Macbeth (1965 film)

Macbeth is a 1965 Australian TV production of the play by William Shakespeare. The play had previously been filmed by the ABC in 1960 with Keith Goodlet in the title role.[3]

"Macbeth"
Wednesday Theatre episode
Episode no.Season 1
Episode 37
Directed byAlan Burke
Based onthe play by William Shakespeare
Featured musicRobert Hughes
Original air date22 September 1965 (national)[1]
Running time90 mins[2]
Guest appearance(s)

Wynn Roberts

Australian TV drama was relatively rare at the time.[4]

Cast
  • Wynn Roberts as Macbeth
  • Terri Aldred as Lady Macbeth
  • Keith Eden as Macduff
  • Keith Lee as Banquo
  • Clark Bleazby as Ross
  • Allan Lander as Lennox
  • Mark Albiston as Malcolm
  • Michael Duffield as Seyton
  • Peter Hepworth as Fleance
  • Joan Harris as Lady Macduff
  • Patricia Kennedy, Roma Johnston and Agnes Dobson as the witches
  • Sydney Conabere, Lloyd Cunningham, Nevil Thurgood as murderers

Production

The production was directed by Alan Burke who said, "I always approach Shakespeare with reverence, but not with awe. Someone once said, 'A producer should read every new play as if it were Shakespeare, and Shakespeare as if it were a new play.' I heartily agree with this.... The main value of the play is inside the minds of its characters. TV, with its revealing close-ups, is the ideal medium with which to demonstrate this."[5]

It was set in the year the play was written, around 1600, rather than when Shakespeare originally set it, around 1100. This meant the characters wore traditional tartans.[6]

The final battle was shot in Mount Macedon but the bulk of filming was done at the ABC studios in Ripponlea, Melbourne.[7][5][8]

Trevor Ling wa the designer.[9]

References
  1. "TV Guide". Sydney Morning Herald. 20 September 1965. p. 13.
  2. "TODAY'S TV". The Canberra Times. 40 (11, 267). 22 September 1965. p. 21. Retrieved 20 March 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. "Macbeth Re-make". The Age. 16 September 1965. p. 16.
  4. Vagg, Stephen (18 February 2019). "60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & '60s". Filmink.
  5. "'Macbeth' on camera". The Australian Women's Weekly. 33 (15). 8 September 1965. p. 18. Retrieved 9 February 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. "Of Sound and Fury". Sydney Morning Herald. 20 September 1965. p. 12.
  7. "Cast of 60 in Macbeth". The Canberra Times. 40 (11, 265). 20 September 1965. p. 17. Retrieved 9 February 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  8. "Macbeath remake". The Age. 16 September 1865. p. 31.
  9. "TV Guide". The Age. 16 September 1965. p. 38.


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