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The Films of Orson Welles: Macbeth

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Starring Orson Welles, Jeanette Nolan, Dan O'Herlihy

Considered by Richard Wilson, the associate producer, as 'the greatest experimental American film ever made under the Hollywood studio system', this highly original, imaginative version of Macbeth was filmed in three weeks. Welles called it 'a kind of violently sketched charcoal drawing of a great play'. The result is an engrossing film of extravagant virtuosity, being shown here in a newly restored version.

Films: page 15

Contributors

Screenplay/Producer/Director:
Orson Welles
From the play by:
William Shakespeare
Macbeth:
Orson Welles
Lady Macbeth:
Jeanette Nolan
Macduff:
Dan O'Herlihy
Malcolm:
Roddy McDowall
Banquo:
Edgar Barrier
Holy Father:
Alan Napier
Duncan:
Erskine Sanford
Ross:
John Dierkes
Lennox:
Keene Curtis
Lady Macduff:
Peggy Webber
Source: Radio Times

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