A play by William Shakespeare
UK, 2018, 2 hours 40 minutes
A Royal Shakespeare Company production
Director – Polly Findley
Designer – Fly Davies
Lighting – Lizzie Powell
Music – Rupert Cross
Cast of characters:
Macbeth – Christopher Eccleston
Lady Macbeth – Niamh Cusack
Duncan – David Acton
Macduff – Edward Bennett
Malcolm – Luke Newberry
“Something wicked this way comes...”
Returning home from battle, the victorious Macbeth meets three witches on the heath. Driven by their disturbing prophecies, he sets out on the path to murder.
Our contemporary production of Shakespeare’s darkest psychological thriller marks both Christopher Eccleston’s RSC debut and the return of Niamh Cusack to the company.