Evening 7pm
Running Time 2 hours 40 minutes (including interval)
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NT Live Encore Screening
The Motive and the Cue
Sam Mendes (The Lehman Trilogy) directs Mark Gatiss as John Gielgud and Johnny Flynn as Richard Burton in this fierce and funny new play.
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.
Written by Jack Thorne (Harry Potter and the Cursed Child) and designed by Es Devlin (The Crucible), the Evening Standard award-winning best new play was filmed live during a sold-out run at the National Theatre.
Please note this is a screening, not a live performance.
A brilliant, compassionate new play
Financial Times
Immaculately directed by Sam Mendes
Times
Mark Gatiss gives the performance of his career
Telegraph
Smooth and sophisticated
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