Joining Johnny Flynn, Mark Gatiss and Tuppence Middleton the cast will include Allan Corduner, Sarah Woodward, Rebecca Collingwood and Luke Norris.
The National Theatre has announced full casting for the West End transfer of Jack Thorne’s hit play The Motive and the Cue.
The play will open at the Noël Coward Theatre, running from 9 December 2023 to 23 March 2024.
The National’s original lead performers, Johnny Flynn as Richard Burton, Mark Gatiss as John Gielgud and Tuppence Middleton as Elizabeth Taylor, have already been announced as transferring with the show.
They will be joined by Allan 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.
The Motive and the Cue – New West End Trailer
Directed by Sam Mendes, Jack Thorne’s critically acclaimed play is inspired by the making of Burton and Gielgud’s infamous production of Hamlet on Broadway.
Joining Mendes in the creative team are: set designer Es Devlin; costume designer, Katrina Lindsay; lighting designer, Jon Clark; composer, Benjamin Kwasi Burrell; sound designer, Paul Arditti with casting by Alastair Coomer CDG and Naomi Downham. West End director, Zoé Ford Burnett and associate director Yasmin Hafesji complete the creative team.
The production is co-produced with Sam Mendes’ Neal Street Productions (The Lehman Trilogy, Hamnet).
Book tickets to The Motive and The Cue at the Noel Coward Theatre in London
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