National Theatre Live Screening: Nye
Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 3pm
A new play by Tim Price
Running time: 2 hours and 40 minutes, including a 20-minute interval
Gwen Davies: Remy Beasley
Mr. Orchard and Mr. Francis: Matthew Bulgo
Speaker, Luke Williams and Councillor Williams: Dyfan Dwyfor
Archie Lush: Roger Evans
Clerk and Ross Doherty: Ross Foley
Herbert Morrison MP and Mr Howells: Jon Furlong
Neil Jones: Daniel Hawksford
Mrs. Jones and The Cleaner: Bea Holland
Clement Attlee and Matron: Stephanie Jacob
Nurse Ellie and Arianwen: Kezrena James
Doctor Dain and Winston Churchill: Tony Jayawardena
Owen Thomas and Councillor Morgan: Michael Keane
Neville Chamberlain, Mr. Frankel, Mr. Hill and Doctor Voiceover: Nicholas Khan
Lucy Pritchard and Doctor Voiceover: Rebecca Killick
Ensemble: Oliver Llewellyn-Jenkins
Mark Smith, Mr Leslie and Graham the Porter: Mark Matthews
David Bevan, Councillor Hopkins and Doctor Voiceover: Rhodri Meilir
William Jones, Mr Llywellyn and Chris the Porter: Ashley Mejri
Jack Stockton: Lee Mengo
Mr. Fury David Monteith
Ensemble Mali O’Donnell
Sara Roberts and Mrs Lewis Sara Otung
Aneurin ‘Nye’ Bevan Michael Sheen
Jennie Lee Sharon Small
Director: Rufus Norris
Set Designer: Vicki Mortimer
Costume Designer: Kinnetia Isidore
Lighting Designer: Paule Constable
Co-Choreographers: Steven Hoggett and Jess Williams|
Composer: Will Stuart
Sound Designer: Donato Wharton
Lighting Director: David Bishop
Projection Designer: Jon Driscoll
Director For Screen: Bridget Caldwell
Lighting Director: Gemma O’Sullivan
Sound Supervisor: Conrad Fletcher
Script Supervisor: Laura Vine
An extract from Neil Kinnock’s program article for Nye
Unlike most others, Bevan could be compelling in all of the public arenas. He excelled in the tumult of a crowded Commons or in the conversational close combat of a Standing Committee. He commanded conference platforms and was compelling at party rallies or on the Trafalgar Square plinth, winning against hecklers, the elements and primitive tannoy systems.
His voice was not sonorous. Its tone and rhythm flowed with his vocabulary and emphasis. His forward-leaning body and jabbing forefinger carried the same current. From the dark depths of soft solemnity he would rise very gradually, through a fusillade of illustrations and – with a warning grin – jokes, to a crescendo of incredulity, scorn and demand for action. The occasional sibilant stutter would add to the machine-gun delivery and then, having given the moral or message, he would ram it home with a forceful damning, dismissive or revelatory conclusion. He could use honeyed charm or rhetorical acid, deploy understatement and risk abusive overstatement, be reconciling and impulsive, demonize and satirize.
All the time he sought to give effect to his credo that a political leader in a democracy “must articulate the wants, the frustrations, the aspirations of the masses. Their hearts must be moved by his words, and so his words must be attuned to their realities.”
1897- Nov 15
Aneurin ‘Nye’ Bevan is born in Tredegar, Monmouthshire
1929 - May 30
Bevan is appointed as MP for Ebbw Vale
1945 - Aug 5
Bevan is appointed Minister for Health and Housing
1948 - July 6
The National Health Service Act 1946 comes into force
1959 - May 4
Bevan is appointed deputy leader of the Labour Party
1960 - July 6
Bevan dies after receiving treatment for stomach cancer
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