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Macbeth

Synopsis
Documentary. Ethan Hawke presents a documentary on Macbeth. Excerpts:

MACBETH (CBC, 1962) d. Paul Almond.
MACBETH (1971) d. Polanski.
MACBETH (2001) d. Doran.
MACBETH (2010) d. Goold.

There is also a scene from the Punchdrunk/Emursive
2011 staging of Sleep No More (Lady Macbeth washing the blood from Macbeth who sits naked in a bath) and rehearsals from a staging, made for the programme, of Macbeth at Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre directed by Raz Shaw with John Light as Macbeth. Includes a scene of Orson Welles putting on make-up and speaking of matching his greatness against that of Shakespeare (presumed to be the footage included in THE STEVE ALLEN SHOW (1967). Richard Easton and Ethan Hawke work on Act II, sc i. "is this a dagger...".
Contributors: Justin Champion, Marjorie Garber, Stephen Greenblatt, Gail Kern Paster, Tanya Pollard, Antony Sher, Harriet Walter.
Series
Shakespeare Uncovered
Language
English
Country
Great Britain
Medium
Television
Technical information
Colour / Sound
Notes
The six episodes in this series are available as a 2-disc DVD from MovieMail and other retailers with the title PREFACES TO SHAKESPEARE. The DVD is catalogued separately on this database. The DVD is catalogued separately on this database. The series is also released on DVD (Region 1) by PBS and sold as a 2-DVD set with the MY SHAKESPEARE series under the general title of SHAKESPEARE UNCOVERED.
Subjects
Drama
Keywords
Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Rehearsals
Related items
Prefaces to Shakespeare

Online availability

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https://store.bbc.com/shakespeare-uncovered
Price
£1.89
Delivery
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Credits

Director
Nicola Stockley
Producer
Nicola Stockley
Contributor
Antony Sher; Ethan Hawke; Gail Kern Paster; Harriet Walter; Justin Champion; Marjorie Garber; Richard Easton; Stephen Greenblatt; Tanya Pollard
Cast
Anthony Howell 
Golda Rasheuve 
Jade Williams 
John Light 
Nicholas Bruder 
Orson Welles 
Simone Kirby 
Tori Sparks 

Production Company

Name

116 Films

Name

Blakeway Productions

Name

Thirteen/WNET

Archive

Name

BFI National Archive

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Phone
020 7255 1444
Fax
020 7436 0165
Address
21 Stephen Street
London
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Name

Learning on Screen Off-Air Recording Back-up Service

Email
services@bufvc.ac.uk
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Phone
020 7393 1514
Fax
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Address
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London
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Distributor

Name

BBC Store

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