Stage of the nation: what does it mean to be a national theatre?

The national theatres of England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland have all caused a stir about what they represent. How should they reflect a country's identity? They had Richard Eyre on the radio last week. BBC Radio 4's PM programme brought in the former artistic director of the National Theatre in London to talk about the Duchess of Sussex being appointed royal patron. It was a brief news item inspired by Meghan Markle, but it exposed the kind of paradoxes at the heart of every national theatre -...