https://quayslife.com/reviews/macbeth-with-lucy-ellinson/ Loving life in Salford Quays Wed, 02 Dec 2020 20:20:52 +0000 hourly 1 https://quayslife.com/reviews/macbeth-with-lucy-ellinson/#comment-2867 Sat, 19 Oct 2019 19:05:31 +0000 https://quayslife.com/?p=5701#comment-2867 Whilst not the worst Macbeth I’ve seen (THAT was Young Vic set in Alice in Wonderland corridors accompanied by Heavy Metal a few years back) I was very disappointed. Making Macbeth a female simply. doesn’t. work. If Miss Ellison had played the role as Shakespeare wrote the bl00dy thing, ie as a male, she’d have have done a cracking job. But this pointless “look-at-me” directorial whim was ludicrous. Your point about the dialogue is soo pertinent. Shakespeare IS the words, something too many pretentious directors forget – or probably don’t “get”.

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