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Performance: Macbeth on the Estate

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on BBC Two England

Shakespeare's tragedy updated to the present day by documentary-maker Penny Woolcock and set on an inner-city council estate. The play, filmed on Birmingham's
Ladywood Estate, features local people alongside some of Britain's most promising young actors. Last in the series.
Is this a council estate I see before me?: page 23

Contributors

Producer:
Alison Gilby
Director:
Penny Woolcock
Macbeth:
James Frain
Lady Macbeth:
Susan Vidler
Banquo:
Andrew Tiernan
Macduff:
David Harewood
Rosse:
Jo Dow
Lady Macduff:
Patsi Fox
Duncan:
Ray Winstone
Malcolm:
Graham Bryan
Seyton:
Martin O'Brien
Crackhead:
Darren Whitbrook
Weird children:
Richard Chinn
Weird children:
Clare Dowling
Weird children:
Lee Williams
Donalbain:
Dermot Daly
Fleance:
Shane McDougall
MacDuff lad:
Richard Morrison
Duncan's widow:
Jennifer Walcott-Merry
Crackhead's sidekick:
Carl Harris
Sunglass boy:
Jason Tiernan
Duncan's girlfriend:
Eula Stewart
Thane of Cawdor:
Andy Grubb
Source: Radio Times

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