mistaken identity. A ship is wrecked on the rocks. Viola is washed ashore but her twin brother Sebastian is lost. ... See full summary »
Directors: Simon Godwin, Robin Lough | Stars: Tamara Lawrance, Daniel Ezra, Oliver Chris, Brad Morrison
Votes: 501
25. Angels in America: Part I - Millennium Approaches (2017)
220 min | Drama
The National Theatre's live theatrical production of Tony Kushner's play 'Angels in America' about New Yorkers grappling with the AIDS crisis during the mid-1980s.
Directors: Marianne Elliott, Bridget Caldwell | Stars: Andrew Garfield, Russell Tovey, Denise Gough, Nathan Lane
Votes: 793
26. National Theatre Live: Angels in America Part Two: Perestroika (2017)
220 min | Drama
America in the mid-1980s. In the midst of the AIDS crisis and a conservative Reagan administration, New Yorkers grapple with life and death, love and sex, heaven and hell.
Directors: Marianne Elliott, Bridget Caldwell | Stars: Andrew Garfield, Russell Tovey, Denise Gough, Nathan Lane
Votes: 654
27. National Theatre Live: The Crucible (2023)
180 min | Drama, History
In the good Christian town of Salem in 1692 a group of girls create a religious and legal fervour when they start accusing women of witchcraft after getting caught dancing in the forest.
Director: Lyndsey Turner | Stars: Brendan Cowell, Erin Doherty, Eileen Walsh, Karl Johnson
Votes: 99
28. National Theatre Live: King Lear (2018)
227 min | Drama, History
Two aging fathers - one a King, one his courtier - reject the children who truly love them. Their blindness unleashes a tornado of pitiless ambition and treachery, and their worlds crumble.
Directors: Jonathan Munby, Ross MacGibbon | Stars: Ian McKellen, Sinéad Cusack, Danny Webb, Kirsty Bushell
Votes: 400 | Gross: $0.19M
29. Romeo & Juliet (2021 TV Movie)
95 min | Drama, Romance
Adaptation of Shakespeare's tragedy set in modern-day Italy where two young lovers strive to transcend a violent world where Catholic and secular values clash.
Director: Simon Godwin | Stars: Fisayo Akinade, Jessie Buckley, Ella Dacres, Deborah Findlay
Votes: 700
30. National Theatre Live: Best of Enemies (2023)
166 min | Drama
David Harewood (Homeland) and Zachary Quinto (Star Trek) play feuding political rivals in James Graham's (Sherwood) multiple award-winning new drama. In 1968 America, as two men fight to ... See full summary »
Director: Jeremy Herrin | Stars: David Boyle, Emilio Doorgasingh, Clare Foster, David Harewood
Votes: 26
31. National Theatre Live: Dear England (2024)
191 min | Talk-Show
With the worst track record for penalties in the world, Gareth Southgate knows he needs to open his mind and face up to the years of hurt, to take team and country back to the promised land.
Directors: Rupert Goold, Christine Lalla | Stars: Josh Barrow, Tashinga Bepete, Joseph Fiennes, Sean Gilder
Votes: 95
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