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Niall Fernie
13-Dec-10, 20:49
Classic Shakespeare set in a WWI/II setting.
I think the setting makes it seem all the more evil.
On BBC iPlayer until the 19th Dec:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00wnstq/Macbeth/
northener
13-Dec-10, 21:38
Watched it last night, excellent.
Kate Fleetwood was the best Lady Macbeth I've seen - and old Jean-Luc wasn't bad either.:Razz And an excellent 'take' on the wierd sisters - they worked it into the opening scenes brilliantly.
The setting reminded me of Antony Shers' screen version (done in the late '90s IIRC) which was filmed in a very similar way - stark vault and corridoor settings, with a Eastern European (Bosnian/Serb) civil war stylee.
More, please.
Did n't gel with me despite Patrick Stewart being an excellent Shakesperian actor, think it was the bit with the ham sandwiches that put me off!
I have no objection to plays being staged in a different way, in fact one of the best ones I have ever seen was a version of Oedipus that was set against a totally bare white background and the cast wore black gowns, they seemed to almost drift around the stage.
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