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== Introduction == | == Introduction == | ||
| + | Macbeth, first performed in 1606, is William Shakespeare's shortest tragedy and is one of his darkest and most powerful works. | ||
| + | Set in Scotland, the play dramatises the corrosive psychological consequences when evil is the means to fulfil a ''vaulting ambition'' for power. | ||
| + | Shakespeare's source for the tragedy is the account of Macbeth, King of Scotland, Macduff and Duncan in Holinshead's Chronicles 1587, a history of England, Scotland and Ireland familiar to Shakespeare and his contemporaries, although events in the play differ extensively from the history of the actual, more noble, Macbeth. | ||
| + | In recent scholarship, the events of the tragedy are usually associated more closely with the execution of Henry Garnett for complicity in the Gunpowder Plot of 1605. | ||
| − | + | The play is set in the Highlands of Scotland and in England. | |
== Cast == | == Cast == | ||
Revision as of 13:29, 8 May 2015
Designed & Directed by Bryon Fear
Performances: Tue 5th – Sat 9th May 2015, Bell Theatre
Contents
Introduction
Macbeth, first performed in 1606, is William Shakespeare's shortest tragedy and is one of his darkest and most powerful works. Set in Scotland, the play dramatises the corrosive psychological consequences when evil is the means to fulfil a vaulting ambition for power. Shakespeare's source for the tragedy is the account of Macbeth, King of Scotland, Macduff and Duncan in Holinshead's Chronicles 1587, a history of England, Scotland and Ireland familiar to Shakespeare and his contemporaries, although events in the play differ extensively from the history of the actual, more noble, Macbeth. In recent scholarship, the events of the tragedy are usually associated more closely with the execution of Henry Garnett for complicity in the Gunpowder Plot of 1605.
The play is set in the Highlands of Scotland and in England.
Cast
- Macbeth - Alistair Mackay
- Lady Macbeth - Audrey Lindsay
- Banquo - Arthur Sloman
- Macduff - Chaz Doyle
- Lady Macduff - Caroline Beckett
- Duncan - Matthew Lyne
- Malcolm - David Blatcher
- Donalbain - David Clements
- Fleance - Louie Chapman
- Ross - André Lecointe
- Angus - Owen Chidlaw
- Lennox - Sam Bossman
- Siward - Alan Jarvis
- Young Siward - Apatu Storey
- Seyton - James Griffin
- Hecate - Jeanette Hoile
- Doctor - Malcolm Woodman
- Sergeant - Ulysses Wells
- Gentlewoman - Anita Sollis
- Attendant - Jackie Burch
- Murderer - Tom Mathias
- Porter - David Gregg
- Servant - Luke Suthern
- Lady - Kim Goldsmith
- Witches - Leonidas Stylianou-Dynowski, Eleanor Walker, Siena Mayhew-Smith
- Boy, Son to Macduff - Alec O'Sullivan
- Apparitions - André Lecointe, Sophia De Oliveira Evans & Oliver Ridgeway
Crew
- Assistant Director - Dave Hollander
- Stage Manager - Kay George
- Assistant Stage Managers - Siobhan Campbell, Rachael Lovegrove, Matt Moore
- Costume - Jenni Chadney
- Propmakers - Carole Ironside, Charles Doyle
- Fight Director - Anton Krause
- Music & Sound Design - Marcus Reeves
- Make-up & hair - Lily Ann Coleman
- Operator - Dave Somner
- Photographers - Phil Gammon, Kait Feeney
Reviews
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Gallery
Reminiscences and Anecdotes
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See Also
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References
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