The motive and the cue /
"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 t...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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London :
Nick Hern Books,
2023.
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| Summary: | "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."--Back cover. |
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| Item Description: | "First performed in the Lyttelton auditorium of the National Theatre, London, on 2 May 2023 (previews from 20 April)."--Page 5. The Cushing Library/Women & Gender Studies copy was acquired as part of The Don Kelly Research Collection of Gay Literature and Culture. |
| Physical Description: | 105 pages ; 20 cm |
| ISBN: | 9781839041532 1839041536 |