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Culture in Quarantine: Shakespeare

Macbeth

Duration: 2 hours, 3 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Four HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

Shakespeare’s darkest psychological thriller. Returning home from battle, the victorious Macbeth meets three witches on the heath. Driven by their disturbing prophecies, he sets out on a path to murder.

The 2018 Royal Shakespeare Company production, directed by Polly Findlay, features Christopher Eccleston as Macbeth and Niamh Cusack as Lady Macbeth. Show less

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