Tragedy of Macbeth, The

Synopsis: Radio adaptation of Shakespeare’s tragedy produced by Charles Lefeaux. With Stephen Murray and Mary Morris as the Macbeths and members of the BBC Drama Repertory Company. Music and sound are specially composed by Tristram Cary and conducted by Lawrence Leonard.
Series: World Theatre
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Radio
Transmission details: 18 Jul 1960 at 20:00 (Channel: BBC Home Service)
Duration: 135 mins
Availability: Unknown

Notes: A BBC recording. A written transcript of the production is held at the Birmingham Central Library as part of their Shakespeare Collection.
History: Broadcast in two parts with a 15-minute interval for the news.
Textual information: Based on the First Folio text.
Reviews: In his published introduction to the broadcast ('The Tragedy of Macbeth’, Radio Times, 15 July 1960, p. 25), Lefeaux explains why, with the use of radiophonic sound, the play is particularly well suited for radio adaptation.
Source: The Times, Radio Times

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Stephen Murray	Macbeth
Mary Morris	Lady Macbeth
Gordon Davies	Macduff
John Rye	Malcolm
Edgar Wreford	Banquo
Barbara Lott	Lady Macduff
Brewster Mason	King Duncan
Charles Simon	Doctor of Physic
David Bird	Seyton
Derek Smith (3)	Menteith
Eric Anderson	Siward, Earl of Northumberland
Eric Anderson	Old Man
Gabriel Woolf	Lennox
Grace Allardyce	Witch
Hamilton Dyce	Caithness
Hamilton Dyce	Captain
Hugh Dickson	Angus
John Mitchell	Macduff’s son
Keith Williams	Porter
Mary O’Farrell	Gentlewoman
Mary O’Farrell	Witch
Michael Turner	Ross
Nan Marriott-Watson	Witch
Nicholas Edmett	Fleance
Nicholas Edmett	Young Siward
Nicholas Edmett	Donalbain