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Macbeth

Synopsis
A video recording, using a single, fixed camera, of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s 1986 production of Macbeth. Directed by Adrian Noble with Jonathan Pryce and Sinead Cusack as the Macbeths.
Language
English
Country
Great Britain
Medium
Video
Technical information
Colour / Sound
Notes
The play was performed without an interval. The RSC technical notes on the video recording state ` a very dark show’.
Subjects
Drama
Keywords
Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Related items
Macbeth

Credits

Director
Adrian Noble
Writer
William Shakespeare
Music
Geoffrey Burgon
Production Design
Bob Crowley
Cast
Andrew Bailey 
Benjamin Fellows 
David Burke 
David Killick 
David Troughton 
Dennis Edwards 
Dilys Laye 
Hannah Young 
Henrietta Smethurst 
Hugh Quarshie 
Jacob Wilson 
James Macaro 
Jeremy Pearce 
Joely Richardson 
John Patrick 
John Paul Streets 
Jonathan Pryce 
Joseph Mydell 
Mark Lindley 
Max Gold 
Nicholas Woodeston 
Patrick Bailey 
Patrick Robinson 
Paul Venables 
Penny Downie 
Peter Guinness 
Roger Watkins 
Rosalind Boxall 
Sinead Cusack 
Stan Pretty 
Susan Porrett 

Production Company

Name

Royal Shakespeare Company

Web
https://www.rsc.org.uk External site opens in new window
Address
Royal Shakespeare Theatre
Waterside
Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire
CV37 6BB

Archive

Name

Shakespeare Birthplace Collections

Email
collections@shakespeare.org.uk
Web
https://www.shakespeare.org.uk/explore-shakespeare/collections/ External site opens in new window
Address
Shakespeare Centre
Henley Street
Stratford-upon-Avon
CV37 6QW
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