National Theatre Live: Best of Enemies

Jeremy Herrin
2023-05-18


9
135 min

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.

Cast

Name Character Team
Zachary Quinto Gore Vidal Goutbreak
David Harewood William F. Buckley, Jr. Unowned
Emilio Doorgasingh William Sheehan / Chet Huntley / Howard Austen Unowned
Clare Foster Patricia Buckley Unowned
Tom Godwin Frank Meyer / Andy Warhol / Bobby Kennedy / More... Unowned
John Hodgkinson Howard K Smith / Mayor Daley Unowned
Syrus Lowe James Baldwin / George / Martin Luther King, Jr. Unowned
Kevin McMonagle Elmer Lower / Walter Kronkite Unowned
Sam Otto Tariq Ali / Matt Unowned
Deborah Alli Aretha Franklin / Patty the Party Guest / Brooke Gladstone Unowned