If It Were Done
- Synopsis
- A short film with a contemporary setting based on scenes 1 and 7 from Act 1 of Shakespeare’s Macbeth. The meeting with the three wishes takes place in a garage while the scene in which the Macbeth’s plan Duncan’s murder takes place in a country house. The film concludes with the scene’s celebrated final line, ‘False face must hide what the false heart doth
know.' - Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Film
- Technical information
- Colour / Sound
- Year of release
- 2022
- Duration
- 12 mins
Credits
- Director
- Will Poole
- Producer
- Carey Thring
- Cinematographer
- Ben Manwaring
- Writer
- Carey Thring
- Editor
- Duncan Thomsen
- Music
- Sarah Hezen
- Cast
Carey Thring Macbeth Kate Isitt Lady Macbeth Nick Waring Banquo Alicia Charles Witch (1st) Claire-Maria Fox Murderer (2nd) Mark Fletcher King Duncan Sarah Dorsett Duncan’s consort (Gentlewoman)
Additional Details
- Production type
- Fiction Films
- Historical period
- Contemporary
- Plays
- Macbeth
- Subjects
- Drama; Shakespeare
Notes
- Notes
- Initial location filming in Hertfordshire undertaken in 2017.
- General
- Also available on YouTube: https://youtu.be/LAJTfAb7a6E
Online Availability
- Online URL
- https://vimeo.com/710555482
- Online format
- Streamed
Production Company
- Name
Falconbrook
Distributor
- Name
Vimeo
- Web
- http://www.vimeo.com/ External site opens in new window
- Name
YouTube
- Web
- http://www.youtube.com External site opens in new window
How to cite this record
Shakespeare, "If It Were Done". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/av79848 (Accessed 26 Dec 2024)