The Motive and the Cue (West End Edition)

by Jack Thorne

Book Overview

Best Play - Evening Standard Awards - 2023

1964: Richard Burton, the firebrand Welsh actor, newly married to movie star Elizabeth Taylor, is to play the title role in an experimental new production of Hamlet under the exacting direction of John Gielgud.

But as rehearsals progress, the collaboration between actor and director soon threatens to unravel. One of them is the most famous movie star in the world; the other, a patrician...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1839043113
• ISBN13: 9781839043116
• Release Date: September 2024
• Publisher: Nick Hern Books
• Length: 104 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.0" x 7.7"