Two migrant field workers in California on their plantation during the Great Depression—George Milton, an intelligent but uneducated man, and Lennie Small, a man of large stature and great strength but limited mental abilities—are on their way to another part of California in Soledad. They hope to one day attain their shared dream of settling down on their own piece of land. Lennie's part of the dream is merely to tend to (and touch) soft rabbits on the farm. This dream is one of Lennie's favorite stories, which George constantly retells. They are fleeing from their previous employment in Weed, California, where they were run out of town after Lennie's love of stroking soft things resulted in an accusation of attempted rape when he touched a young woman's dress, and would not let go. It soon becomes clear that the two are close friends and George is Lennie's protector. The theme of friendship is constant throughout the story.
At the ranch, the situation appears to be menacing and dangerous, especially when the pair are confronted by Curley—the boss's small-statured aggressive son with an inferiority complex who dislikes larger men—leaving the gentle giant Lennie potentially vulnerable. Curley's flirtatious and provocative wife, to whom Lennie is instantly attracted, poses a problem as well. In sharp contrast to these two characters, the pair also meets Slim, the kind, intelligent and intuitive jerkline skinner whose dog has recently had a litter of puppies. Slim gives a puppy to Lennie.
In spite of the potential problems on the ranch, their dream leaps towards reality when Candy, the aged, one-handed ranch hand, offers to pitch in with George and Lennie so that they can buy a farm at the end of the month in return for permission to live with them on it. The trio are ecstatic, but their joy is overshadowed when Curley attacks Lennie. In response, Lennie, urged on by George, catches Curley's fist and crushes it, reminding the group there are still obstacles to overcome before their goal is reached.
Nevertheless, George feels more relaxed, since the dream seems just within their grasp, to the extent that he even leaves Lennie behind on the ranch while he goes into town with the other ranch hands. Lennie wanders into the stable, and chats with Crooks, the bitter, yet educated stable buck, who is isolated from the other workers because he is black. Candy finds them and they discuss their plans for the farm with Crooks, who cannot resist asking them if he can hoe a garden patch on the farm, despite scorning the possibility of achieving the dream. Curley's wife makes another appearance and flirts with the men, especially Lennie. However, her spiteful side is shown when she belittles them and is especially harsh towards Crooks because of his race, threatening to have him lynched.
Lennie accidentally kills his puppy while stroking it. Curley's wife enters the barn and tries to speak to Lennie, admitting that she is lonely and how her dreams of becoming a movie star are crushed, revealing the reason she flirts with the ranch hands. After finding out that Lennie loves stroking soft things, she offers to let him stroke her hair, but panics and begins to scream when she feels his strength. Lennie becomes frightened, and in the scuffle, unintentionally breaks her neck. When the other ranch hands find the corpse, George unhappily realizes that their dream is at an end. George hurries away to find Lennie, hoping he will be at the meeting place they designated at the start of the novel in case Lennie got into trouble, knowing that there is only one thing he can do to save Lennie from the painful death that Curley's lynch mob intends to deliver.
George meets Lennie at the designated place, the same spot they camped in the night before they came to the ranch. The two sit together and George retells the beloved story of the bright future together that they will never share. He then shoots Lennie in the back of the head, so that his death will be painless and happy. Curley, Slim, and Carlson find George seconds after the shooting. Only Slim realizes that George killed Lennie out of love, and gently and consolingly leads him away, while Curley and Carlson look on, unable to comprehend the subdued mood of the two men.

East London school teacher Kyra Hollis is visited on the same night by son Edward and father Tom Sargeant. Kyra had been living with the Sargeant family years earlier, but left after her affair with Tom was discovered by Tom's wife, who has since died. Edward now accuses Kyra of having left him as well, as he saw her as a big sister; and he demands to know why she left his life.
Shortly thereafter, Tom, a wealthy restaurateur, with real life references to Terence Conran, appears unheralded and for no apparent reason. Kyra's less than glamorous lifestyle leads him to poke fun at her to the point of insult, accusing her of self-punishment. After Kyra cooks a spaghetti dinner (which the actress actually cooks on stage), the talk turns to their relationship, and it becomes clear that their chances to be rekindled rest on whether one of them can change their preconceived notions of the other.

Andrew Scott brings multiple characters to life in Chekhov's Uncle Vanya, filmed live in West End, London. Hopes, dreams, and regrets are thrust into sharp focus in this one-man adaptation which explores the complexities of human emotions.

A flat in Ladbroke Grove, West London. 1952.
When Hester Collyer is found by her neighbours in the aftermath of a failed suicide attempt, the story of her tempestuous affair with a former RAF pilot and the breakdown of her marriage to a High Court judge begins to emerge.
With it comes a portrait of need, loneliness and long-repressed passion. Behind the fragile veneer of post-war civility burns a brutal sense of loss and longing.

《一仆二主》由理查德·比恩（Richard Bean）改编自意大利即兴喜剧创始人、剧作家卡罗·哥尔多尼（Carlo Goldoni）创作于1743年的名著《一仆二主（Servant of Two Masters）》（意大利语：Il servitore di due padroni）的英文版本，故事背景设置在1960年代的英国布里顿，由英国国家剧院前艺术总监尼古拉斯·希特纳执导。詹姆斯·科登在里面饰演一个同时为两个雇主工作、又不敢让他们发现真相的贪食胖仆人。

《英国国家剧院50周年庆典》于11月2日在bbc2播出，各路戏骨轮番演绎英国国家剧院经典舞台剧，演出嘉宾包括朱迪丹奇，迈克尔甘本，海伦米勒，Maggie Smith，Christopher Eccleston【神秘博士9叔】，拉尔夫费因斯，卷福，Andrew Scott等。

The great Arthur Miller confronts the American dream in this dark and passionate tale. In Brooklyn, longshoreman Eddie Carbone welcomes his Sicilian cousins to the land of freedom. But when one of them falls for his beautiful niece, they discover that freedom comes at a price. Eddie’s jealous mistrust exposes a deep, unspeakable secret – one that drives him to commit the ultimate betrayal. The visionary Ivo van Hove directs this stunning production of Miller’s tragic masterpiece.

轰动一时的百老汇话剧《人鼠之间》由获得金球奖及奥斯卡奖提名的詹姆斯·弗兰科和获得托尼奖提名的克里斯·奥多德出演，并由英国国家剧院现场计策划拍摄。这部对诺贝尔文学奖获得者约翰·斯坦贝克著作的具有里程碑意义的舞台重现，描绘了极具力量的美国精神，并展现了令人心碎的友谊关系。《人鼠之间》由托尼奖、纽约剧评人奖和外围剧评人奖得主安娜·D·夏皮罗执导，曾被提名两项托尼奖，其中包括提名克里斯·奥多德（Chris O'Dowd）的最佳男主角奖提名。《每日电讯报》评价它时说：“詹姆斯·弗兰科的表演充满了强烈的情感，克里斯·奥多德的表演令人出乎意料。”
约翰·斯坦贝克是20世纪美国最知名、最具影响力的作家之一，1962年斯坦贝克因这部小说获得诺贝尔文学奖。除《人鼠之间》外，他另一部广为人们所知的作品是曾获得普利策奖的《愤怒的葡萄》。
故事情节简单，涵盖的时间不超过三天，地点是一个美国加州的一个牧场。描写两个相互扶持的好朋友（ George 曾骗老板他们是表兄弟） ——一位是精明的乔治（ George），一位是轻度智障儿雷尼（ Lennie）。雷尼因为社会适应较差，老是犯错，搞的两人无奈地到处换工作。在富人奥谢（Tyler Ranch）的牧场里，他们努力工作编织梦想，乔治答应雷尼如果他听话不要闯祸，将来就可以为自己照顾一窝的兔子，眼看着梦想就要成真。有一次雷尼失手勒死了奥谢儿子柯利的太太梅，铸成大错，为了躲避的农场伙计们的追打，雷尼逃跑了。当伙计们争先恐后地追杀雷尼时，乔治为了不让雷尼被农场伙计们杀死并受到侮辱，抢先找到雷尼。他举起枪来，把枪口挨近雷尼的后脑杓，将他射杀。

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一位意外访客敲响了中学教师Kyra Hollis的门。原来是Kyra的旧情人Tom Sergeant，一位事业有成、魅力十足的餐饮业大亨。而他的妻子刚于不久前离世。夜越来越深，一对旧情人试探着，想要重燃旧情，却发现两人已处在对立的世界：纵然对彼此怀着同样的渴望，却坚持着完全不同的观点，不愿妥协……