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Historian Dr Ian Grimble draws on Irish, Scottish and English records for an account of the historical background to the Macbeth story.
Radio broadcast of Macbeth as a musical comedy. Both Holinshed and Shakespeare are mentioned as inspirational source but the play seems to have been ‘improved’ out of all recognition by writer duo Jack...
Feature film. Brilliant young general Macbeth pulls off a glorious victory in battle before returning to an indolent court where honours are dispensed by whim. Spurred on by prophesying drifters and an...
BBC television arts series. Programme, in two parts, about the ideas of the English scene designer, producer and actor Edward Gordon Craig. The first part is a dialogue between Craig (spoken by Donald...
One of King Duncan’s best generals, Macbeth is showered with honours at court having achieved a great victory. When some drifters prophesy that he will be King and encouraged by the ambitions of his wife,...
Sitcom starring Tony Hancock. Hancock, playing Old Joshua Merryweather, is very unpopular with the cast and is unceremoniously sacked from the radio serial ‘The Bowmans’ (a spoof of ‘The Archers’)....
Radio adaptation of the play produced by Val Gielgud. Starring Clifford Evans as Antony, Fay Compton as Cleopatra and Bernard Evans as Enobarbus. With music composed by Julius Harrison. Duncan Carse acts as...
Video recording of John Wood’s 2004 production of Macbeth for the Stratford (Ontario) Shakespeare Festival. Graham Abbey and Lucy Peacock are the Macbeths.
British sitcom. In this episode Hancock craves a theatrical knighthood via a role at the Old Vic, so becoming the first Duke of Cheam. His ambition culminates in him reciting Hamlet’s ‘to be, or not to...
First part of a weekly schools broadcast in which the play is shown four successive 30-minute installments. With Andrew Keir as Macbeth and Ruth Meyers as Lady Macbeth.
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