Macbeth—Director's
Cut
If two people take part in murder then both of
them are equally guilty no matter which of them actually did the killing
... she had always been the strategist and he had presented her with
the greatest possible gift: he had killed himself to try and save her.
"Keep your promises to me. You know what they are. All I have is
my life. I give it to you." Fred West 1994
"I
am deeply shocked and upset by the obscene, violent and noisy performance
of Macbeth shown at the Corn Exchange on Friday evening ... There
were parts of the play that would be more suitable for a Paris nightclub,
for instance Lady Macbeth performing a near striptease with lewd gestures
and black suspenders, just the thing for perverts but not for sensitive
adults. Macbeth was frequently in positions suggesting the sexual act
with Lady Macbeth. The noise was so loud that I still have a painful
ear several days later. There was violence of a disgusting degree, a
dummy child being beaten savagely to death by a madman. On Friday evening
20 people walked out. and I would have joined them but..." Disgusted
of Chieveley
"So they take Macbeth, a bloody and violent play at the best of
times, mixing in the story of the Wests. People walk out. People write
to Chris Smith demanding that the company's funding be withdrawn. People
say it is the best interpretation they have ever seen. People are, indeed,
strange." The Stage 1999
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CREDITS
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