National Theatre Live: The Motive and the Cue

March. 21,2024      
Rating:
5.5
Trailer Synopsis Cast

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.

Johnny Flynn as  Richard Burton
Mark Gatiss as  Sir John Gielgud
Tuppence Middleton as  Elizabeth Taylor
Aysha Kala as  
Luke Norris as  William Redfield
Allan Corduner as  Hume Cronyn
Huw Parmenter as  Clement Fowler
Laurence Ubong Williams as  Hugh McHaffie
Shaun McKee as  Robert Milli
Stephanie Siadatan as  Susannah Mason

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