Explore more stories from The National’s past with these blog posts.
Spectacle and Scandal: When “The Black Crook” Came to The National
“The Black Crook” was a sensation in its time, but was it as saucy as commentators of the day proclaimed?
An Icon Onstage and Off: FDR’s Many Trips to The National Theatre
The nation’s longest serving president was a fixture in his box at The National Theatre – and, more than once, a character on its historic stage.