Shakespeare Shorts | Sanity and Insanity – Playing Lady Macbeth

Macbeth

Each programme in this series takes scenes from Shakespeare's Macbeth. In this programme they are Act 5, Scenes 1, 3 and 5. The sleepwalking scene and Macbeth's lament on the death of his wife are compared with other versions of these scenes.

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Licence: ERA Licence required

Content
  • Type: Factual, Plays
  • Channel: BBC Two
  • Duration: 21'36''
  • Broadcast date: 1998
Usage

UK only
Staff and students of licensed education establishments only
Cannot be adapted

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  • Shakespeare Archive Resource
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