Richard Eyre

The Metropolitan Opera: The Marriage of Figaro (2025)

Conductor Joana Mallwitz makes her Met debut leading an extraordinary cast in Mozart's comic masterpiece. Bass-baritone Michael Sumuel stars as the clever valet Figaro, opposite soprano Olga Kulchynska as his betrothed, the wily maid Susanna. Baritone Josh ...

Allelujah (2023)

When news of the closure of a small hospital's geriatric ward begins to reach the community, the hospital invites a local news crew to document their planning of a concert in honor of the hospital's most celebrated nurse. But there might be something more ...

La Traviata - ROH (2022)

The Metropolitan Opera: Carmen (2019)

Mezzo-soprano Clémentine Margaine reprises her remarkable portrayal of opera's ultimate seductress, a triumph in her 2017 debut performances, with impassioned tenors Yonghoon Lee and Roberto Alagna as her lover, Don José. Omer Meir Wellber and Louis Lang ...

Royal Opera House: La Traviata (2019)

Alfredo Germont and the courtesan Violetta Valéry fall in love at a party in Violetta's Paris salon. Alfredo is determined to cure Violetta of her tuberculosis, and the couple leave Paris and begin a contented life in the country. But Violetta's happiness ...

The Children Act (2018)

In the midst of a marital crisis, a High Court judge must decide if she should order a life-saving blood transfusion for a teen with cancer despite his family's refusal to accept medical treatment for religious reasons. ...

King Lear (2018)

An aging King invites disaster, when he abdicates to his corrupt, toadying daughters, and rejects his loving and honest one. ...

The Metropolitan Opera - Puccini: Manon Lescaut (2016)

Kristine Opolais is the young woman whose conflicting desires for love and luxury lead to her tragic end, and Roberto Alagna plays the man who falls for her in Puccini's early hit. Richard Eyre's elegant production, which sets the action in 1940s occupied ...

The ROH Live: La Traviata (2016)

Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London Live showing of Verdi's Traviata with subsequent re-screenings Violetta, a Parisian courtesan suffering from tuberculosis, is throwing a party to celebrate her recovery. A young nobleman, Alfredo, plans to attend, ...

The Dresser (2015)

One fateful night in a small English regional theatre during World War II a troupe of touring actors stage a production of Shakespeares King Lear. Bombs are falling, sirens are wailing, the curtain is up in an hour but the actor/manager Sir who is playing ...

Bizet: Carmen (2014)

Georgian mezzo-soprano Anita Rachvelishvili gives a dynamic performance as Bizet's iconic gypsy, the woman who lives by her own rules. Aleksandrs Antonenko is Don José, the soldier who falls under her spell, and Ildar Abdrazakov plays Escamillo, the swagg ...

The Metropolitan Opera: The Marriage of Figaro (2014)

Richard Eyre's elegant production, which opened the Met's 2014–15 season, sets the action of Mozart's timeless social comedy in a manor house in 1930s Seville. Ildar Abdrazakov leads the cast as the resourceful Figaro set on outwitting his master, the ph ...

Ghosts (2014)

Helene Alving leads an outwardly contented life. On the eve of the 10th anniversary of her husband's death, she is about to open an orphanage as a memorial to him. To mark this occasion, her bohemian painter son Oswald has returned from Paris. Helene plans ...

The Metropolitan Opera: Werther (2014)

Star tenor Jonas Kaufmann brings aching intensity and vocal charisma to the tortured title hero of Massenet's Goethe adaptation. Sophie Koch, in her Met debut, is an appealing and elegant Charlotte, the object of Werther's passionate affection that will le ...

Bizet: Carmen (2010)

Richard Eyre's stunning new production of Bizet's opera was the talk of the town when it was unveiled on New Year's Eve 2009. Elīna Garanča leads the cast as the iconic gypsy of the title—a woman desired by every man but determined to remain true to he ...

Royal Opera House: La Traviata (2009)

Renée Fleming has matured into one of the finest sopranos around at the moment, a true star with a sparkling personality and a velvet-toned voice that is capable of wringing the finest emotions out of works by Strauss and Tchaikovsky that from a lesser si ...

The Other Man (2008)

The story of a husband who suspects his wife of adultery, and sets out to track down the other man in her life. ...

Atonement (2007)

A young girl irrevocably changes the course of several lives when she accuses her older sister's lover of a crime he did not commit. ...

Notes on a Scandal (2006)

A veteran high school teacher befriends a younger art teacher, who is having an affair with one of her 15-year-old students. However, her intentions with this new "friend" also go well beyond platonic friendship. ...

Stage Beauty (2004)

Humble Maria, who outfits top London theater star Ned Kynaston, takes none of the credit for the male actor's success at playing women. And because this is the 17th century, Maria, like other females, is prohibited from pursuing her dream of acting. But wh ...

Vincent in Brixton (2003)

Based on Nicholas Wright's 2002 play exploring the life of the young Vincent Van Gogh during a stay in Brixton, London in 1873. In the play, which is largely fictional, he falls in love with an English widow. ...

Iris (2001)

True story of the lifelong romance between novelist Iris Murdoch and her husband John Bayley, from their student days through her battle with Alzheimer's disease. ...

La Traviata (2001)

La traviata (Italian: [la traˈviaːta], "The Fallen Woman"[1][2]) is an opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi set to an Italian libretto by Francesco Maria Piave. It is based on La dame aux Camélias (1852), a play adapted from the novel by Alexandre Duma ...

Rockaby (2000)

An old woman in a rocking chair listens to a disembodied voice (her own) that recounts her life and that of her mother's. When the voice stops, she calls for more. ...

King Lear (1998)

An aging King invites disaster, when he abdicates to his corrupt, toadying daughters, and rejects his loving and honest one. ...

Richard III (1995)

Having helped his brother King Edward IV take the throne of England, the jealous hunchback Richard, Duke of Gloucester, plots to seize power for himself. Masterfully deceiving and plotting against nearly everyone in the royal court, including his eventual ...

The Absence of War (1995)

Political drama written by David Hare and starring John Thaw and based on Labour's disastrous 1992 election campaign. Labour leader George Jones battles with his party on the campaign trail of a general election. ...

Suddenly, Last Summer (1993)

The only son of wealthy widow Violet Venable dies while on vacation with his cousin Catherine. What the girl saw was so horrible that she went insane; now Mrs. Venable wants Catherine lobotomized to cover up the truth. ...

Tumbledown (1988)

The film centers on the experiences of Robert Lawrence MC, an officer of the Scots Guards during the Falklands War of 1982. While fighting at the Battle of Mount Tumbledown, Lawrence is shot in the head by an Argentine sniper and left paralyzed on his left ...

V. (1987)

Visualisation of Tony Harrison's poem "v.". v. is about the multiple meanings of the letter - victory, versus, verses, etc. Starting from an incident in a Leeds' graveyard where the poet's parents' headstone has been defaced with graffiti,v. rises to a vie ...

Past Caring (1986)

67 year-old Victor is forced to move into an old people's home but he prefers to grow old disgracefully. ...

The Insurance Man (1986)

Franz, a young man, works in a dye factory in Prague. One day he notices a rash-like eczema, growing on his hands. All attempts to treat it with ointment fail, and the rash gradually spreads over his body. After complaining to the management he is laid off ...

Laughterhouse (1984)

A farmer becomes an unintentional celebrity when, because of a strike, he has to walk his 500 geese 100 miles to market at Christmastime. ...

Loose Connections (1984)

A woman enlists a man who claims he is gay to accompany her on a long drive to a feminist conference in Munich. ...

The Ploughman's Lunch (1983)

As the UK begins its military engagement in the Falklands, a BBC news journalist attempts to climb up from his working-class roots, at any cost, lying to those around him to get what he wants, only to discover that he is the recipient of a deception far m ...

Country (1981)

In 1945, the Carlions assemble at an English country house for a family gathering. During the event, they must determine who is to take over the family brewing empire, since the present head of the business, Sir Frederick, is getting old. The results of th ...

The Cherry Orchard (1981)

Madame Ranevsky and her daughter Anya return home from Paris to find their beloved family estate and cherry orchard are to be auctioned off to pay debts. Lopahin, a former serf on the estate who is now a wealthy landowner, proposes razing the home and cher ...

The Adventures of Frank: Seeds of Ice (1980)

In his further adventures Frank finds success and unhappiness. ...

The Adventures of Frank: Everybody's Fiddling Something (1980)

Frank, a young lad from Sheffield, leaves home to seek his fortune in London; he finds the big city not all what he had expected ...

Pasmore (1980)

Colin Pasmore tests his strength against his family ties but finds them stronger than he ever imagined. ...

The Imitation Game (1980)

Second World War drama - A young woman decides against working in a munitions factory, and lands a post with the signals corps attempting to crack the Enigma code. ...

Murder Rap (1980)

Wally, a caretaker in a block of flats, loses his job when the flats are used to rehouse Bhengali families. ...

Chance of a Lifetime (1980)

Play by Robert Holman, about two brothers at a rural comprehensive in Teeside. The older brother, Gordon, joins the army and is killed by the IRA in Northern Ireland. The younger blames his father for letting Gordon join the army. ...

Just a Boys' Game (1979)

Jake lives in the shadow of his dying grandfather, who was once the town's toughest hard man. Despite their hatred of each other, Jake's sole aim is to be as tough as the old man was. One day in Jake's life, as he drifts, drinks and fights, leads to a blea ...

Comedians (1979)

Comedians is a TV movie/play by Trevor Griffiths, set in a Manchester evening class for aspiring working-class comedians. ...

Cries from a Watchtower (1979)

A watchmaker finds his livelihood is threatened by cheaply imported digital watches. ...

Long Distance Information (1979)

Play For Today written by and starring Neville Smith. Christian Harvey , a local radio DJ and ageing rocker, is an obsessive fan of Elvis and the news of Elvis's death is for him a personal tragedy as well as the end of an era. ...

Light (1979)

In a Cheshire village, Jack, an electrician, is rewiring the house where a dissident Russian professor is staying. From mutual dislike and suspicion they move towards tolerance and eventually mutual respect. ...

Waterloo Sunset (1979)

Grace leaves her old folks' home to return to her birthplace in Lambeth, a place which has changed on the surface but at its heart is still the same. ...

Pillion (1979)

Developed by Paul Copley from his own 1977 stage play, Pillion tells the story of motorbike enthusiast Fenton and his friends, meeting in a rural shed. Recorded in the first half of 1979 for the BBC's Play for Today, the finished play was never broadcast. ...

One Bummer News Day (1978)

What happens to provincial journalists when there's nothing in the news and they have a paper to fill? ...

Soldiers Talking, Cleanly (1978)

One man's view of the British Army in Germany - the social life, discipline, drink, women and, occasionally, the defence of the West. ...

Victims of Apartheid (1978)

George, a black South African, finds it hard to settle down in London after his experiences in South Africa. ...

The Ha-Ha (1969)

A young woman has a mental breakdown in a state institution. ...

Cameron Mackintosh - The First 50 Years (2021)

Archival footage provides a glimpse into the life of Cameron Mackintosh; the storied producer famous for Les Misérables, Phantom of the Opera, Cats and many more. ...

Drama Out of a Crisis: A Celebration of Play for Today (2020)

Marking Play for Today's 50th anniversary, Drama Out of a Crisis is a compelling exploration of the series, its origins, achievements, controversies and legacies. Featuring a rich and surprising range of archive extracts and original interviews with many ...

Judi Dench: All the World's Her Stage (2016)

This documentary celebrates one of Britain's greatest actors, Dame Judi Dench, and looks back over her remarkable 60-year career. ...

Maggie Smith at the BBC: a portrait (2008)

An exclusive featurette in which directors and fellow actors speaks about Maggie Smith's career and her way of working. ...

Løven - Henrik Ibsen (2006)

We follow Henrik Ibsen throughout his life. From early shame over his father's bankruptcy, via bitterness over the then conservative public life, to his older years as a national institution that tourists gathered to watch on their way to their very punctu ...

Judi Dench Talks to Richard Eyre (2002)

Richard Eyre talks to Judi Dench about her art, her career and views on acting. ...