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National Theatre Live: Macbeth: Directed by Rufus Norris, Tim Van Someren. With Nadia Albina, Michael Balogun, Stephen Boxer, Anne-Marie Duff. The ruined aftermath of a bloody civil war.
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- Drama
- Rufus Norris, Tim Van Someren
- 2018-05-17
National Theatre Live will broadcast Manchester International Festival’s electrifying production of Macbeth, with Kenneth Branagh (My Week With Marilyn, Hamlet) in his first Shakespeare performance in over a decade as Macbeth, and Alex Kingston (Doctor Who, ER) as Lady Macbeth.
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Norris has chosen to set his Macbeth in an unspecified dystopian state, in turmoil after a catastrophic civil war. As most reviews are quick to point out, it really doesn’t look very nice at all. “Rae Smith’s ugly-to-behold set is dominated by an oppressive backdrop of raven-black hangings (think seaweed crossed with shredded bin-liner) and disting...
There are big problems with the look of the thing, then, but what about Norris’ other directorial decisions. Have we missed an insightful Shakespearean during his 25-year hiatus from the playwright’s works? Not particularly. The reviews are a world of pain for Norris, with critics finding fault with plenty in his production. One issue is the cuts h...
Uh oh. Norris has fallen foul of the Olivier once again, it seems, but are his two co-stars capable of rescuing something from this wreck? Both have impressive pedigree, after all. For some critics, Kinnear and Duff are the production’s saving grace – “neither of these fine, fierce and always ferociously intelligent actors disappoints,” claims Shen...
“The worst Shakespeare production at the NT for at least a decade.” “Yet another misfire.” “The sooner it crawls back into its hole, the better.” The reviews don’t make happy reading for RuNo. That this is his first Shakespeare for 25 years is catastrophically evident – his staging sinks beneath a moody mess of chopped-up verse and post-apocalyptic...
- Throne of Blood. Legendary director Akira Kurosawa based three of his movies on Shakespeare. "The Bad Sleep Well" was loosely based on "Hamlet"; "Ran" is one of the highest regarded adaptations of "King Lear"; and "Throne of Blood" is considered the gold standard "Macbeth" adaptation.
- Macbeth (1948) Shakespeare, and "Macbeth" in particular, are an important part of Orson Welles' professional history. In the later 1930s, Welles worked with Negro Theatre Unit of the Federal Theatre Project to put on plays in Harlem — the most famous of which was the so-called "Voodoo Macbeth," which had an all-Black cast and took place on a Carribbean island where witches used voodoo instead of magic.
- Macbeth (1971) Roman Polanski's 1971 adaptation of "Macbeth" is particularly infamous. Part of this is because it was the first movie he'd made after the Manson family murdered his wife, Sharon Tate.
- Macbeth (2015) 2015's "Macbeth" is a straightforward adaptation of the source material. It stars Michael Fassbender as Macbeth and Marion Cotillard as Lady Macbeth.
National Theatre Live: Macbeth Director: Rufus Norris Actors: Anne-Marie Duff Release Date: Thursday 10th May 2018 Genre(s): Drama Running time: 170 minutes
- Rufus Norris
- Anne-Marie Duff
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