National Theatre Live: Best of Enemies
National Theatre Live: Best of Enemies

National Theatre Live: Best of Enemies

9.0
May 18, 2023
2h 15m

Overview

In 1968 America, as two men fight to become the next president, all eyes are on the battle between two others: the cunningly conservative William F. Buckley Jr., and the unruly liberal Gore Vidal. During a new nightly television format, they debate the moral landscape of a shattered nation.

Director

Jeremy Herrin

Cast

Zachary Quinto

Zachary Quinto

Gore Vidal

David Harewood

David Harewood

William F. Buckley, Jr.

Emilio Doorgasingh

Emilio Doorgasingh

William Sheehan / Chet Huntley / Howard Austen

Clare Foster

Clare Foster

Patricia Buckley

Tom Godwin

Tom Godwin

Frank Meyer / Andy Warhol / Bobby Kennedy / More...

John Hodgkinson

John Hodgkinson

Howard K Smith / Mayor Daley

Syrus Lowe

Syrus Lowe

James Baldwin / George / Martin Luther King, Jr.