National Theatre Live: The Motive and the Cue (2024)

Sam Mendes · 165 min · Letterboxd ↗

Returning to cinemas in 2027. In 1964, Richard Burton, newly married to Elizabeth Taylor, is to play the title role in an experimental new Broadway production of Hamlet under Sir 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.

National Theatre Live: The Motive and the Cue screens 2 times at ArtHouse Crouch End between Thursday 18 February and Sunday 21 February.