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4549187The Motive and the Cuehttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/the-motive-and-the-cue--nhb-modern-plays--9781788507622/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/4251791/image.jpg?v=638446560198600000254299MXNNick Hern BooksInStock/Ebooks/<p>1964: Richard Burton, the firebrand Welsh actor, newly married to movie star Elizabeth Taylor, is to play the title role in an experimental new production of <em>Hamlet</em> under the exacting direction of John Gielgud.</p><p>But as rehearsals progress, the collaboration between actor and director soon threatens to unravel. One of them is the most famous movie star in the world; the other, a patrician from an earlier age of theatre. The stage is set for two titans to collide.</p><p>Jack Thornes <em>The Motive and the Cue</em> is a fierce, funny play which offers a glimpse into the politics of a rehearsal room and the relationship between art and celebrity. This edition was published alongside the West End transfer in 2023, following its world premiere at the National Theatre, London, earlier that year. Originally commissioned and co-produced by Neal Street Productions, it was directed by Sam Mendes, and starred Johnny Flynn as Burton, Mark Gatiss as Gielgud and Tuppence Middleton as Taylor. It was named Best Play at the 2023 Evening Standard Theatre Awards, and Best New Play at the 2024 Critics Circle Theatre Awards.</p>...4368780The Motive and the Cue254299https://www.gandhi.com.mx/the-motive-and-the-cue--nhb-modern-plays--9781788507622/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/4251791/image.jpg?v=638446560198600000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20239781788507622_W3siaWQiOiIzZWE2YjY0MS0wYTNlLTQ5M2MtYjU2MC03NDFkNTIwNWVkMjEiLCJsaXN0UHJpY2UiOjI5OSwiZGlzY291bnQiOjQ1LCJzZWxsaW5nUHJpY2UiOjI1NCwiaW5jbHVkZXNUYXgiOnRydWUsInByaWNlVHlwZSI6Ildob2xlc2FsZSIsImN1cnJlbmN5IjoiTVhOIiwiZnJvbSI6IjIwMjUtMDQtMjdUMDI6MDA6MDBaIiwicmVnaW9uIjoiTVgiLCJpc1ByZW9yZGVyIjpmYWxzZX1d9781788507622_<p>Best Play - Evening Standard Awards - 2023 1964: Richard Burton, the firebrand Welsh actor, newly married to movie star Elizabeth Taylor, is to play the title role in an experimental new production of Hamlet under the exacting direction of John Gielgud. But as rehearsals progress, the collaboration between actor and director soon threatens to unravel. One of them is the most famous movie star in the world; the other, a patrician from an earlier age of theatre. The stage is set for two titans to collide. Jack Thornes The Motive and the Cue is a fierce, funny play which offers a glimpse into the politics of a rehearsal room and the relationship between art and celebrity. This edition was published alongside the West End transfer in 2023, following its world premiere at the National Theatre, London, earlier that year. Originally commissioned and co-produced by Neal Street Productions, it was directed by Sam Mendes, and starred Johnny Flynn as Burton, Mark Gatiss as Gielgud and Tuppence Middleton as Taylor. It was named Best Play at the Evening Standard Theatre Awards in 2023. Marvellous a quite wonderful new play full of compassion, funny, witty and utterly compelling This play is Thorne and Mendess own love letter to the stage, full of both intellect and passion, clever and profoundly moving - WhatsOnStage Enjoyable and hugely adroit - Evening Standard Witty, deft, and touching a palpable hit - Telegraph Magical deeply affecting not just a heartfelt plea for the power of theatre, but a moving, often very funny, story about two generations teasing and provoking one another - Independent Fascinating a dual of egos in which not just the play, but the two mens sense of their selves is at stake - The Stage</p>...(*_*)9781788507622_<p>1964: Richard Burton, the firebrand Welsh actor, newly married to movie star Elizabeth Taylor, is to play the title role in an experimental new production of <em>Hamlet</em> under the exacting direction of John Gielgud.</p><p>But as rehearsals progress, the collaboration between actor and director soon threatens to unravel. One of them is the most famous movie star in the world; the other, a patrician from an earlier age of theatre. The stage is set for two titans to collide.</p><p>Jack Thornes <em>The Motive and the Cue</em> is a fierce, funny play which offers a glimpse into the politics of a rehearsal room and the relationship between art and celebrity. This edition was published alongside the West End transfer in 2023, following its world premiere at the National Theatre, London, earlier that year. Originally commissioned and co-produced by Neal Street Productions, it was directed by Sam Mendes, and starred Johnny Flynn as Burton, Mark Gatiss as Gielgud and Tuppence Middleton as Taylor. It was named Best Play at the 2023 Evening Standard Theatre Awards, and Best New Play at the 2024 Critics Circle Theatre Awards.</p>...9781788507622_Nick Hern Bookslibro_electonico_9781788507622_9781788507622Jack ThorneInglésMéxicohttps://getbook.kobo.com/koboid-prod-public/faberfactory-epub-e6ba2aca-1c2d-4e8d-ad24-8f855471a0af.epub2023-12-14T00:00:00+00:00Nick Hern Books