Since Hytner took over, more than thirty new writers (Lee Hall, Mike Bartlett, Lucy Prebble, Conor McPherson, and Enda Walsh among them) have seen their works performed at the National.

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Like former team-mate Lee Smith, Hall has been tipped for a switch to rugby union but sees his immediate future in the 13-man game.

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Detectives want to speak to 40-year-old Jamie Spring, who is also known as Jamie Hall, Lee Smith, 40, and Christopher Mealey, 37.

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