National Theatre Live: The Motive and the Cue (2024)

National Theatre Live: The Motive and the Cue
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  • Genre: Drama
  • Running time: 165 min
  • Premiere: 21st of March 2024

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.

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Cast

Mark Gatiss
as Sir John Gielgud
Tuppence Middleton
as Elizabeth Taylor
Johnny Flynn
as Richard Burton
Luke Norris
as William Redfield
Allan Corduner
as Hume Cronyn
Janie Dee
as Eileen Herlie
Huw Parmenter
as Clement Fowler
Elena Delia
as Jessica Levy
Stephanie Siadatan
as Susannah Mason
Shaun McKee
as Robert Milli
Kate Tydman
as Christine Cooper

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