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The week in theatre: The Motive and the Cue; A Play for the Living in a Time of Extinction; Jules et Jim; Supernova – review

Sam Mendes reignites Gielgud and Burton’s Broadway Hamlet; a climate crisis play is powered by bikes (and eco-shaming); Timberlake Wertenbaker has fun with Jules et Jim; and Rhiannon Neads hits escape velocity

The Guardian - UK

Johnny Flynn: ‘rehearsal spaces can turn toxic’

The star of hot new Sam Mendes play The Motive and the Cue talks fame, fraught rehearsals and theatre’s big culture shift. By Alexandra Jones

Evening Standard

I relate to Hollywood star’s love affair with theatre, says Tuppence Middleton

Tuppence Middleton is joined in The Motive and the Cue by Johnny Flynn as her husband Richard Burton and Mark Gatiss as Sir John Gielgud

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The Motive and the Cue review: Burton/Gielgud luvvie-off will give you goosebumps

Mark Gatiss is superb as Sir John Gielgud in Jack Thorne’s affecting play about Hamlet rehearsals with Richard Burton

The Independent UK

The Motive and the Cue review – Gielgud and Burton battle it out

Mark Gatiss and Johnny Flynn star in Jack Thorne’s play about the prickly pair’s 1960s Broadway production of Hamlet

The Guardian - UK

The Motive and the Cue, National Theatre review: Sam Mendes’s elegant production is a love letter to theatre

In this look at Richard Burton and Sir John Gielgud’s staging of Hamlet on Broadway, the play is not the thing

Evening Standard

Taking the knees in Jerusalem

My mother’s contribution to perhaps the most overlooked British folk art of the past 90 years: the canvas-work church kneeler

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Jack Thorne on his new play about Richard Burton and John Gielgud’s Hamlet: “Rehearsals can be brutal”

Sam Mendes was inspired to commission The Motive and the Cue after finding a book on the tumultous 1964 staging of Hamlet on Broadway - now it’s at the National Theatre

Evening Standard

‘What if Johnny has norovirus?’: Tuppence Middleton reveals how OCD affects her work

The actor, who is preparing to play Elizabeth Taylor in The Motive and the Cue at the National Theatre, said the condition made rehearsals difficult

The Guardian - UK

Al Jaffee death: Mad magazine cartoonist dead at 102

Jaffee died from multiple organ failures, according to his granddaughter

The Independent UK

Al Jaffee, longtime 'Mad Magazine' cartoonist, dies at 102

Mad Magazine's ageless wise guy delighted millions of readers with the sneaky fun of the Fold-In and the snark of "Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions." Al Jaffee had retired at age 99.

WEKU

Al Jaffee, Mad magazine ‘Fold-In’ artist, dies at 102

Satirist contributed regular features, including “Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions,” for decades.

Chicago Sun-Times

Al Jaffee, longtime Mad magazine cartoonist, dead at 102

Former Mad magazine cartoonist Al Jaffee died Monday at the age of 102

The Independent UK

‘We get inside their shame, their ego, their destruction’: Jack Thorne brings Burton and Gielgud back to the stage

The Motive and the Cue depicts John Gielgud’s struggle to direct Richard Burton in Hamlet on Broadway. Its writer describes the task of putting his words into such celebrated mouths

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Evening Standard

Culture in London to book for spring 2023: from Portraits of Dogs to Fast X and A Little Life

Spring has sprung and with it comes a new raft of fantastic culture in London. Here’s our essential guide of what to do and see this season

Birmingham Post

The story of getting Richard Burton a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame

It was a decade ago that one of Wales' greatest ever actors was recognised after the successful Star for Burton campaign

Daily Mirror

Stars who enjoyed multiple marriages as Patsy Kensit prepares for fifth wedding

As Patsy Kensit prepares to wed her fifth husband, we take a look at other stars who have racked up multiple marriages, from Zsa Zsa Gabor's nine weddings, to Sean Bean's five

The Independent UK

The 10 most romantic love letters of all time

Letters sent by musicians, actors and poets have been shared through the centuries

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The best theatre to see in 2023, from A Little Life to The Pillowman

‘A Little Life’ comes to the stage, Sheridan Smith and Lily Allen return to the West End, and ‘The Merchant of Venice’ is transported to 1930s Cable Street – we bring you our guide to 2023’s most exciting theatre

The Guardian - UK

Sam Mendes: ‘Who would make a great Bond villain? José Mourinho’

In an extraordinary career on stage and screen, the director has always pushed boundaries – and is now making his debut as a screenwriter. He answers questions from famous fans and Observer readers

Wales Online

Vardy v Rooney's Michael Sheen: The Welsh actor's fiery Welsh pride, legendary roles and Hollywood exes

The Welsh actor's latest role sees him play a leading barrister in the infamous 'Wagatha Christie' case

The Guardian - UK

Christmas past, Christmas present: how secular Britain found new ways to celebrate the season

The census shows the UK is now a minority Christian country – but inventive blends of the pagan and pious still bring us together in deep midwinter

Daily Mirror

Star Trek's George Takei cruelly treated like 'enemy alien' after bombing attack

Openly gay Star Trek actor George Takei - who played Hikaru Sulu in the space exploration TV series and films - tells how his family were thrown into an interment camp after Pearl Harbor atrocity

Asharq Al-Awsat

Elizabeth Taylor's 'Lucky Charm' Oscar Dress Found in Suitcase in London

A "lucky charm" Christian Dior dress worn by Elizabeth Taylor on the night she won best actress at the 1961 Oscars is to be sold at auction next month, after being stored in a suitcase in London for over 50 years. It had been assumed the floral print gown with…

The Guardian - UK

Johnny Flynn and Mark Gatiss to play Richard Burton and John Gielgud in new play

Written by Jack Thorne and directed by Sam Mendes, The Motive and the Cue is about the famous 1964 production of Hamlet and will open at the National Theatre

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