NTL: "The Motive and the Cue"

Lenfest Center 35th Anniversary
Lenfest O&E Film Series

NTL: "The Motive and the Cue"

by Jack Thorne
directed by Sam Mendes

Filmed live from the National Theatre.

Tuesday, May 11, 2027 at 7 p.m.
W&L Stackhouse Theater/ W&L Elrod Commons

Running Time: TBA

General Public: $20
Student: $8; W&L Student: FREE with ID

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 theater 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.