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Highlights include a gala BBC2, a musical by Tori Amos, and a revival of an ambitious four hours of Prince Eugene O'Neill epic

assume one of the most important roles in American drama, a musical by Tori Amos waited a gala celebration and theater history are on the menu for the 50th anniversary Theatre national - not to mention the possibility that Sam Mendes returns to the stage for Simon Russell Beale lead in King Lear at the beginning of 2014

Duff plays the role of Nina in Eugene O'Neill Epic Interlude strange extended family, which has not been produced professionally in the United Kingdom since 1985. The saga, as artistic director of the Nation, Sir Nicholas Hytner, "reads like a page-turning novel."

tells the story of a family after the First World War to the 1940s -. And watches five hours without cutting, despite the national will adapt to less than four years

"It will be a great event," said Hytner. "It was a game very influential at the time and was a huge part of Anne-Marie Duff ... is one of the most difficult and interesting in the American drama. "

half century will be celebrated with a gala fall Hytner called a "mounting moments" in the history of theater - like the night in 1963 when, under the direction of Laurence Olivier The company gave its first performance at the Old Vic: Hamlet, with Peter O'Toole

evenings - which will also be broadcast on BBC2 - include "as many as possible of the great interpreters" in the theater of the past, according Hytner, interspersed with a video file. While the drama returns for a night, a large part of its energy in 2013 will remain in the planning for the future reconstruction - Hytner last major project before he leaves office in the next two years - current

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