| Description | Programme for 'The Motive and the Cue' in the Lyttelton Theatre. Contains introductory essay 'An Epic Journey' by Niamh Hunt about Public Acts' The Odyssey.
Contains Sir John Gielgud's programme note for the 1964 Broadway production of Hamlet; essay 'The Truth-Teller' by Sarah Crompton on Hamlet's appeal for actors and audiences; essay 'A real fellow, with passion' by David Benedict on how Richard Burton came to be one of Hollywood's biggest stars; essay 'Shakespeare's Supreme Interpreter' by John Gielgud's biographer Jonathan Croall on Gielgud's glittering career; extracts from William Redfield's book 'Letters from an Actor'; and extracts from Richard L Sterne's 'John Gielgud Directs Richard Burton in Hamlet, A Journal of Rehearsals'. Also includes cast and creative details, and rehearsal photographs by Mark Douet.
Digital version of the programme is in Portable Document Format (PDF). |