Overview - Macbeth

Overview

Macbeth is a 1978 videotaped version of Trevor Nunn's Royal Shakespeare Company production of the play by William Shakespeare. Produced by Thames Television, it features Ian McKellen as Macbeth and Judi Dench as Lady Macbeth. The TV version was directed by Philip Casson. The original stage production was performed at The Other Place, the RSC's small studio theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon. It had been performed in the round before small audiences, with a bare stage and simple costuming. The recording preserves this style: the actors perform on a circular set and with a mostly black background changes of setting are indicated only by lighting changes.

Cast

• Name: Judi Dench

  Character: Lady Macbeth

  Popularity: 15.124

  

• Name: Ian McKellen

  Character: Macbeth

  Popularity: 22.222

  

• Name: John Woodvine

  Character: Banquo

  Popularity: 8.387

  

• Name: Marie Kean

  Character: First Witch

  Popularity: 2.155

  

• Name: Ian McDiarmid

  Character: The Porter / Ross

  Popularity: 5.249

  

• Name: Bob Peck

  Character: Macduff

  Popularity: 4.294

  

• Name: Roger Rees

  Character: Malcolm

  Popularity: 7.256

  

• Name: Judith Harte

  Character: Second Witch / Gentlewoman

  Popularity: 0.511