Macbeth
- Synopsis
- A video recording, using a single, fixed camera, of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s 1986 production of Macbeth. Directed by Adrian Noble with Jonathan Pryce and Sinead Cusack as the Macbeths.
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Video
- Technical information
- Colour / Sound
- Recording date
- 3 Dec 1986
- Duration
- 145 mins
Credits
- Director
- Adrian Noble
- Writer
- William Shakespeare
- Music
- Geoffrey Burgon
- Production Design
- Bob Crowley
- Cast
Additional Details
- Theatre company
- Royal Shakespeare Company
- Production type
- Stage Recordings
- Plays
- Macbeth
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
- Related items
- Macbeth
Notes
- Notes
- The play was performed without an interval. The RSC technical notes on the video recording state ` a very dark show’.
- General
- David Troughton made a memorable Porter. His speech (much improvised) included the following ` knock knock’ joke.
Knock Knock
Who’s there?
Duncan
Duncan who?
Duncan Disorderly - History
- Press night 11 November 1986. The production transferred to the Barbican.
- Reviews
- Billington, Michael. The Guardian (13 November 1986). Billington noted that Pryce and Cusack seemed to be ‘a childless Strindbergian couple for whom power became a substitute for parenthood’. Berkowitz, Gerald M. Shakespeare Quarterly 38 (1987), pp 495-500 (review-article).
Production Company
- 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
Archive
- Name
Shakespeare Birthplace Collections
- collections@shakespeare.org.uk
- Web
- https://www.shakespeare.org.uk/explore-shakespeare/collections/ External site opens in new window
- Address
- Shakespeare Centre
Henley Street
Stratford-upon-Avon
CV37 6QW
How to cite this record
Shakespeare, "Macbeth". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/av38118 (Accessed 03 Oct 2024)