Macbeth (1960 Australian film)

Macbeth
Directed by William Sterling
Based on play by William Shakespeare
Production
company
Release date
 1960
Running time
 90 minutes
Country Australia
Language English

Macbeth is a 1960 Australian TV film based on the play by William Shakespeare. It was directed by William Sterling.

The ABC would present another version of the play in 1965.

Cast

  • Ken Goodlet as Macbeth
  • Keith Eden as Macduff
  • Christine Hill
  • Douglas Kelly as Duncan
  • Mark Kelly
  • Rod Milgate
  • Wyn Roberts as Banquo
  • Dinah Shearing as Lady Macbeth

Reception

The Sydney Morning Herald wrote that the production as "visually efficient" but also "a dreadful warning of what can happen when a producer becomes frightened of a great text... a torrent of gabble and shouting. Some of the most concise dramatic poetry in all Shakespeare received treatment worthy of the race results."[1]

References

  1. ↑ "Macbeth on television". The Sydney Morning Herald. 20 October 1960. p. 25.


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