Learning on ScreenCliff’s Notes: Macbeth
- Synopsis
- A contemporary dance conceived, directed and choreographed by Jane Comfort. Macbeth is presented as a cautionary tale of the 1980s, the piece juxtaposed with Wall Street yuppies and punk rocker witches in a world of greed. Financiers murderously clamour to become masters of the Universe. The battle of Birnam Wood is represented as a hostile takeover carried out over cell phones,
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Video
- Technical information
- Colour / Sound
- Year of release
- 1988
- Recording date
- 4 Mar 1988
- Duration
- 35 mins
Credits
- Director
- Jane Comfort
- Music
- Bush Tetras; Douglas Wagner
- Choreographer
- Jane Comfort
- Cast
Jane Comfort Dance Company
Additional Details
- Theatre
- Bessie Schoenberg Theatre, New York
- Theatre company
- Jane Comfort Dance Company
- Production type
- Dance
- Plays
- Macbeth
- Subjects
- Dance
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Notes
- General
- Also included on the two discs are the dances ‘Let’s just settle back and think general thoughts’ (22min) and ‘Awake in the invisible room’ (23min).
- Textual information
- Text by Shakespeare, Jane Comfort and Cliffs Notes; additional text supplied by Pat Boland, John Comfort and Joe Vale.
Archive
- Name
Dance Collection, Jerome Robbins Dance Division
- dance@nypl.org
- Web
- http://www.nypl.org/research/lpa/dan/dan.html External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 212 870 1657
- Fax
- 212 870 1869
- Address
- New York Library for the Performing Arts
40 Lincoln Center Plaza
New York
NY 10023 7498
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