Macbeth
- By:
- William Shakespeare
- Composer:
- Adam Cork (also sound)
- Management:
- Chichester Festival Theatres
- Cast:
- Patrick Stewart, Scott Handy, Ben Carpenter, Paul Shelley, Martin Turner, Michael Feast, Mark Rawlings, Tim Treloar, Bill Nash, Christopher Knott, Christopher Nolan, Hywel John, Kate Fleetwood, Suzanne Burden, Polly Frame, Niamh McGrady, Sophie Hunter
- Director:
- Rupert Goold
- Design:
- Anthony Ward
- Lighting:
- Howard Harrison
- Choreography:
- Georgina Lamb
Production information can change over the run of the show.
The 2007 Chichester season has a strong Shakespeare theme, with this being the first of three productions. The setting for this Macbeth could be any modern state, but seems to be firmly in Eastern Europe or the Balkans, wherein war lords still have sway and the questions which faced 17th century rulers are not dissimilar from those of today. Indeed the design, in which battle fatigues, automatic weapons and military uniforms feature, merely underlines the fact that it is the technology which has changed, and not the problem of power...
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