Macbeth
From: Thursday, 23rd September 2004
To: Saturday, 23 October 2004
Our Review: 
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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:
23 September 2004
The Barbican Pit welcomes back Shakespeare after a long absence as the Bristol-based Tobacco Factory brings its lucid and uncluttered Macbeth to town.
The Pit is the perfect venue for Andrew Hilton’s interpretation of one of Shakespeare’s most poetic plays. It’s not often that we get the chance to relish this play in such an intimate venue. We also rarely get the chance to see the full play (or nearly full, the Hecate scene is cut) as the recent trend has been to present it without an interval, so horror is piled on horror. Hilton’s version lasts two-and-a-half hours, meaning that Macbeth’s decline unfolds more slowly.
We even get a new opening, as this production begins with an additional scene - Cawdor’s execution - although I’m not convinced it adds anything to the play overall and, in fact, detracts from the power of the opening. A pity as this is an evocative trio of witches.
Gyuri Sarossy’s Macbeth is too timorous for me. You can har...
Cast
Gyuri Sarossy (Macbeth)
Zoe Aldrich (Lady Macbeth)
Creative
Shakespeare (Author)
Tobacco Factory (Producer)
Teoh's Oriental Bistro (Corporate Sponsor)
Stage Electrics (Producer)
Andrew Hilton (Director)
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