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Haunted By Own Murder Victim
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Shakespeare's Macbeth
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Shakespeare
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Able To See The Dead
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William Shakespeare
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McKellen hates watching his own work (From digitalspy. 20 December 2008, 11:18 PM, PST)
McKellen Finds Flaws In Performances
(From WENN. 19 December 2008, 4:18 AM, PST)
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A Masterpiece! more (17 total)Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Ian McKellen | ... | Macbeth |
 | Judi Dench | ... | Lady Macbeth |
 | John Bown | ... | Lennox |
| Susan Dury | ... | 3rd Witch / Lady Macduff |
| Judith Harte | ... | 2nd Witch / Gentlewoman |
| Greg Hicks | ... | Donalbain / Seyton |
| David Howey | ... | Sergeant / 1st Murderer / Doctor |
| Griffith Jones | ... | Duncan |
| Marie Kean | ... | 1st Witch |
 | Ian McDiarmid | ... | The Porter / Ross |
| Bob Peck | ... | Macduff |
| Duncan Preston | ... | Angus |
 | Roger Rees | ... | Malcolm |
| Zak Taylor | ... | Fleance / Messenger |
| Stephen Warner | ... | Young Macduff |
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A Performance of Macbeth by William Shakespeare (UK) (long title)Macbeth (UK) (short title)
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Trevor Nunn has done somthing I never dreamed could be possible.He has staged the perfect Macbeth! Sir Ian McKellen and Dame Judi Dench, (in my opinion the world's greatest actors)have given the performances of a life time. McKellen's slow decent into Madness is so emotionally powerful that you wonder if anything can equal it,the only thing that does is Dench's own mad scene. Nunn has taken Shakespeare's text and stripped it to its bare emotions,the film is one raw nerve after another from the appearance of the witches and their well acted trances,to the image of the saintly,almost pontifical King Duncan praying after battle. Ian McDiarmid also deserves high praise for his dual role of the austere Thane of Ross and the drunken,almost effeminate Porter. This film is an experience that,once seen,you will never forget.In fact you will want to watch it over an over again. In short,this is Perfect Shakespeare.