Originally commissioned by Neal Street for a co-production with the National Theatre, The Motive and the Cue was nominated for 3 Olivier Awards. A fierce and funny new play by Jack Thorne, directed by Sam Mendes, and starring Johnny Flynn as Richard Burton, Mark Gatiss as John Gielgud and Tuppence Middleton as Elizabeth Taylor, offering a glimpse into the politics of a rehearsal room and the relationship between art and celebrity.
1964: Richard Burton, newly married to Elizabeth Taylor, is to play the title role in an experimental new Broadway 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.
Following a sell-out run in the Lyttelton at the National Theatre, the hugely celebrated production transferred to the Noël Coward Theatre in the West End for a limited 15-week run.
A Neal Street co-production with the National Theatre.
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. Sterne
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