Macbeth
From: Friday, 11th November 2011
To: Saturday, 12 November 2011
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Synopsis
The Scottish Play - theatrical types consider saying its name to be unlucky! Thrust into power by his overwhelming desires and an over ambitious wife, Macbeth finds his only security is to murder and murder again. From "When shall we three meet again" to "is this a dagger I see before me" this is a powerful Shakespearean drama.
Our Review:
Anne Morley-Priestman - 11 November 2011
Max Lewendel’s production for the current Icarus tour is as concentrated as last year’s Hamlet. That means that it has its faults, as well as its virtues. A cast of seven means that there’s considerable role-doubling, which Lauren Pratt’s costuming effects through simple cloak changes. The audience accepts these easily enough, and Mayou Trikerioti’s setting – a type of rusted-iron henge ravaged by lightning strikes – also works well.
I would hesitate to say that the cast actually gabbles its way through the text (a very full one), but a proportion of the sense of what was spoken as well as much of the poetry did get lost. It is telling that the scene with Lady Macduff (Emma Carter) and her son (Richard Hay – who also contributed an intelligent Malcolm) seemed to grip the young audience most at the performance which I saw.
The title role is played by Joel Gorf as a man who cannot ever be at ease with hims...
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