
In 1964, Richard Burton, newly married to Elizabeth Taylor, is to play the title role in an experimental new Broadway production of Hamlet under Sir John Gielgud’s exacting direction. But as rehearsals progress, two ages of theatre collide and the collaboration between actor and director soon threatens to unravel.

as Richard Burton

as Sir John Gielgud

as Elizabeth Taylor


as William Redfield

as Hume Cronyn

as George Voskovec

as Jessica Levy

as Clement Fowler

as Hugh McHaffie


as Mick Burrows

as Dillon Evans

as Robert Milli

as Susannah Mason

as Frederick Young

as Alfred Drake

as Christine Cooper

as Linda Marsh

as Eileen Herlie