Macbeth

Synopsis: Polly Findlay’s 2018 Royal Shakespeare Company production of Macbeth starring Christopher Ecclestone and Niamh Cusack, filmed live at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in April 2018. The production references tropes and images of horror cinema and the set is dominated by a clock with a red digital display counting down from two hours to zero, the moment of Macbeth’s death.
Series: RSC Live from Stratford Upon Avon
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Video
Year of release: 2019
Transmission details: 14 Jun 2020 at 21:30 (Channel: BBC4)
Duration: 124 mins

History: Premiered in March 2018 at Stratford-upon-Avon before transferring to the Barbican in London in September. It ended its run in January 2019. Broadcast live in cinemas on 11 April 2018 and then shown on BBC4 on 14 June 2020.

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

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