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Macbeth

Synopsis
Television production of Macbeth. A recording of the live television performance of the New York City Players Club production in the Folger Library. Directed on stage by Anthony Brown and Owen Davis, and for NBC by Garry Simpson.
Series
Philco Television Playhouse
Language
English
Country
United States
Medium
Television
Notes
The Folger reference copy is a video cassette produced from Kinescope. Rothwell in Rothwell & Melzer Shakespeare on Screen: an International Filmography and Videography (London: Mansell, 1990, p 151) notes ‘the blurry images on the screen take on the look of beserk film noir’).
Subjects
Drama
Keywords
Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Credits

Director
Gerry Simpson; Owen Davis
Producer
Harold McGee
Writer
William Shakespeare
Contributor
Anthony Brown
Cast
Alexander Clark 
Ben Lackland 
John Carradine 
John Drew 
Joyce Redman 
Leo G. Carroll 
Philip Truex 
Ralph Bellamy 
Sidney Blackmer 
Walter Abel 
Walter Hampden 

Production Company

Name

NBC

Sponsor

Name

Philco

Archive

Name

Folger Shakespeare Library

Email
reference@folger.edu
Web
http://www.folger.edu External site opens in new window
Phone
(202) 544 4600
Fax
(202) 544 4623
Address
201 East Capitol Street, SE
Washington
DC 20003
USA
Name

Paley Center for Media

Web
http://www.paleycenter.org/ External site opens in new window
Phone
(212) 621-6600
Address
25 West 52 Street
New York
New York
110019
USA
Notes
Formerly Museum of Television and Radio (MTR). The name changed in 2007.
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