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Fifty Years on Stage (TV Movie 2013) Poster

(2013 TV Movie)

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Directed by 

Nicholas Hytner
Tim Van Someren ... (co-director)
Howard Davies ... (co-director) (segment "Mourning Becomes Electra")
Rufus Norris ... (co-director) (segment "London Road")
Alex Sims ... (co-director) (segment "War Horse")

Writing Credits (in alphabetical order)  

Alan Ayckbourn ... (written by) (segment "Bedroom Farce")
Alan Bennett ... (written by) (segment "The Madness of George III/"The History Boys"/"The Habit of Art")
Alecky Blythe ... (written by) (segment "London Road")
Howard Brenton ... (written by) (segment "Pravda")
Abe Burrows ... (written by) (segment "Guys and Dolls")
Noël Coward ... (written by) (segment "Hay Fever")
George Farquhar ... (written by) (segment "The Beaux' Stratagem")
Michael Frayn ... (written by) (segment "Copenhagen")
David Hare ... (written by) (segment "Pravda"/"The Absence of War"/"Stuff Happens")
Tony Harrison ... (written by: segment "The Mysteries: The Nativity")
Tony Kushner ... (written by) (segment "Angels in America")
Kwame Kwei-Armah ... (written by) (segment "Elmina's Kitchen")
Stewart Lee ... (written by) (segment "Jerry Springer - The Opera")
Alan Jay Lerner ... (written by) (segment "My Fair Lady")
Peter Nichols ... (written by) (segment "The National Health")
Eugene O'Neill ... (written by) (segment "Mourning Becomes Electra")
Harold Pinter ... (written by) (segment "No Man's Land")
Peter Shaffer ... (written by) (segment "Amadeus")
William Shakespeare ... (written by) (segment "Hamlet"/"Antony and Cleopatra"/"Richard III"/"Othello")
George Bernard Shaw ... (written by) (segment "Saint Joan")
Nick Stafford ... (written by) (segment "War Horse")
Tom Stoppard ... (written by) (segment "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead"/"Arcadia")
Jo Swerling ... (written by) (segment "Guys and Dolls")
Richard Thomas ... (written by) (segment "Jerry Springer - The Opera")
Hugh Wheeler ... (written by) (segment "A Little Night Music")
Tennessee Williams ... (written by) (segment "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof")

Cast  

Roger Allam ... Werner Heisenberg (segment "Copenhagen")
Samuel Anderson ... Crowther (segment "The History Boys") / ASM (segment "The Habit of Art")
Alan Ayckbourn ... Self
Jonathan Bailey ... Valentine Coverly (segment "Arcadia")
Matthew Barker Matthew Barker ... Francisco (segment "Hamlet")
Edward Baruwa Edward Baruwa ... Ensemble (segment "Guys and Dolls") / Joseph (segment "The Mysteries: The Nativity") / Audience Chorus (segment "Jerry Springer - The Opera")
Simon Russell Beale ... Hamlet (segment "Hamlet")
Alan Bennett ... Hector (segment "The History Boys")
Sophie Bould Sophie Bould ... Sarah Brown (segment "Guys and Dolls") / Audience Chorus (segment "Jerry Springer - The Opera")
Michael Brandon ... Jerry Springer (segment "Jerry Springer - The Opera")
Howard Brenton Howard Brenton ... Self
Mikey Brett Mikey Brett ... Joey - Hind (segment "War Horse") (as Michael Brett)
Kevin Brewis Kevin Brewis ... Ensemble (segment "Guys and Dolls") / Audience Chorus (segment "Jerry Springer - The Opera")
Michael Bryant ... Fool (segment "King Lear") (archive footage)
Selina Cadell ... Queen Charlotte (segment "The Madness of George III") (archive footage)
Stephen Campbell Moore ... Irwin (segment "The History Boys")
Martin Chamberlain Martin Chamberlain ... Journalist (segment "Pravda")
Ian Charleson ... Brick (archive footage)
Sharon D Clarke ... General Cartwright (segment "Guys and Dolls") / Audience Chorus (segment "Jerry Springer - The Opera") (as Sharon Clarke)
Judith Coke Judith Coke ... Linus Frank's PA (segment "The Absence of War")
Kate Colebrook ... Joey as a Foal - Heart (segment "War Horse")
Dominic Cooper ... Louis Ironson (segment "Angels in America") / Dakin (segment "The History Boys")
James Corden ... Timms (segment "The History Boys")
Philip Correia ... Rudge (segment "The History Boys")
Oliver Cotton ... Fredrik Egerman (segment "A Little Night Music")
Rosalie Craig ... Eliza Doolittle (segment "My Fair Lady") / Helen (segment "London Road")
Matt Cross Matt Cross ... Barnet (segment "The National Health") / Nathan Detroit (segment "Guys and Dolls") / Audience Chorus (segment "Jerry Springer - The Opera")
Laura Cubitt Laura Cubitt ... Joey as a Foal - Head (segment "War Horse")
Benedict Cumberbatch ... Rosencrantz (segment "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead")
Frances de la Tour ... Kay (segment "The Habit of Art")
Judi Dench ... Cleopatra (segment "Antony and Cleopatra") / Desirée Armfeldt (segment "A Little Night Music")
Sacha Dhawan ... Akhtar (segment "The History Boys")
James Doherty ... Ensemble (segment "Guys and Dolls") / Audience Chorus (segment "Jerry Springer - The Opera") / Alfie (segment "London Road")
Christopher Eccleston ... Self / George Jones (segment "The Absence of War")
Charles Edwards ... Michael Quince (segment "Pravda")
Marc Elliott ... Posner (segment "The History Boys")
Richard Eyre ... Self
Ralph Fiennes ... Lambert Le Roux (segment "Pravda")
Deborah Findlay ... Self / Matron (segment "The National Health")
Kate Fleetwood ... Ensemble (segment "Guys and Dolls") / Audience Chorus (segment "Jerry Springer - The Opera") / Julie (segment "London Road")
Hal Fowler ... Tim (segment "London Road")
Michael Gambon ... Hirst (segment "No Man's Land")
John Gielgud ... Spooner (archive footage)
Jonathan Glew Jonathan Glew ... Ensemble (segment "Guys and Dolls") / Audience Chorus (segment "Jerry Springer - The Opera")
Gawn Grainger ... Foster (segment "The National Health")
Tiffany Graves-Davis Tiffany Graves-Davis ... Audience Chorus (segment "Jerry Springer - The Opera") (as Tiffany Graves)
Colin Haigh Colin Haigh ... Journalist (segment "Pravda")
Peter Hall ... Self (archive footage)
Linzi Hateley ... Lindsay Fontaine (segment "The Absence of War") / Audience Chorus (segment "Jerry Springer - The Opera") / Jane (segment "London Road")
Nigel Hawthorne ... George III (archive footage)
James Hayes James Hayes ... Mackie (segment "The National Health")
Richard Henders ... Ensemble (segment "Guys and Dolls") / Cliveden Whicker-Baskett (segment "Pravda") / Dwight (segment "Jerry Springer - The Opera")
Akia Henry ... Nurse Lake (segment "The National Health") / Audience Chorus (segment "Jerry Springer - The Opera") (as Akiya Henry)
Kobna Holdbrook-Smith ... Guildenstern (segment "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead")
Jack Holden Jack Holden ... Albert (segment "War Horse")
Nick Holder ... Ensemble (segment "Guys and Dolls") / Chucky (segment "Jerry Springer - The Opera") / Ron (segment "London Road")
Anthony Hopkins ... Lambert Le Roux (archive footage)
Nicholas Hytner ... Self
Emmanuel Idowu Emmanuel Idowu ... Ashley (archive footage)
Junix Inocian ... Wise Man 3 (segment "The Mysteries: The Nativity")
Derek Jacobi ... Ghost (segment "Hamlet") / Spooner (segment "No Man's Land")
Alex Jennings ... Henry Higgins (segment "My Fair Lady") / George Bush (segment "Stuff Happens")
Alison Jiear Alison Jiear ... Shawntel (segment "Jerry Springer - The Opera")
Paterson Joseph ... Deli (archive footage)
Charles Kay ... Loach (segment "The National Health")
Louise Kempton ... Joey as a Foal - Hind (segment "War Horse")
Rory Kinnear ... Dolabella (segment "Antony and Cleopatra") / Bernard Nightingale (segment "Arcadia") / Iago (segment "Othello")
Andrew Knott ... DPP Payne (segment "Pravda") / Lockwood (segment "The History Boys")
Kwame Kwei-Armah Kwame Kwei-Armah ... Self (archive footage)
Nicholas Le Prevost ... Self / Ernest (segment "Bedroom Farce")
Adrian Lester ... Self / Marcellus (segment "Hamlet") / Othello (segment "Othello")
Loré Lixenberg Loré Lixenberg ... Peaches (segment "Jerry Springer - The Opera")
Nicholas Lumley Nicholas Lumley ... Arvide Abernathy (segment "Guys and Dolls") / Journalist (segment "Pravda")
Lyndsey Marshal ... Self / Mary Housego (segment "The Absence of War") / Mary (segment "The Mysteries: The Nativity")
Anna Maxwell Martin ... Horatio (segment "Hamlet") / Hannah Jarvis (segment "Arcadia")
Ian McKellen ... Richard III (archive footage)
Tim McMullan ... Flagg (segment "The National Health")
Clive Merrison ... Headmaster (segment "The History Boys")
Helen Mirren ... Christine Mannon (segment "Mourning Becomes Electra")
Iain Mitchell ... Mac "Whipper" Wellington (segment "Pravda")
Claire Moore ... June (segment "London Road")
Lucian Msamati ... Wise Man 1 (segment "The Mysteries: The Nativity")
Aaron Neil ... Trevor Avery (segment "The Absence of War") / Wise Man 2 (segment "The Mysteries: The Nativity")
Anthony Nicholls ... David Bliss (archive footage)
Trevor Nunn ... Self
Anthony O'Donnell ... Ash (segment "The National Health") / Shepherd 1 (segment "The Mysteries: The Nativity")
Toby Olie Toby Olie ... Joey - Head (segment "War Horse")
Lloyd Owen ... Tony Blair (segment "Stuff Happens")
Alexis Owen-Hobbs Alexis Owen-Hobbs ... Mission Girl (segment "Guys and Dolls") / Audience Chorus (segment "Jerry Springer - The Opera")
Alastair Parker Alastair Parker ... Ensemble ("Guys and Dolls") / Audience Chorus (segment "Jerry Springer - The Opera")
Jamie Parker ... Eaton Sylvester (segment "Pravda") / Scripps (segment "The History Boys")
Tim Pigott-Smith ... Ezra Mannon (segment "Mourning Becomes Electra")
Harold Pinter ... Self (archive footage)
Joan Plowright ... Saint Joan (archive footage)
Ralph Richardson ... Hirst (archive footage)
Richard Ridings ... Shepherd 2 (segment "The Mysteries: The Nativity")
Clive Rowe ... Nicely-Nicely Johnson (segment "Guys and Dolls")
Nick Sampson Nick Sampson ... Linus Frank (segment "The Absence of War")
Paul Scofield ... Antonio Salieri (archive footage)
Andrew Scott ... Prior Walter (segment "Angels in America")
Maggie Service ... Sister McPhee (segment "The National Health") / Agatha (segment "Guys and Dolls") / Gwenda Aaron (segment "The Absence of War") / Audience Chorus (segment "Jerry Springer - The Opera")
Malcolm Sinclair ... Oliver Dix (segment "The Absence of War") / Colonel Pickering (segment "My Fair Lady")
Nicola Sloane ... Martha ("Guys and Dolls") / Audience Chorus (segment "Jerry Springer - The Opera") / Rosemary (segment "London Road")
Maggie Smith ... Self / Mrs. Sullen (segment "The Beaux' Stratagem")
Robert Stephens ... Captain Plume (archive footage)
Michelle Terry Michelle Terry ... Dr. Bird (segment "The National Health") / Shepherd 3 (segment "The Mysteries: The Nativity")
Paul Thornley ... Ensemble (segment "Guys and Dolls") / Andrew Buchan (segment "The Absence of War") / Audience Chorus (segment "Jerry Springer - The Opera") / Dodge (segment "London Road")
Stanley Townsend ... Bernardo (segment "Hamlet") / Big Jule (segment "Guys and Dolls")
Tim van Eyken ... Song Man (segment "War Horse")
Olivia Vinall ... Nurse Sweet (segment "The National Health") / Hannah Jarvis (segment "Arcadia")
Howard Ward Howard Ward ... Ensemble ("Guys and Dolls") / Audience Chorus (segment "Jerry Springer - The Opera") / Terry ("London Road")
Russell Wilcox ... Ensemble (segment "Guys and Dolls") / Audience Chorus (segment "Jerry Springer - The Opera")
Penelope Wilton ... Self / Delia (segment "Bedroom Farce")
Tom Wilton Tom Wilton ... Joey - Heart (segment "War Horse") (as Thomas Wilton)
Duncan Wisbey ... Ensemble ("Guys and Dolls") / Audience Chorus (segment "Jerry Springer - The Opera") / Gordon (segment "London Road")

Visual Effects by 

Daniel Radley-Bennett ... digital artist

Camera and Electrical Department 

Rob Mansfield ... camera operator

Costume and Wardrobe Department 

Gemma Brown ... dresser

Music Department 

Adam Cork ... lyrics by (segment "London Road")
Chris Egan ... arranger / orchestrator
Frank Loesser ... lyrics by (segment "Guys and Dolls")
Frederick Loewe ... music by: segment "My Fair Lady"
Stephen Sondheim ... music and lyrics by (segment "A Little Night Music")

Transportation Department 

Mo Zadeh ... driver: cast

Additional Crew 

Simon Nott ... automation supervisor

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