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Macbeth

7.3 145 mins Drama   TV Movie   1979
Royal Shakespeare Company   Thames Television  
Director(s): Philip Casson Trevor Nunn

Release Date: 02 Fri, Feb 1979

Macbeth is a 1978 videotaped version of Trevor Nunn's Royal Shakespeare Company production of the play by William Shakespeare. Produced by Thames Television, it features Ian McKellen as Macbeth and Judi Dench as Lady Macbeth. The TV version was directed by Philip Casson. The original stage production was performed at The Other Place, the RSC's small studio theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon. It had been performed in the round before small audiences, with a bare stage and simple costuming. The recording preserves this style: the actors perform on a circular set and with a mostly black background changes of setting are indicated only by lighting changes.

Casts of Macbeth

Judi Dench

as Lady Macbeth

Ian McKellen

as Macbeth

John Bown

as Lennox

Susan Dury

as Third Witch / Lady Macduff

Judith Harte

as Second Witch / Gentlewoman

Greg Hicks

as Donalbain / Seyton

David Howey

as Sergeant / First Murderer / Doctor

Griffith Jones

as Duncan

Marie Kean

as First Witch

Ian McDiarmid

as The Porter / Ross

Bob Peck

as Macduff

Duncan Preston

as Angus

Roger Rees

as Malcolm

Zak Taylor

as Fleance / Messenger

Stephen Warner

as Young Macduff

John Woodvine

as Banquo

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