Coming Soon
NT Encore: The Motive and the Cue
- Runtime
- 3h 0m
- Release Date
- 18 February 2027
- Genres
- Drama
- Comedy
- Live Opera, Music & Theatre
- Classification description
- 15
- Directed by
- Sam Mendes
- Starring
- Mark Gatiss, Johnny Flynn, Tuppence Middleton
- Synopsis
The fierce and funny five-star play returns to the big screen. Sam Mendes (The Lehman Trilogy) directs Mark Gatiss in an Olivier Award-winning performance as John Gielgud.
1964: Richard Burton (Johnny Flynn), newly married to Elizabeth Taylor (Tuppence Middleton), is set to play the title role in an experimental new Broadway production of Hamlet under Gielgud’s exacting direction. But as rehearsals progress, two ages of theatre collide and the collaboration between actor and director soon threatens to unravel.
From multi-award-winning writer Jack Thorne (Adolescence), this acclaimed production was filmed live during its sold-out London run in 2023.