Learning on ScreenMacbeth
- Synopsis
- Originally directed by Trevor Nunn for The Other Place, Stratford, the studio production envisaged a small group of actors creating the play before a small audience in an intimate atmosphere of the utmost intensity. This version, with Judi Dench and Ian McKellen, was restaged for television in 1979. It retains the original RSC cast and wherever possible uses the original RSC costumes, props and sets. Trevor Nunn’s outstanding production is re-imagined as an astonishing piece of television with two extraordinary leading performances.
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Television; Video
- Technical information
- Colour / Sound
- Transmission details
- 4 Jan 1979 (Channel: ITV)
- Duration
- 120 mins
- Availability
- Sale Sale (DVD - Arthaus Musik)
Credits
- Director
- Philip Casson
- Producer
- Trevor Nunn
- Writer
- William Shakespeare
- Cast
Additional Details
- Theatre company
- Royal Shakespeare Company
- Production type
- Television and Radio Drama
- Plays
- Macbeth
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
- Related items
- Ian McKellen
- Macbeth on Film
- Voyager’s Macbeth Cd-Rom
Notes
- Notes
- Contained as part of the THAMES SHAKESPEARE COLLECTION catalogued separately.
- History
- The adaptation was broadcast to schools in six episodes in 1980 and 1982.
- Uses
- Age 14 and up.
Production Company
- Name
Thames Television International
- Notes
- See: Yorkshire International Thomson Multimedia
Distributor (Sale)
- Name
Retail outlets
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