Macbeth - Programme, 1994
Title
Macbeth - Programme, 1994
Date
2 May 1994
Description
Selected pages from programme for Royal Shakespeare Company production of Macbeth by William Shakespeare.
What's the story?
This Royal Shakespeare Company production starred Derek Jacobi and Cheryl Campbell as Macbeth and Lady Macbeth.
It also notes an early role for Tracy Ann-Oberman as one of the witches.
The show had mixed reviews, as this 1993 review of Jacobi’s performance from Variety suggests:
“If anything, the performance is a mite too considered, especially as self-consciously embellished by flare-ups — a bout of writhing, for example. But few contemporary classical actors come anywhere near Jacobi’s heroic timbre”
Derek Jacobi has been a frequent visitor to the Theatre Royal, having made one of his earliest professional performances at the venue in the National Theatre production of Much Ado About Nothing in 1965.
It also notes an early role for Tracy Ann-Oberman as one of the witches.
The show had mixed reviews, as this 1993 review of Jacobi’s performance from Variety suggests:
“If anything, the performance is a mite too considered, especially as self-consciously embellished by flare-ups — a bout of writhing, for example. But few contemporary classical actors come anywhere near Jacobi’s heroic timbre”
Derek Jacobi has been a frequent visitor to the Theatre Royal, having made one of his earliest professional performances at the venue in the National Theatre production of Much Ado About Nothing in 1965.
Type
Programme
Location of item
Theatre Royal & Royal Concert Hall Nottingham
Rights
Theatre Royal & Royal Concert Hall Nottingham
Contributor
Researcher: David Longford
