National Theatre Live: The Motive and the Cue (2024)
Drama
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.
Cast
Richard Burton
Sir John Gielgud
Mick Burrows
Dillon Evans
Robert Milli
Susannah Mason
Frederick Young
Alfred Drake
Christine Cooper
Linda Marsh
Eileen Herlie
Elizabeth Taylor
William Redfield
Hume Cronyn
George Voskovec
Jessica Levy
Clement Fowler
Hugh McHaffie
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