Macbeth: A Modern Ecstasy

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Event Macbeth: A Modern Ecstasy
Venue The New Dolphin Theatre, Crawley, WA
First Date 15 May 1991
Opening Date 15 May 1991
Last Date 25 May 1991
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional Training Schools/Colleges
World Premiere Yes
Description Our principal goal was to strip Shakespeare's text to the bone, and to tease out the actions from the rhetoric: for we wanted to present a provocative and critical reading of the narrative as a piece of ensemble physical theatre.
Description Source Programme
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Ensemble
Physical Theatre
Adaptation
Tragedy
Subjects Evil
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Ahmad Abas Actor
Barry Laing Actor
Imbi Neeme Actor
Paul Tassone Actor
David Williams Adaptor
Jay Cohen Composer
Chris Waite Composer
David Williams Director
Margaret Burton Lighting Designer
Janet Lee Movement Director
William Shakespeare Playwright
Anne Hearder Production Manager
Timothy Brain Sound Designer
Works
Text Nationality Australia
England
Production Nationality Australia
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
UWATCH
Poster Department of English, Communication and Cultural Studies, University of Western Australia
Review Mardy Amos, Macbeth with no witches, Sunday Times, 16 June 1991
Review Ron Banks, Stunning mini-Macbeth, West Australian, no date May/June 1991
Programme Department of English, Communication and Cultural Studies, University of Western Australia
Event Identifier 68162
Dataset AusStage