The Motive and the Cue, Lyttelton Theatre, 2023.
Cast: Aaron Anthony, Tom Babbage, Allan Corduner, Janie Dee, Elena Delia, Ryan Ellsworth, Johnny Flynn, Mark Gatiss, Phoebe Horn, Aysha Kala, Tuppence Middleton, Luke Norris, Huw Parmenter, David Ricardo-Pearce, David Tarkenter, Kate Tydman, Laurence Ubong Williams, Michael Walters.
Writer: Jack Thorne
Director: Sam Mendes
Based on a true story of the time when Sir John Gielgud directed Richard Burton in Hamlet on Broadway not longer after Burton married Taylor, who was along for the ride but bored. An extraordinary play which I partly liked because I really like Hamlet and any discussion around that is good. But also because it's about celebrity and different kinds of acting. But mostly because the acting is incredible as is the staging - the ending was so theatrical it moved me to tears. I bought the play text and it was just as good to read it as to see it.
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