Macbeth

Synopsis: Video recording of Rupert Goold’s 2007 production of Macbeth with Patrick Stewart and Kate Fleetwood as the Macbeths.
Language: English
Country: United States
Medium: Video
Technical information: Colour / Sound
Recording date: 2008
Duration: 165 mins

Theatre: Harvey Theatre, Brooklyn Academy of Music, NY
Production type: Stage Recordings
Historical period: Contemporary
Plays: Macbeth
Subjects: Drama
Keywords: Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Multimedia productions
Related items: A Conversation with Patrick Stewart; Patrick Stewart; Patrick Stewart and Rupert Goold on Macbeth

General: Video and projection design by Lorna Heavey.
History: Produced by the Chichester Festival Theatre at the Minerva Theatre, Chichester, 1 June-1 September 2007; at the Gielgud Theatre, 26 September-1 December 2007; at the Harvey Theatre, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, N.Y, 12 February-22 March 2008; and on tour.
Reviews: Brantley Ben, New York Times (15 February 2008). Brantley writes "Mr. Goold and Mr. Stewart make it clear that Macbeth is really killed not by Macduff (Michael Feast) but by his own willingness to be killed. It’s suicide by nihilism’.

Patrick Stewart	Macbeth
Kate Fleetwood	Lady Macbeth
Michael Feast	Macduff
Scott Handy	Malcolm
Martin Turner	Banquo
Ben Carpenter	Young Siward
Ben Carpenter	Donalbain
Bill Nash	Angus
Christopher Knott	Siward, Earl of Northumberland
Christopher Knott	Murderer
Christopher Patrick Nolan	Porter
Christopher Patrick Nolan	Seyton
Hywel John	Murderer
Hywel John	Captain
Mark Rawlings	Lennox
Mile Jeffery	Fleance (alt) (Fleance)
Niamh McGrady	Witch
Paul Shelley	Doctor of Physic
Paul Shelley	King Duncan
Polly Frame	Witch
Sophie Hunter	Witch
Suzanne Burden	Lady Macduff
Tim Treloar	Ross
Tom Bulpett	Fleance (alt) (Fleance)

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