Full cast announced for West End transfer of Sam Mendes’ THE MOTIVE AND THE CUE

Casting has been announced for the National Theatre’s hugely celebrated show, The Motive and the Cue, which plays a limited run at London’s Noel Coward Theatre from 9 December 2023 - 23 March 2024.

Written by Jack Thorne and directed by Sam Mendes, the play is inspired by the making of Richard Burton and Sir John Gielgud’s landmark Broadway production of Hamlet in 1964; offering a glimpse into the politics of a rehearsal room and the relationship between art and celebrity.

As previously announced, following a sold-out run at the National Theatre, Johnny Flynn, Mark Gatiss and Tuppence Middleton will return to play the iconic roles of Richard Burton, John Gielgud and Elizabeth Taylor.

Joining them will beAllan Corduner as Hume Cronyn, Sarah Woodward as Eileen Herlie, Rebecca Collingwood as Linda Marsh, Luke Norris as William Redfield, Laurence Ubong Williams as Hugh McHaffie, Elena Delia as Jessica Levy, Huw Parmenter as Clement Fowler, Aaron Anthony as Robert Milli, Adam Sina as Frederick Young, Ryan Ellsworth as George Voskovec, Daniel Krikler as Dillon Evans and Waiter, David Tarkenter as Alfred Drake, Kate Tydman as Christine Cooper, Mark Extance as Mick Burrows, and Stephanie Siadatan as Susannah Mason.

Mendes is joined by set designer Es Devlin, costume designer Katrina Lindsay, lighting designer Jon Clark, composer Benjamin Kwasi Burrell, sound designer Paul Arditti, casting directors Alastair Coomer CDG and Naomi Downham, and West End director Zoé Ford Burnett.

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