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We do not know for certain when Shakespeare wrote Macbeth,
but it is possible that the first performance was that given
at Hampton Court outside London, on 7th August 1606, when
King James was entertaining the visiting King Christian of
Denmark. Richard Burbage was Macbeth and an unknown young
man played Lady Macbeth.
Macbeth is widely believed to carry a curse and so potent
are the superstitions attached to it that actors commonly
refer to it as 'the Scottish play' to avoid the risk of
mentioning it by name.
Our first production was of Macbeth in 1993 with an
all-female cast which toured the world for three years. The
final performance was in the town of Glazov in The Udmurt
Republic in 1996.
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Macbeth:
Lady Macbeth:
Banquo:
Macduff:
Seyton:
Director:
Administrator:
Designers:
Movement:
Music:
Dramaturg:
Assistant Director:
Top Bird:
Voice Coach:
Photographs:
Drumming Coach:
Fighting:
Front cloth made by:
Drums made by:
Swords made by: |
Jean Pagni/Hannah Buvik
Hannah Buvik/Jean Pagni/
Louise Barrett/Ava Taylor
Louise Barrett/ Mbacke Modou Mactar/
Claudia Hope
Paul Huntley-Thomas
Paola Cavallin
Luke Dixon
Liz Turner
Luke Dixon and Joanie Magill
Jane Turner
David Baird
Birte Twisslemann
Ramiro Silveira
Jane Hutchison
Sue Henry
Sarah Ainslie
Xolani Blou
Rebecca Hall and Cameron Mackenzie
Mrs N.R.Tana
Jean Lemmer
Alan Meek |
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this new production we began with workshops in the eastern
Cape of South Africa, moved to Kent in England to finish
rehearsals, and opened at the Hong Kong City Festival on 28
January 2000. The production toured to Dartford, Deal,
Dover, Brighton and Margate in England; The Africa Centre
and the Royal Commonwealth Society in London; Calgary in
Canada; Grahamstown, Port Elizabeth and towns in the Karoo
in South Africa.