The world has always loved a golden couple, especially when there are hints of trouble in paradise.
Decades before millions tracked every move of Harry and Meghan, William and Kate or Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce, it was the turbulent union of actors Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor that set gossip columns aflame.
"In a time when the world was much less connected, they were like gods," said Mark Gatiss, who stars in "The Motive and the Cue," a hit play about Taylor and Burton in their 1960s heyday. "They really were. People hung off their every divorce."
"The Motive and the Cue" has had two sellout runs in London and will be broadcast in cinemas in Britain and internationally starting Thursday as part of the National Theatre Live series.
The play charts the rocky creation of a now-legendary piece of theater, a 1964 Broadway production of "Hamlet" in which Burton played William Shakespeare's tormented prince. The More