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'By the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes.'
From its mesmerising first moments to the final fulfilment of the witches' prophecy, Macbeth is one of Shakespeare's darkest and most powerful tragedies - a gripping account of one man's determination to secure his ambition and pronounced destiny, the crown of Scotland, by whatever means necessary.
This production employs Renaissance costumes and staging.
Synopsis
When three witches tell Macbeth that he is destined to occupy the throne of Scotland, he and his wife choose to become the instruments of their fate and to kill the first man standing in their path, the virtuous King Duncan. But to maintain his position, Macbeth must keep on killing – first Banquo, his old comrade-in-arms; then, as the atmosphere of guilt and paranoia thickens, anyone who seems to threaten his tyrant’s crown.
Running time: 142 mins
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Creative
Director:
Eve BestDesigner:
Mike BrittonComposer:
Olly FoxChoreography:
Charlotte BroomChoreography:
Sian WilliamsFight Director:
Kevin McCurdyMusical Director:
Philip HopkinsDirected for the screen:
Sue JuddCast
Lady Macbeth:
Samantha SpiroMacbeth:
Joseph MillsonPorter:
Bette BourneMalcolm:
Phil CumbusLady Macduff:
Finty WilliamsWitch:
Jess MurphyWitch:
Moyo AkandéWitch:
Cat SimmonsRoss:
Geoff AymerMacduff:
Stuart BowmanSeyton:
Jonathan ChambersDuncan:
Gawn GraingerLennox:
Harry HeppleBanquo:
Billy BoydDonalbain / Fleance / Young Macduff:
Colin RyanKing's Guards:
Marc BorthwickKing's Guards:
Ed Pinker -
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