National Theatre Live: The Motive and the Cue (15)
Showing
18 Feb - 17 Apr
Next
Thu 18 Feb 7:00 PM
Tickets
£16.00 (Adult )
£15.00 (Child)
£15.00 (Senior Citizen)
£15.00 (Disabled)
£15.00 (Full Time Student)
£15.00 (Job Seekers / Income Support)
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The fierce and funny five-star play returns to the big screen. Sam Mendes (The Lehman Trilogy) directs Mark Gatiss in an Olivier Award-winning performance as John Gielgud.
1964: Richard Burton (Johnny Flynn), newly married to Elizabeth Taylor (Tuppence Middleton), is set to play the title role in an experimental new Broadway production of Hamlet under Gielgud’s exacting direction. But as rehearsals progress, two ages of theatre collide and the collaboration between actor and director soon threatens to unravel.
From multi-award-winning writer Jack Thorne (Adolescence).
- •This is a recording of a live performance.
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