Shakespeare Lives In Film: Macbeth

To celebrate the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death, Shakespeare Lives in Film is a showcase of six classic adaptations of the Bard’s work. Featuring Laurence Olivier’s Academy Award winning performance as Hamlet and the ground breaking casting of Laurence Fishburne as Othello, the first major cinematic production of the work to cast an African-American in the title role, these landmark performances are not to be missed by fans and neophytes.

Thurs, 21 Apr/ 7.30pm: King Lear (1970)

Fri, 22 Apr/ 7.30pm: Theatre of Blood

Sat, 23 Apr / 3pm: Hamlet (1955)

Sat, 23 Apr / 7.30pm: Macbeth (1971)

Sun, 24 Apr / 3pm: Othello (1995)

Sun, 24 Apr / 7.30pm: All Night Long

Macbeth

Sat, 23 Apr, 7.30pm

Director: Roman Polanski

Cast: Jon Finch, Francesca Annis, Martin Shaw

1971 \ UK \140 min \ In English \ Rating: tbc

Roman Polanski presents his nightmarish vision of Shakespeare's classic tragedy about the lust for power-and its bloody  consequences. Jon Finch is Macbeth, the Scottish war hero whose insane ambition unleashes a cycle of violence. Prompted by the supernatural prophecy of three witches, Macbeth is goaded by his Lady (Francesca Annis) into slaying King Duncan and assuming his throne. Filmed in rugged North Wales, Polanski used this landscape to accentuate the visual elements of Shakespeare’s play.

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