SHAKESPEARE

Synopsis

A recording of the play Mac-beth 7 performed by the Dublin theatre company, Pan Pan. It presents a postcolonial interpretation of Macbeth offering a contemporary performance for theatre with a cast of actors, opera singers, a contemporary dancer and an eight-year-old girl. "Mac-Beth 7 is an attempt to understand the feeling of reading one play in one year of school practically line by line. It could be described as a pictorial version that is based on the play but elaborated and built upon. When Macbeth by Shakespeare is performed do we see it as part of a series of "reincarnations" - new life created each time it is delivered as a play in action. In Mac-Beth 7 Pan Pan brings some of the body of Macbeth by William Shakespeare alive but only as a surprise to the rest. A seventh resurrection of Macbeth. It is not Macbeth born again by production but a new form, which has Macbeth as one of its seven parts". Gavin Quinn, Director.

Language

English

Country

Ireland

Medium

Video

Technical information

Colour / Sound

Year of release

2004

Duration

35 mins

Credits

Director

Gavin Quinn

Music

Andrew Synnott

Additional Details

Theatre company

Peter Pan

Production type

Other

Plays

Macbeth

Subjects

Drama

Keywords

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Notes

History

The play opened March 2004 at the Project Arts Centre, Dublin.

Online Availability

Online URL

http://www.artfilms-digital.com/Search.aspx?q=mac-beth

Online price

poa

Online format

Streamed

Distributor

Name

Artfilms Europe

Email

info@artfilms.com.au

Web

http://www.artfilms.co.uk External site opens in new window

Phone

+44 208 265 1752

Fax

+44 207 117 5174

Address

PO Box 71507
London
SE10 1BY
United Kingdom

Notes

Artfilms Europe is the European distributor of the collection of Contemporary Arts Media, Australia (previously known as Hush Video). The collection originally specialised in drama and the performing arts but has since widened its remit across the arts spectrum to include visual arts, design, architecture, new media and digital arts in its collection of over 5,000 titles. Separate subject catalogues, printed or online in pdf format, are available for theatre, dance, visual arts, film & cinema, new media, music, performance art and communication & culture. Sale on DVD or streamed on a pay-per-view or subscription basis from www.artfiflms-digital.com. From 2015, private users can subscribe via a digital site licence for £8 per month, allowing access to a selection of 300 - 400 films.