In Macbeth Shakespeare has chosen for his tragic hero a man guilty of the most terrible crime imaginable to a Jacobean audience that of regicide - the murder of a king. Macbeth whose crime we must detest a man in whom we must also see something of our own darker side our own potential for evil so that Malcolm's final judgement on him as a mere 'butcher' seems wholly inadequate the verdict of someone who does not share the audience's insight into Macbeth's anguished inner world. Cast Macbeth - Stephen Dillane Lady Macbeth - Fiona Shaw Duncan - Denys Hawthorne Malcolm/Apparition 2 - Declan Conlan Banquo - Adam Kotz Macduff/Apparition 1 - Colin Tiernay Ross - Nick Gecks Lennox - Bruce Alexander Porter - Bill Paterson Witch 1 - Annette Badland Witch 2 - Joyce Henderson Witch 3/Gentlewoman - Pauline Lynch Hecate - June Watson Doctor/Old Man/Siward - John Rogan Donaldbain/Young Siward - Benjamin Soames Fleance/Apparition 3 - James Boxer Lady Macduff - Stella Gonet Son of Macduff - Stephanie Lane Captain/1st Murderer/Caithness/Lord/Seyton - David Timson 2nd Murderer/Mentheith/Servant - Jonathan Keeble Angus/Servant/Soldier/3rd Murderer - Peter Yapp
William Shakespeare is widely regarded as the greatest playwright the world has seen. He produced an astonishing amount of work; 37 plays, 154 sonnets, and 5 poems. He died on 23rd April 1616, aged 52... more
