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“A brilliant, compassionate new play.” β Financial Times
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“Mark Gatiss gives the performance of his career.” β Telegraph
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“Smooth and sophisticated.” β WhatsOnStage
Captured live from the National Theatre
A new play by Jack Thorne
Directed by Sam Mendes
Mark Gatiss (Sherlock) and Johnny Flynn (Emma) feature in this fierce and funny new play which brings Richard Burton and John Gielgudβs infamous Hamlet rehearsals to the big screen.
As rehearsals progress, two ages of theatre collide and the collaboration between actor and director soon threatens to unravel … offering a glimpse into the politics of a rehearsal room and the relationship between art and celebrity.
Academy Award-winner Sam Mendes (Skyfall) directs Jack Thorneβs (His Dark Materials) new play, with Tuppence Middleton (Downton Abbey) as Hollywood starlet Elizabeth Taylor in the supporting cast.
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?
Runtime: 2 hours 40 minutes, including a 20-minute interval (to be confirmed)
