National Theatre Live: Best of Enemies (2023)
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.
GENRES:
Comedy • Drama • History
DIRECTION:
Jeremy Herrin
Same Director or Cast
Cast & Characters
| Zachary Quinto | Gore Vidal |
| David Harewood | William F. Buckley, Jr. |
| Emilio Doorgasingh | William Sheehan / Chet Huntley / Howard Austen |
| Clare Foster | Patricia Buckley |
| Tom Godwin | Frank Meyer / Andy Warhol / Bobby Kennedy / More... |
| John Hodgkinson | Howard K Smith / Mayor Daley |
| Syrus Lowe | James Baldwin / George / Martin Luther King, Jr. |
| Kevin McMonagle | Elmer Lower / Walter Kronkite |
| Sam Otto | Tariq Ali / Matt |
| Deborah Alli | Aretha Franklin / Patty the Party Guest / Brooke Gladstone |