Details

The Scottish Play - theatrical types consider saying its name to be unlucky! Thrust into power by his overwhelming desires and an over ambitious wife, Macbeth finds his only security is to murder and murder again. From "When shall we three meet again" to "is this a dagger I see before me" a powerful Shakespearean drama.

Creatives/Company

Author: Shakespeare
Company: Royal Shakespeare Company
Director(s): Wils Wilson, Kaitlin Howard (fights), Simone Pereira Hind (CDG - casting), Anna Dawson (CDG - casting)
Design: Georgia McGuinness
Lighting: Kai Fischer
Sound: Claire Windsor
Choreographer: Julia Cheng (and movement)

Macbeth

Macbeth (Play) production archive for QTIX code T1170132927. Details of all Macbeth archived productions can be found under the QTIX code: S4096

Archive Listings

19 Aug 23
to
14 Oct 23

Royal Shakespeare Theatre
Stratford-Upon-Avon, Warwickshire
Performance Details => Venue archive

Reviews

Janet Spinlove : 22Sep23:
Very disappointed. Especially coming from the RSC (who I have seen many times before). It was weird, poorly acted (very wooden by the principal characters) and I heartily dislike main characters being substituted (eg Banquo- why make him/ her a woman??). Plus I found the instruments distracting in their overblown-ness & discordancy. The Porter interlude was unnecessary & out of keeping. The worst thing was that I (& several others) couldn’t make out the words - they weren’t projected clearly & many lines were thrown away (presumably in the interests of artistic effect). If the RSC are set on presenting an alternative version of Macbeth then a) this should have been flagged up in the blurb (& I wouldn’t have wasted £52) and b) put it on at The Other Place. We left at the interval

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