Learning on ScreenMacbeth
- Synopsis
- Video recording of Sebastian Nuebling’s 2008 production of Macbeth for the Schauspielhaus Zurich. Bruno Cathomas and Bibiana Beglau are the Macbeths.
- Language
- German (Switzerland)
- Country
- Switzerland
- Medium
- Video
- Technical information
- Colour / Sound
- Recording date
- 2008
Credits
- Director
- Sebastian Nuebling
- Writer
- William Shakespeare
- Music
- Lars Wittershagen
- Production Design
- Muriel Gerstner
- Costume
- Marion Muench
- Cast
Additional Details
- Theatre
- Schauspielhaus, Zurich
- Production type
- Stage Recordings
- Historical period
- Contemporary
- Plays
- Macbeth
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Notes
- General
- The roles of Macduff’s son was played by Emmanuel Hunziker and Yannick Weber. It is not known who took the part on the day of this recording.
- History
- The production opened 29 March 2008.
- Stills
- The production is set against a background of the international stock market. Banquo gets strangled on the photocopier after singing Princes’ song ‘Purple Rain’. The Porter is a general factotum turned sadist, and the witches shout out the latest stock exchange prices from the dealing floor.
- Textual information
- Translated into German by Angela Schanelec, S. Nübling, and Amely Haag. Jan Stephan Schmieding is dramaturg.
- Reviews
- A short clip from the production is available on www.schauspielhaus.ch (accessed 4/2008).
Production Company
- Name
Schauspielhaus Zurich
- Web
- http://www.schauspielhaus.ch External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 01 258 79 94
- Fax
- 01 259 70 94
- Address
- Zeltweg 5
8032 Zurich
Switzerland
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