She added that the opportunity to play a role in the NTs history is an incredible privilege and responsibility.
On Sunday, the Kiln threw her a leaving party that was hosted byDownton Abbeystar andWonkaactor Jim Carter.
For the purpose of clarity, I sat on the panel that made her appointment to the Kiln.
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Laurence Olivier was the NTs inaugural artistic director, and all of his successors have been male and pale.
They include Peter Hall, Richard Eyre, Trevor Nunn, Nicholas Hytner and Norris.
But Rubasingham won it on merit.
None of it was easy, but having assembled a crack team helped enormously.
It was a hit and transferred the West End and to St Anns Warehouse in Brooklyn.
Other successes includeHandbagged, Paper DollsandThe Invisible Hand.
She worked with Zadie Smith onWhite TeethandThe Wife of Willesden.
Rubasingham becomes director designate at the NT from the spring.
She will officially take up her new titles a year later.
