Macbeth
Now available on Home Video
 From
the VHS tape box:
Two
internationally acclaimed stars of screen and stage join forces to capture
the powerful essence of one of Shakespeare's greatest plays, Macbeth.
Sir Ian McKellen (Gods and Monsters) and Academy Award winner
Dame Judi Dench (Shakespeare in Love) shared the stage in 1976 in
Stratford-Upon-Avon's intimate "The Other Place" theatre. Here, in this
smallest of Royal Shakespeare Company spaces, one of the finest theatrical
directors of our time, Trevor Nunn (1996: Twelfth Night: Or What You
Will) created a definitive production of Macbeth. An
unforgettable experience for those who witnessed it, now this lost
theatrical treasure is available for the first time on video, perfectly
captured in all its murderous magnificence.
In this compelling production, McKellen and Dench are joined by an
outstanding cast of Royal Shakespeare Company members that include Ian
McDiarmid (Star Wars: Episode 1 - The Phantom Menace, Bob Peck (Jurassic
Park), Roger Rees (A Midsummer Night's Dream), and John
Woodvine (Persuasion).
The director, Trevor Nunn, was the youngest ever Artistic Director of
the Royal Shakespeare Company, which he ran until 1986. He has received
the Tony Award for Best Director of a play or musical for his acclaimed
production of Nicholas Nickleby, Cats, and Les Miserables.
From the Three Witches until "Birnam Wood do come to Dunisane", this
outstanding production of Macbeth commands attention from bloody
opening to bloody finish.
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