Macbeth (1983)

Macbeth and his wife murder Duncan in order to gain his crown, but the bloodbath doesn't stop there, and things supernatural combine to bring the Macbeths down.

Director:

Jack Gold

Writer:

William Shakespeare (play)

Stars:

Brenda Bruce, Eileen Way, Anne Dyson

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Brenda Bruce	...	First Witch
Eileen Way	...	Second Witch
Anne Dyson	...	Third Witch
Mark Dignam	...	Duncan
James Hazeldine	...	Malcolm
Christopher Ellison	...	Captain
John Rowe	...	Lennox
Gawn Grainger	...	Ross
Nicol Williamson	...	Macbeth
Ian Hogg	...	Banquo
David Lyon	...	Angus
Jane Lapotaire	...	Lady Macbeth
Gordon Kane	...	First Messenger
Alistair Henderson	...	Fleance
James Bolam	...	Porter

Storyline

Macbeth and his wife murder Duncan in order to gain his crown, but the bloodbath doesn't stop there, and things supernatural combine to bring the Macbeths down.

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Plot Keywords:

haunted by own murder victim | able to see the dead | resentment toward usurper | shakespeare's macbeth | based on play | 

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Country:

UK USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

5 November 1983 (UK)

Also Known As:

The Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare: Macbeth

Company Credits

Production Co:

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), Time-Life Television Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

148 min 148 min (DVD)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Quotes

Lady Macduff: Whither should I fly? I have done no harm. - But I remember now... I am in this earthly world, where to do harm is often laudable, to do good sometimes accounted dangerous folly.

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Connections

Version of Macbeth (2002)

User Reviews

Eureka's Castle meets Shakespeare

Why is the otherwise lauded BBC series of the 'Complete Shakespeare Works' stopped dead in its tracks by the time they get to 'Macbeth'? Simple: An otherwise passable production with decent but not excellent casting is sabatoged by the ridiculous overracting of both Macbeths, man and wife.

This is not Orson Welles nor is it Roman Polanski. Clearly, because it is more a stage production that was filmed rather than an actual film, it suffers from the infamous "Macbeth Curse". You get the impression, in fact, that they probably yelled "Macbeth Macbeth Macbeth!" on the set a bunch of times. This is indeed, more Peter O' Toole mixed in with Denzel Washington's "Julius Caesar" in terms of quality. Not to mention the set design and production values are on the level of Sesame Street (did you SEE the blue day sky?). No, scratch that. Make that Eureka's Castle.