National Theatre Live: The Motive and the Cue

2024, drama

165 minutes

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...

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Cast

Johnny Flynn

Johnny Flynn

Richard Burton

Mark Gatiss

Mark Gatiss

Sir John Gielgud

Tuppence Middleton

Tuppence Middleton

Elizabeth Taylor

Luke Norris

William Redfield

Allan Corduner

Allan Corduner

Hume Cronyn

Ryan Ellsworth

George Voskovec

Elena Delia

Jessica Levy

Huw Parmenter

Clement Fowler

Laurence Ubong Williams

Hugh McHaffie

Mark Extance

Mick Burrows

Dan Krikler

Dillon Evans

Shaun McKee

Robert Milli

Stephanie Siadatan

Susannah Mason

Adam Sina

Frederick Young

David Tarkenter

Alfred Drake

Kate Tydman

Christine Cooper

Sarah Woodward

Eileen Herlie

Rebecca Collingwood

Linda Marsh

Crew

Art

Es Devlin

Set designer

Costume and make-up

Katrina Lindsay

Costume design

Directing

Sam Mendes

Sam Mendes

Director

Lighting

Production

Alastair Coomer

Casting

Naomi Downham

Casting

Pippa Harris

Producer

Caro Newling

Producer

Sound

Paul Arditti

Sound designer

Writing

Jack Thorne

Jack Thorne

Writer

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