Macbeth

Synopsis: A video recording, using a single, fixed camera, of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s 2004 production of Macbeth. Directed by Dominic Cooke with Greg Hicks and Ruth Gemmell as the Macbeths.
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Video
Technical information: Colour / Sound
Recording date: 2004
Duration: 128 mins

Notes: For a detailed account by the director, designers, actors and understudies about the concept for the play and the rehearsal process visit http://www.rsc.org.uk/macbeth/current/director.html

Tucker, Kenneth. Shakespeare Newsletter 54 (2004-5), pp. 53-54, 56 (in review article).
General: It is not known which children played the roles Fleance and Macduff’s son in this recording.
History: First performance 6 March 2004. It ran until 9 October 2004 and then to the Theatre Royal, Newcastle and the Albery Theatre, London.

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

Greg Hicks	Macbeth
Sian Thomas	Lady Macbeth
Clive Wood	Macduff
Pal Aron	Malcolm
Louis Hilyer	Banquo
Calum Finlay	Macduff’s son
Forbes Masson	Captain
Forbes Masson	Porter
Grace Griffiths	Macduff’s daughter
Ian Drysdale	Siward, Earl of Northumberland
Ian Drysdale	Murderer
Jack Chamberlain	Fleance
Jack Fielding	Macduff’s son
Jack Whitam	Lennox
John Killoran	Seyton
John Mackay	Ross
Louise Bangay	Witch
Louise Bangay	Gentlewoman
Lucy Morris	Macduff’s daughter
Meg Fraser	Witch
Michael G. Jones	Old Man
Michael G. Jones	Doctor of Physic
Nathanial Barber	Macduff’s son
Neil Madden	Donalbain
Oliver Hayes	Fleance
Richard Cordery	King Duncan
Ruth Gemmell	Witch
Ruth Gemmell	Lady Macduff
Sean Hannaway	Murderer
Tom Spackman	Fleance

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