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The National Theatrebehind the scenes

The Cottesloe – named after Lord Cottesloe,chairman of the South Bank Board – thebody responsible for the construction of theNational. It is the smallest, the barest, themost potentially flexible and (for somepeople) the most potentially influential ofthe National houses.

It is a dark-walled rectangular room,which can hold up to 300 people, but mayreadily be rearranged to take fewer. On threesides of the room two tiers of pillaredgalleries look down on an adjustable floor-space which has no fixed seating or staging.This National cockpit may be used forclassical staging, for the latest experimentaltheatre, or for practically anything inbetween. You can stage an event at one endwith or without a proscenium, in a corner, orin the centre. You can clear the floor of seats,or group the audience close in around a

central happening. Everything is open tochange except the galleries, which arereminiscent of the inn-yards that precededShakespeare’s stages.

The seating in the Cottesloe is not quiteas comfortable as in the Olivier andLyttelton theatres, being portable and withno armrests. The seats in the galleries haverestricted views. The Cottesloe – named afterLord Cottesloe, chairman of the South BankBoard (the body responsible for theconstruction of the National) - is thesmallest, the barest, the most potentiallyflexible and (for some people) the mostpotentially influential of the Nationalhouses. The Cottesloe – named after LordCottesloe, chairman of the South BankBoard (the body responsible for theconstruction of the National) – is thesmallest, the barest, the most potentially

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The Scenic Art Department is normallyreferred to within the building as ‘thePaintframe’. It gets its name from the largeframe which can be used to paint hugeareas, such as the gauze shown in this film. Aspecial lift can move to any point in front ofthe frame to enable the scenic artists to workon the material.

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The Paintframe

The Scenic Art Department is normallyreferred to within the building as ‘thePaintframe’. It gets its name from the largeframe which can be used to paint hugeareas, such as the gauze shown in this film. Aspecial lift can move to any point in front ofthe frame to enable the scenic artists to workon the material.

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The Paintframe

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The costume department at the Nationalexpands far beyond the main workroomwhere the ladies makers and gents tailorsmake costumes. There’s also a dye shop, wigdepartment and costume propmaker.Crucial to the process of putting on showsare the dressers and maintenance staff in therunning wardrobes.Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consecteturadipiscing elit. Maecenas molestie, nulla velscelerisque lobortis, mauris nunc volutpatlibero, non volutpat nibh nulla eget nibh.Nulla molestie tristique nunc, sit ametauctor est dapibus eget. Duis egestas, turpisquis consectetur lobortis, augue nibheleifend libero, sed tincidunt diam enimdignissim sapien. Proin et dolor eu anteluctus interdum. Vivamus rhoncus ultricesfelis id pulvinar. Integer hendrerit, odioplacerat consectetur pharetra, purus ipsumeuismod eros, sed bibendum mi quam ametus. Cras viverra dictum libero, nonfeugiat tortor bibendum id. Ut sed diamaugue. Etiam bibendum, orci sed portatempor, lacus est egestas metus, et vulputatequam est vestibulum justo. Mauris tinciduntest in libero vulputate vel vestibulum diamtristique. In condimentum, magna ac

Dye rooms, costume and wigs

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