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Macbeth

Synopsis
Video recording of Lucy Bailey’s 2010 production of Macbeth for Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre with Elliot Cowan and Laura Rogers as the Macbeths.
Language
English
Country
Great Britain
Medium
Video
Technical information
Colour / Sound
Recording date
2010
Duration
170 (inc. interval).

Credits

Director
Lucy Bailey
Writer
William Shakespeare
Music
Orlando Gough
Production Design
Katrina Lindsay
Cast
Elliot CowanMacbeth
Laura RogersLady Macbeth
Keith DunphyMacduff
James McArdleMalcolm
Christian BradleyBanquo
Craig VyeYoung Siward
Craig VyeDonalbain
Frank ScantoriPorter
Ian PirieDoctor of Physic
Ian PirieAngus
James ClydeKing Duncan
Janet FullerloveWitch
Janet FullerloveGentlewoman
Julius D’SilvaRoss
Karen AndersonWitch
Ken ShorterSiward, Earl of Northumberland
Ken ShorterOld Man
Michael CampCaptain
Nick CourtLennox
Simone KirbyLady Macduff
Simone KirbyWitch

Additional Details

Theatre
Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre
Production type
Stage Recordings
Plays
Macbeth
Subjects
Drama
Keywords
Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Related items
Shakespeare: Macbeth

Notes

Notes
Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre makes several recordings of a single production, using three fixed cameras, to enable practitioners and researchers to observe how the play has developed during the run.
History
Staged in the Kings & Rogues season.
Stills
... designer Katrina Lindsay has certainly given the Globe a makeover. Standing members of the audience are covered by black sheeting through which their heads protrude, suggesting an international convention of Winnies from Beckett’s Happy Days. Slits in the stage surface allow the Weird Sisters to rise from the underworld. A diaphanous curtain, suspended from a circular rail, gives the action an hallucinatory quality. (Michael Billington, The Guardian 30 April 2010)
Reviews
Michael Billington, The Guardian, 30 April 2010. Billinton writes: ".Laura Rogers starts well as a fierce, feisty Lady Macbeth but rattles through the sleepwalking scene as if she had a train to catch".

Production Company

Name

Shakespeare’s Globe

Contact
Librarian
Email
library@shakespearesglobe.com
Web
http://www.shakespearesglobe.com External site opens in new window
Phone
+44 (0) 7902 1433
Fax
+44 (0) 7902 1401
Address
21 New Globe Walk
Bankside
London
SE1 9DT

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