Lady Macbeth

Synopsis
Playwright Zinnie Harris, author Isabelle Schuyler, New Generation Thinker Emma Whipday and composer Michelle Assay have looked at the murdering husband and wife of Shakespeare’s Scottish play. Chris Harding hosts a discussion about the Macbeth story as interpreted by Akira Kurosawa (Throne of Blood) and Shostakovich (Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk); Alice Birch’s 2016 film version, Schuyler’s forthcoming novel Lady Macbethad and Zinnie Harris’ new play, Macbeth (an Undoing).
Series
Free Thinking
Language
English
Country
Great Britain
Medium
Radio
Transmission details
8 Feb 2023 at 22:00 (Channel: BBC Radio 3)
Duration
44 mins

Credits

Producer
Ruth Watts

Additional Details

Production type
Documentary/Educational/News
Plays
Macbeth
Subjects
Drama; Shakespeare
Keywords
Macbeth, King of Scots (b? -1057); Adaptation
Related items
Kumonosu-Jo

Online Availability

Online URL
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001hnpt
Online format
Streamed/Download

Sponsor

Name

BBC Radio 3

Archive

Name

BoB

Email
bob@learningonscreen.ac.uk
Web
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Phone
020 3743 2345
Address
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London
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Notes
Formerly a service from BUFVC, British Universities Film & Video Council

How to cite this record

Shakespeare, "Lady Macbeth". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/av80084 (Accessed 27 Dec 2024)