Macbeth - Ian McKellen - Judi Dench - Part I - 1979 - Restored 2024 - 4K

1979 videotaped version of Trevor Nunn's Royal Shakespeare Company production of the play by William Shakespeare. Produced by Thames Television, it features Ian McKellen as Macbeth and Judi Dench as Lady Macbeth. The TV version was directed by Philip Casson.


CAST
Ian McKellen as Macbeth
Judi Dench as Lady Macbeth
John Bown as Lennox
Susan Dury as 3rd Witch / Lady Macduff
Judith Harte as 2nd Witch / Gentlewoman
Greg Hicks as Donalbain / Seyton
David Howey as Sergeant / 1st Murderer / Doctor
Griffith Jones as Duncan
Marie Kean as 1st Witch
Ian McDiarmid as The Porter / Ross
Bob Peck as Macduff
Duncan Preston as Angus
Roger Rees as Malcolm
Zak Taylor as Fleance / Messenger
Stephen Warner as Young Macduff
John Woodvine as Banquo

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Read the unabridged Play online: https://shakespearenetwork.net/works/playmenu/macbeth

Screen Adaptation - Co-Production : MISANTHROPOS – Official Website - https://www.misanthropos.net

Adapted by Maximianno Cobra, from Shakespeare's "Timon of Athens", the film exposes the timeless challenge of social hypocrisy, disillusion and annihilation against the poetics of friendship, love, and beauty.