Theatre Career
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- Published on Saturday, 01 May 2004 00:00
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Nat's career on stage
In 1986 Nat began his acting career on stage with the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC), which is one of the UK's most distinguished theater companies and the birthplace of many great actors, including Kenneth Branagh, Jeremy Irons, Judi Dench and Ben Kingsley. With the RSC, Nat performed in A Midsummer Night's Dream (as Lysander), The Winter's Tale (as Florizel), Richard II (as Harry Percy), The Kiss (as Oliver), Every Man in His Humour (as Wellbred), The Rover (as Don Pedro), and The Storm (as Kudryash). He left the RSC in 1988.
In 1999, Nat appeared again on stage in 50 Revolutions, which played at the Whitehall Theatre, London. The cast also included Nicholas Clay, Amanda Root and Claire Rushbrook.
In December 1999, he appeared with Helena Bonham Carter in a scene from Blithe Spirit at a Noel Coward Tribute in London. In 2000 he returned to the stage in London with Speed the Plow, a play by David Mamet.
In 2008 Nat has been sattring in atheatre production after a long absence from the stage. He starred in the lead role in Quartermaine's Terms by Simon Gray.
In 2013 Nat will be returning to the Westend stage as Gordon Brown alongside a distinguished cast in a brand new play by Peter Morton, directed by Stephen Daldry. Dame Helen Mirren reprises her stunning characterization of The Queen, also starring will be Michael Elwyn as Anthony Eden, Rufus Wright as David Cameron, as well as Haydn Gwynne as Margaret Thatcher, Robert Hardy as Winston Churchill and Paul Ritter as John Major.
An overview of Nat's stage career can be found in our downloads section. The performances during his period of training (NYT and LAMDA) have not yet been fully researched.

