The Motive and the Cue

by Jack Thorne

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 from an earlier age of theater. The stage is set for two titans to collide.Jack...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1839041536
• ISBN13: 9781839041532
• Release Date: September 2024
• Publisher: Nick Hern Books
• Length: 112 Pages