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Nicholas Hytner Director Nicholas Hytner's first book, BALANCING ACTS: BEHIND THE SCENES AT THE NATIONAL THEATRE, was published by Jonathan Cape in May 2017. Praise for BALANCING ACTS (2017): Agents Anna Webber Associate [email protected] Seren Adams +44(0)203 214 0876 [email protected] +44 (0)203 214 0956 Publications Non-Fiction Publication Notes Details BALANCING You start with a vision, and you deliver a compromise. You want a play to be ACTS challenging, ambitious, nuanced and complicated. You also want it to sell tickets. 2017 You want to make art, and you know you’re in show business. These are some of Jonathan Cape the balancing acts that the National Theatre, and this book, is about. This is the inside story of twelve years at the helm of Britain’s greatest theatre. It is a story of lunatic failures and spectacular successes such as The History Boys, War Horse and One Man, Two Guvnors; of opening the doors of the National Theatre to a broader audience than ever before, and changing the public’s perception of what theatre is for. It is about probing Shakespeare from every angle and reinventing the classics. About fostering new talent and directing some of the most celebrated actors of our times. Its cast includes the likes of Alan Bennett, Maggie Smith, Mike Leigh, Daniel Day-Lewis, Michael Gambon and Helen Mirren. Intimate, candid and insightful, Balancing Acts is a passionate exploration of the art and alchemy of making theatre. United Agents | 12-26 Lexington Street London W1F OLE | T +44 (0) 20 3214 0800 | F +44 (0) 20 3214 0801 | E [email protected].

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