Real Thing at Last, The

Synopsis

A burlesque of Macbeth which imagines how the play would be adapted and filmed by an American producer. The New York Times critic, reviewing the London screening, noted ‘The drama ends happily with a touching reconciliation between Macbeth and Macduff, and Macbeth embracing his wife, while the piano plays "Life’s Too Short to Quarrel."

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Film

Technical information

Black-and-white / Silent

Year of release

1916

Availability

Presumed a lost film

Notes

The typescript of the Barrie screenplay is held by the Beinecke Library, Yale University.

Subjects

Drama

Keywords

satire; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); United States of America; burlesgues

Credits

Director

L.C. MacBean

Screenplay

J.M. Barrie

Cast

A.E. Matthews
Edmund Gwenn
Frederick Volpe
Gladys Cooper
Godfrey Tearle
Leslie Henson
Nelson Keys
Norman Forbes
Owen Nares

Production Company

Name

British Actors Film Company