National Theatre Live Presents Macbeth starring Kenneth Branagh (2013)
not released as DVD No subtitles available for this play
run time 2 hours 9 minutes no act break in this event
IMDb /tt3233718
Directed for the stage by: Rob Ashford and Kenneth Branagh
Directed for the screen by: Tim Van Someren
Cast Listing (partial
Macbeth Kenneth Branagh
Lady Macbeth Alex Kingston
Macduff Ray Fearon
Duncan John Shrapnel
complete credits given at end of performance.
Notes on the production from The New Statesman magazine July 18th 2013
"Rob Ashford and Branagh’s Macbeth, which ends its two-week run on Saturday 20 July, has been one of the outstanding attractions of this summer’s fourth Manchester International Festival. It is staged not in a theatre but in a deconsecrated Victorian church, St Peter’s, in the Murrays’ Mills district, a 15-minute walk from the city centre. The audience, just 260 people, sits on hard wooden pews either side of a long, narrow corridor, a bit like a racing paddock, where most of the action unfolds."
My notes.
This is another in the plays I have brought to torrent files for all to share. It is performance done live and in an unique location with technical skill.
Thanks to the original uploader who was and is Anonymous. The original torrent was 6 times the size of this mkv. Original torrent file name is in the NFO. Assistance from video help sites gave me the tools to make this smaller version with audio that highlights all voice portions over sound effects.
My torrent of this was running for a number of years on another index. Please preserve the new torrent for others to enjoy.
Notes written July 19th 2014
New notes modified February 12th, 2021
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