ShakespeaRe-told | Macbeth

Macbeth

Retelling of Shakespeare plays: when three binmen tell Joe Macbeth he's to become the owner of the restaurant where they work, the head chef, spurred on by his ruthless wife Ella, discovers the destructive power of ambition.

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  • Type: Plays
  • Channel: BBC One
  • Duration: 1'27'01''
  • Broadcast date: 2005
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UK only
Staff and students of licensed education establishments only
Cannot be adapted

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