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The Motive and the Cue Sam Mendes directs a startling new play on the making of Burton and Gielgud’s Hamlet. Why would the most famous movie star in the world choose to do a play which everyone already knows? And what lures us back to the same plays, year after year? Richard Burton, newly married to Elizabeth Taylor, is to play the title role in an experimental new production of Hamlet under 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. This fierce and funny new play by Jack Thorne offers a glimpse into the politics of a rehearsal room and the relationship between art and celebrity. Sam Mendes directs Johnny Flynn as Burton, Mark Gatiss as Gielgud and Tuppence Middleton as Taylor. This play is a recipient of an Edgerton Foundation New Plays Award. Supported by The Polonsky Foundation, Lawton W Fitt & James I McLaren Foundation and Rosetrees Trust. This production is supported by the National Theatre's Official Hotel Partner Edwardian Hotels. The Motive and the Cue is inspired by Letters from an Actor by William Redfield and John Gielgud Directs Richard Burton in Hamlet by Richard L. Stern.
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National Theatre,
Upper Ground,
Southbank,
London,
SE1 9PX
