‘It was sheer hell’: Derek Jacobi on the chaotic birth of the National Theatre
Sixty years ago, Jacobi and Rosemary Harris appeared with Peter O'Toole in Hamlet, the NT’s first show. They recall the chaos that ensued
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Sixty years ago, Jacobi and Rosemary Harris appeared with Peter O'Toole in Hamlet, the NT’s first show. They recall the chaos that ensued