Macbeth

Resource Information

The work Macbeth represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Randwick City Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

Macbeth

Contributor

• Sher, Antony
• Walter, Harriet
• Doran, Gregory
• Kanopy (Firm)
• Cook, Nigel
• Illuminations Media (Firm)

Actor

• Sher, Antony
• Cook, Nigel
• Walter, Harriet

Film director

• Doran, Gregory

Language

eng

Summary

"The Royal Shakespeare Company's Macbeth has been lauded as the finest production of Shakespeare's Scottish play for over a quarter of a century. In 2000, it played to packed houses in Stratford, London, and theatres abroad. All twenty actors from the original production, including Antony Sher and Harriet Walter, star in this compelling screen version of Gregory Doran's original stage production. Cleverly re-conceived for the camera, and brilliantly shot at London's Roundhouse, Macbeth was filmed in a gritty style using the edgy techniques of fly-on-the-wall documentaries. Doran says, "Macbeth is, in many ways, the most filmic of Shakespeare's plays with its short, quick-fire scenes and its hurtling, dynamic momentum. In the film I tried to capture its raw energy and dangerous intimacy.""

Cataloging source

CaSfKAN

Characteristic

videorecording

Date time place

Originally produced by Illuminations Media in 2003

Language note

In English

PerformerNote

Antony Sher, Harriet Walter, Nigel Cook

Runtime

127

Technique

live action