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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" a powerful Shakespearean drama. Macbeth is the great tragedy of the imagination. A man and a woman, bound together in ambition are destroyed in a welter of blood. Cheek by Jowl’s latest work conjures a world of witchcraft, ghosts and apparitions in an hallucinatory experience of sound and shadow. Declan Donnellan and Nick Ormerod’s production strips the play back to its devastating heart, exposing Shakespeare’s shocking insight into the cost of power. Running time: 120mins with no interval

Cast/Performers

Will Keen (Macbeth), Anastasia Hille (Lady Macbeth), David Caves, David Collings, Vincent Enterby, Jake Fairbrother, Nicholas Goode, Kelly Hotten, Orlando James, Ryan Kiggell, Greg Kolpakchi, Edmund Wiseman

Creatives/Company

Author: Shakespeare
Producer(s): barbicanbite10, Les Gemeaus, Sceaux, SceneNationale, Koninklijke Schouwburg, Grand Theatre de Luxembourg, Theatre du Nord, Lille and Theatre de Namur, Centre Dramatique
Company: Cheek by Jowl
Director: Declan Donnellan
Design: Nick Ormerod