这是一部叙事清晰、情感传递精准、让人很容易产生同感的作品，舞台上一群人的情感纠葛，会让观众全然忘我地度过四个小时。
俄国代表作家屠格涅夫的名著《父与子》，揭示了贵族阶级中父辈与子辈之间观念上的冲突。与屠格涅夫的切入角度相同，导演Daniela Löffner在执导过程中，并没有刻意宣扬某种观念，而是以冷静理智的观察者身份，让舞台上充满对人性的体察，不做道德判断，而是让人物之间的冲突顺其自然地展开，让每个角色的性格轮廓高度鲜明。她成功地将屠格涅夫对后继者契诃夫的影响体现出来，在微妙的冷幽默与不动声色的悲伤之间达成了平衡。
Two young men arrive at a country estate, fresh from university: one, the son of the landowner, the other a brilliant and charismatic radical, proclaiming a dangerous new philosophy. But their warm welcome cools as the new house guest attacks the values of his hosts, bringing to the surface the tensions between one generation and the next.
Over the course of a summer, political ideals are tested by filial duty and the arrival of Anna, a mysterious visitor whose presence stirs the heart and threatens a friendship.
FATHERS AND SONS speaks of the heartbreak of being a parent and the terrible compromise of growing up. Lyndsey Turner returns to the Donmar to direct Brian Friel’s thrilling dramatisation of Turgenev’s masterpiece.

这是一部叙事清晰、情感传递精准、让人很容易产生同感的作品，舞台上一群人的情感纠葛，会让观众全然忘我地度过四个小时。
俄国代表作家屠格涅夫的名著《父与子》，揭示了贵族阶级中父辈与子辈之间观念上的冲突。与屠格涅夫的切入角度相同，导演Daniela Löffner在执导过程中，并没有刻意宣扬某种观念，而是以冷静理智的观察者身份，让舞台上充满对人性的体察，不做道德判断，而是让人物之间的冲突顺其自然地展开，让每个角色的性格轮廓高度鲜明。她成功地将屠格涅夫对后继者契诃夫的影响体现出来，在微妙的冷幽默与不动声色的悲伤之间达成了平衡。
Two young men arrive at a country estate, fresh from university: one, the son of the landowner, the other a brilliant and charismatic radical, proclaiming a dangerous new philosophy. But their warm welcome cools as the new house guest attacks the values of his hosts, bringing to the surface the tensions between one generation and the next.
Over the course of a summer, political ideals are tested by filial duty and the arrival of Anna, a mysterious visitor whose presence stirs the heart and threatens a friendship.
FATHERS AND SONS speaks of the heartbreak of being a parent and the terrible compromise of growing up. Lyndsey Turner returns to the Donmar to direct Brian Friel’s thrilling dramatisation of Turgenev’s masterpiece.

“I met my husband in the queue to board an easyJet flight and I have to say I took an instant dislike to the man.”

An unexpected meeting at an airport leads to an intense, passionate, head-over-heels relationship. Before long they begin to settle down, buy a house, juggle careers, have kids – theirs is an ordinary family. But then their world starts to unravel and things take a disturbing turn.

“I don’t remember exactly when things with us started to go properly wrong – I just remember suddenly finding myself in it.”

“I met my husband in the queue to board an easyJet flight and I have to say I took an instant dislike to the man.”

An unexpected meeting at an airport leads to an intense, passionate, head-over-heels relationship. Before long they begin to settle down, buy a house, juggle careers, have kids – theirs is an ordinary family. But then their world starts to unravel and things take a disturbing turn.

“I don’t remember exactly when things with us started to go properly wrong – I just remember suddenly finding myself in it.”

As a country arms itself for war, a family tears itself apart. Forced to avenge his father’s death but paralysed by the task ahead, Hamlet rages against the impossibility of his predicament, threatening both his sanity and the security of the state.

哈姆雷特快要疯了。父亲由于奇怪的病症暴毙，母亲改了嫁。在那么多人之中，她偏偏嫁给了亡夫的弟弟，还在父亲过世短短一个月之后。哈姆雷特总是能在夜间看见父亲的鬼魂，他呼喊着自己被弟弟毒害，并恳求哈姆雷特替他报仇，去杀死他的继父。哈姆雷特为了复仇大计装疯卖傻，却在实施的过程中迷失了现实。世界，对他来说成了污浊的泥淖。对性的渴望和唤醒成了恐怖的深渊。周围的朋友变成了继父的耳目，为了时刻监视他。甚至奥菲利亚，他的爱人，也变成了密谋中的一颗棋子。
哈姆雷特的偏执并非全无依据，一个告密者在幕帘后对他密切监视、窃听，终于，复仇者成了凶恶的捕食者。愚蠢的行为变成了彻底的疯狂，哈姆雷特错杀了波洛涅斯——奥菲利亚的父亲。哈姆雷特的母亲和继父为他掩盖了谋杀的罪行，并有意安排他远离公众的实现。哈姆雷特的大计似乎要化为泡影。他迷失了自我，失去了人生的方向。面对这一切，奥菲利亚再也无法承受，她自杀了。当哈姆雷特的继父决定让哈姆雷特永远不再发声的时候，哈姆雷特也抓住了这手边的机会，给了继父最后的沉痛一击，迫使他臣服。
莎士比亚再现了丹麦皇室堕落的政治网络，让哈姆雷特的人生变成了彻底迷幻的悲剧。谋杀、背叛、篡权和对性的渴望成了这场战争中捍卫皇权的武器。哈姆雷特因为无法采取行动，对抗这场在皇廷中充满冷嘲热讽的游戏规则，他变得沉郁、闭塞、甚至自我伤害。他生性犹疑，在好坏两方面难以抉择，这也成为他复仇之路上难以逾越的障碍。除他之外，再无他人对皇室存疑，他的人生注定是场悲剧。

哈姆雷特快要疯了。父亲由于奇怪的病症暴毙，母亲改了嫁。在那么多人之中，她偏偏嫁给了亡夫的弟弟，还在父亲过世短短一个月之后。哈姆雷特总是能在夜间看见父亲的鬼魂，他呼喊着自己被弟弟毒害，并恳求哈姆雷特替他报仇，去杀死他的继父。哈姆雷特为了复仇大计装疯卖傻，却在实施的过程中迷失了现实。世界，对他来说成了污浊的泥淖。对性的渴望和唤醒成了恐怖的深渊。周围的朋友变成了继父的耳目，为了时刻监视他。甚至奥菲利亚，他的爱人，也变成了密谋中的一颗棋子。
哈姆雷特的偏执并非全无依据，一个告密者在幕帘后对他密切监视、窃听，终于，复仇者成了凶恶的捕食者。愚蠢的行为变成了彻底的疯狂，哈姆雷特错杀了波洛涅斯——奥菲利亚的父亲。哈姆雷特的母亲和继父为他掩盖了谋杀的罪行，并有意安排他远离公众的实现。哈姆雷特的大计似乎要化为泡影。他迷失了自我，失去了人生的方向。面对这一切，奥菲利亚再也无法承受，她自杀了。当哈姆雷特的继父决定让哈姆雷特永远不再发声的时候，哈姆雷特也抓住了这手边的机会，给了继父最后的沉痛一击，迫使他臣服。
莎士比亚再现了丹麦皇室堕落的政治网络，让哈姆雷特的人生变成了彻底迷幻的悲剧。谋杀、背叛、篡权和对性的渴望成了这场战争中捍卫皇权的武器。哈姆雷特因为无法采取行动，对抗这场在皇廷中充满冷嘲热讽的游戏规则，他变得沉郁、闭塞、甚至自我伤害。他生性犹疑，在好坏两方面难以抉择，这也成为他复仇之路上难以逾越的障碍。除他之外，再无他人对皇室存疑，他的人生注定是场悲剧。

哈姆雷特快要疯了。父亲由于奇怪的病症暴毙，母亲改了嫁。在那么多人之中，她偏偏嫁给了亡夫的弟弟，还在父亲过世短短一个月之后。哈姆雷特总是能在夜间看见父亲的鬼魂，他呼喊着自己被弟弟毒害，并恳求哈姆雷特替他报仇，去杀死他的继父。哈姆雷特为了复仇大计装疯卖傻，却在实施的过程中迷失了现实。世界，对他来说成了污浊的泥淖。对性的渴望和唤醒成了恐怖的深渊。周围的朋友变成了继父的耳目，为了时刻监视他。甚至奥菲利亚，他的爱人，也变成了密谋中的一颗棋子。
哈姆雷特的偏执并非全无依据，一个告密者在幕帘后对他密切监视、窃听，终于，复仇者成了凶恶的捕食者。愚蠢的行为变成了彻底的疯狂，哈姆雷特错杀了波洛涅斯——奥菲利亚的父亲。哈姆雷特的母亲和继父为他掩盖了谋杀的罪行，并有意安排他远离公众的实现。哈姆雷特的大计似乎要化为泡影。他迷失了自我，失去了人生的方向。面对这一切，奥菲利亚再也无法承受，她自杀了。当哈姆雷特的继父决定让哈姆雷特永远不再发声的时候，哈姆雷特也抓住了这手边的机会，给了继父最后的沉痛一击，迫使他臣服。
莎士比亚再现了丹麦皇室堕落的政治网络，让哈姆雷特的人生变成了彻底迷幻的悲剧。谋杀、背叛、篡权和对性的渴望成了这场战争中捍卫皇权的武器。哈姆雷特因为无法采取行动，对抗这场在皇廷中充满冷嘲热讽的游戏规则，他变得沉郁、闭塞、甚至自我伤害。他生性犹疑，在好坏两方面难以抉择，这也成为他复仇之路上难以逾越的障碍。除他之外，再无他人对皇室存疑，他的人生注定是场悲剧。

美国现实主义戏剧的大师阿瑟·米勒在1953年获得托尼奖的《萨勒姆的女巫》是一部至今仍然振聋发聩的杰作。故事根据17世纪北美殖民地时期的一桩“逐巫案”而来：少女们的森林之舞演变成小镇中的“女巫”传言，牧师帕里斯请来“驱魔高手”来协助调查。为求自保，艾比盖尔首先诬陷黑奴提图芭，人为制造的恐慌很快陷入恶性循环，举证者与被控者的队伍成倍增长，每个人都被裹挟进了生死攸关的抉择。这出风格冷峻、文笔尖锐的作品以古讽今，对麦卡锡主义下的政治压抑与邪恶势力进行了无情批判；而作为深刻的人性寓言，它同样在不同文化背景和历史时期中都能找到极强的指涉。
林赛·特纳（Lyndsey Turner，本尼迪克特·康伯巴奇主演版《哈姆雷特》）执导的英国国家剧院新版《萨勒姆的女巫》抓住了扣人心弦的戏剧张力与紧迫感，基于原作的细腻呈现带领观众重返清教徒时代的精神高压；舞台设计师德夫林（Es Devlin）结合白色穹顶，使用昏黄色调简洁有效地营造出熔炉般的感官体验，又在幽蓝色调的人工雨墙中释放情绪；凭借《王冠》中安妮公主一角闻名的艾琳·多尔蒂（Erin Doherty）在本剧中的表演大放异彩，她演绎的艾比盖尔生动呈现出内心的欲望和恐惧。

The play consists of four parts, with a monologue making up each part. The monologues are given, in order, by the faith healer, Francis (Frank) Hardy himself; his wife, Grace; his cockney manager, Teddy, and finally Hardy again.
The monologues tell the story of the faith healer himself, including an incident in a Welsh village in which he cures ten people. Teddy's monologue reveals that Grace Hardy commits suicide, while Frank ponders whether his gift is for real or not. In Frank's second monologue, it is suggested that he is killed near his home after being unable to heal a cripple. He says that he knows he will not be able to heal him and, going to face death, he feels a sense of homecoming. It is not made explicitly clear however, that Frank is actually killed; Friel leaves this up to the reader's interpretation.
The fact that the play does not end definitively typifies a main point of the play; each character gives a different recollection of the same events throughout the page.

The play consists of four parts, with a monologue making up each part. The monologues are given, in order, by the faith healer, Francis (Frank) Hardy himself; his wife, Grace; his cockney manager, Teddy, and finally Hardy again.
The monologues tell the story of the faith healer himself, including an incident in a Welsh village in which he cures ten people. Teddy's monologue reveals that Grace Hardy commits suicide, while Frank ponders whether his gift is for real or not. In Frank's second monologue, it is suggested that he is killed near his home after being unable to heal a cripple. He says that he knows he will not be able to heal him and, going to face death, he feels a sense of homecoming. It is not made explicitly clear however, that Frank is actually killed; Friel leaves this up to the reader's interpretation.
The fact that the play does not end definitively typifies a main point of the play; each character gives a different recollection of the same events throughout the page.

A community is sleeping. If you listen closely, you can hear their dreams.

The retired sea captain yearning for his lost love.
The landlady living in terror of her guests.
A father who can no longer access his memories.
A son in search of redemption.

As they awake to boiled eggs and the postman, the residents of a small Welsh village juggle old secrets and new realities.

Now hiring: top girls wanted for prestige positions. Must be self-motivated go-getters with an appetite for success. No timewasters.

Marlene is the first woman to head the Top Girls employment agency. But she has no plans to stop there. With Maggie in at Number 10 and a spirit of optimism consuming the country, Marlene knows that the future belongs to women like her.

Unrivalled in the art of war, undefeated on the field of battle, Coriolanus is Rome’s greatest soldier. When a legendary victory brings the opportunity of high office, he is persuaded to stand for election. But while populist politicians tell the people what they want to hear, Coriolanus refuses to play the game. As Rome’s most celebrated warrior becomes its most dangerous enemy, the future of the city and its hero hang in the balance.