National Theatre Live: Best of Enemies
2023In 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.
Acted in
Zachary Quinto
as Gore Vidal
David Harewood
as William F. Buckley, Jr.
Emilio Doorgasingh
as William Sheehan / Chet Huntley / Howard Austen
Clare Foster
as Patricia Buckley
Tom Godwin
as Frank Meyer / Andy Warhol / Bobby Kennedy / More...
John Hodgkinson
as Howard K Smith / Mayor Daley
Syrus Lowe
as James Baldwin / George / Martin Luther King, Jr.
Kevin McMonagle
as Elmer Lower / Walter Kronkite
Sam Otto
as Tariq Ali / Matt
Deborah Alli
as Aretha Franklin / Patty the Party Guest / Brooke Gladstone