Director - The History Boys

Nicholas Hytner is Director of the National Theatre. His work includes productions at the Northcott Theatre, Exeter, Leeds Playhouse, and Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester, where he was Associate Director. He has directed Measure for Measure, The Tempest and King Lear for the RSC. For the National: Ghetto, The Wind in the Willows, The Madness of George III, The Recruiting Officer, Carousel, The Cripple of Inishmaan, The Winter's Tale, Mother Clap's Molly House and, as Director of the NT, Henry IV Parts 1 & 2, His Dark Materials, Henry V, The History Boys and Stuff Happens. Other work in London includes Miss Saigon, The Importance of Being Earnest, Cressida, The Lady in the Van, and Orpheus Descending; in New York Carousel, Twelfth Night, and The Sweet Smell of Success on Broadway. Opera includes productions for Kent Opera, ENO, Glyndebourne, Paris Opera, the Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris, Geneva Opera, and the Bavarian State Opera, Munich. Films: The History Boys, The Madness of King George, The Crucible and The Object of My Affection.