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Arts Essay

Isn’t it time we asked the National Theatre to support itself?

Lloyd Evans says yes – but a Great Luvvie Backlash is inevitable when any public body is exposed to reform

12 July 2014

9:00 AM

12 July 2014

9:00 AM

Two glorious playhouses grace the south bank of the Thames. Shakespeare’s Globe and the National Theatre stage the finest shows available anywhere in the world. Both are kept in business by the play-going public who last year helped the Globe to turn over £21 million, with a surplus of £3.7

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