PEOPLE opens at the National Theatre

Alan Bennett's new play PEOPLE, directed by Nick Hytner, opened last night at the Lyttelton, National Theatre to rave reviews.

Featuring Robin Pearce.

* * * * * Times

* * * * Guardian, The Telegraph, The Independent

"A grand evening if you've never heard of the author; if you follow him, far more". , The Times.

"It distils every ambivalent Benettian preoccupation: authenticity, history, popilism, nostalgia, camp, class, Yorkshire, Anglicanism, apologetic smut, unlived lives, batty old ladies, porn, chamberpots, the Thatcher legacy. It is wonderfully funny too." , The Times.

"It is entertaining, funny and touching... Nicholas Hytner directs a warmly engaging production." , The Telegraph

"Alan Bennett's acute wit and talent for challenging cosy English complacencies are in a very healthy state of preservation." , The Independent

"In Nicholas Hytner's affectionate production... it's the moments of tenderness and droll social insight that show Bennett at his best." Evening Standard