![National Theatre Live: The Motive and the Cue](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300/lnNAcD2FwcZjHoesUNwSsCHnRyr.jpg)
National Theatre Live: The Motive and the Cue
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.
- Genre: Drama
- Studio: National Theatre, Neal Street Productions
- Keyword: staging, based on true story, based on play or musical, broadway, hamlet, 1960s, filmed play, filmed theater, national theatre
- Cast: Johnny Flynn, Mark Gatiss, Tuppence Middleton, Aysha Kala, Luke Norris, Allan Corduner