i saw this production on stage. i saw it on film. i have seen macbeth probably 20 times over the last couple decades (it's one of my favs). i am also an actor and have been in it twice.
i have seen nothing even close to this production. it was without a doubt the most exciting performance of 'macbeth' i have ever experienced. and scared the living daylights out of me. which is, in fact, the point.
and paul2001 (you showing up as the everyman critic for IMDb): have you read the great tragedies? cause seriously dude, NONE of them comes close to the stagecraft of 'macbeth'. yes there is poetry (hamlet, r&j, Other Things), tragedy (hamlet, lear, othello, r&j), drama (hamlet, lear, othello, r&j), characters (everything he ever wrote), existential ruminations (lear).
but for sheer two hour and 15 minute stagecraft? he never wrote anything like 'macbeth'.
i have seen nothing even close to this production. it was without a doubt the most exciting performance of 'macbeth' i have ever experienced. and scared the living daylights out of me. which is, in fact, the point.
and paul2001 (you showing up as the everyman critic for IMDb): have you read the great tragedies? cause seriously dude, NONE of them comes close to the stagecraft of 'macbeth'. yes there is poetry (hamlet, r&j, Other Things), tragedy (hamlet, lear, othello, r&j), drama (hamlet, lear, othello, r&j), characters (everything he ever wrote), existential ruminations (lear).
but for sheer two hour and 15 minute stagecraft? he never wrote anything like 'macbeth'.