About the Show
Why would the most famous movie star in the world choose to do a play which everyone already knows? And what lures us back to the same plays, year after year? Richard Burton, newly married to Elizabeth Taylor, is to play the title role in an experimental new production of Hamlet under 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.This fierce and funny new play by Jack Thorne offers a glimpse into the politics of a rehearsal room and the relationship between art and celebrity. Sam Mendes directs a startling new play on the making of Burton and Gielgud’s Hamlet.
Cast
Allan Corduner
Hume Cronyn
Ryan Ellsworth
George Voskovec
Johnny Flynn
Richard Burton
Mark Gatiss
Sir John Gielgud
Aysha Kala
Jessica Levy
Tuppence Middleton
Elizabeth Taylor
Luke Norris
William Redfield
Michael Walters
Robert Milli/Understudy William Redfield
Laurence Ubong Williams
Hugh McHaffie
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