National Theatre Live: The Motive and the Cue

• 7.5 Drama
• 2024-03-21
• 165 minutes mins

In 1964, Richard Burton, newly married to Elizabeth Taylor, is to play the title role in an experimental new Broadway production of Hamlet under Sir John Gielgud’s exacting direction. But as rehearsals progress, two ages of theatre collide and the collaboration between actor and director soon threatens to unravel.

Starring:

Johnny Flynn (Richard Burton) Mark Gatiss (Sir John Gielgud) Tuppence Middleton (Elizabeth Taylor) Aysha Kala () Luke Norris (William Redfield) Allan Corduner (Hume Cronyn) Ryan Ellsworth (George Voskovec) Elena Delia (Jessica Levy) Huw Parmenter (Clement Fowler) Laurence Ubong Williams (Hugh McHaffie)

Director:

Sam Mendes

Writer:

Jack Thorne