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Jan 4, 1979 · Macbeth: Directed by Philip Casson, Trevor Nunn. With Ian McKellen, Judi Dench, John Bown, Susan Dury. Macbeth (Ian McKellen) is a daring member of the Scottish military, who receives a revelation from three menacing sorceresses that he will someday become the King of Scotland.
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Macbeth is a 1979 videotaped version of Trevor Nunn's Royal Shakespeare Company production of the play by William Shakespeare. Produced by Thames Television, it features Ian McKellen as Macbeth and Judi Dench as Lady Macbeth. The TV version was directed by Philip Casson.
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If only we could have had a teacher as insightful as Sir Ian McKellen explain some Shakespeare to us at an impressionable age. Above, a 38-year-old McKellen breaks down Macbeth’s famous final soliloquy as part of a 1978 master class in Acting Shakespeare.
1979 | On Macbeth. From a broadside published to accompany the 1979 RSC/Thames TV production. The 1606 production by the King's Men was early in the reign of their patron James I of England - not only VI of Scotland and descendant of Banquo but also author of a treatise against witches.
