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A Performance of Macbeth (1978)

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This 1976 Royal Shakespeare Company production of Macbeth was originally broadcast on Thames Television in 1978. The company's artistic director Trevor Dunn directs the cast on a small bare stage with mostly black costumes and minimal props. After the witches (Susan Dury, Judith Harte, Marie Kean) announce the prophecy that Macbeth (Ian McKellen) will be the next king, the elderly King Duncan (Griffith Jones) proclaims that his son, Malcolm (Roger Rees), will be heir to the throne. Lady Macbeth

Unrated, 2 hr. 26 min.

Drama, Television

Trevor Nunn

Sep 28, 2004

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Little has been added for a TV audience that wouldn't have been present in the original stage version, which begs the question, why bother?

July 3, 2009 Full Review Source: Eye for Film | Comment
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Sound and Fury To be honest, I watched this a couple of days ago and am just getting around to writing about it now. I've been trying to build up backlog, since we're going on vacation, and I will invariably reach a point where I just can't face writing about any more movies. I don't have enough reviews for the

April 5, 2011
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Edith Nelson

A cheap play production that serves as an embarassment to Shakespeare's classic play. There is no setting to this play at all, all it is is an empty stage with fog in the background...throughout the ENTIRE thing. This makes it incredibly boring to watch. No effort of creativity put into this.

October 17, 2010
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