me and macbeth

I have this really strong connection with William Shakespeare's Macbeth.

For some reason it's the one I come back to, again and again and again and again. I know the material fairly well at this point (it was one of the Shakespeare plays I studied in Year 11 English)... moreso than any other Shakespeare play.

There are even chunks of it that have become lodged in my memory and that I can more or less recite at will... not always perfectly, but well enough.

So this page details the versions I've seen so far and I'll add to it as I see new versions.

Plays
Movies/TV
  • Macbeth (1948)
    Directed by Orson Welles
    Orson Welles as Macbeth
    Jeanette Nolan as Lady Macbeth
  • Throne of Blood (1957)
    Directed by Akira Kurosawa
    Toshirô Mifune as Taketoki Washizu
    Isuzu Yamada as Lady Asaji Washizu
  • The Tragedy of Macbeth (1971)
    Directed by Roman Polanski
    Jon Finch as Macbeth
    Francesca Annis as Lady Macbeth
  • Shakespeare: The Animated Tales - Macbeth (1992)
    Directed by Nikolai Serebryakov and Dave Edwards
    Brian Cox as Macbeth
    Zoë Wanamaker as Lady Macbeth
  • Scotland, PA (2001)
    Directed by Billy Morrissette
    James Le Gros as Joe 'Mac' McBeth
    Maura Tierney as Pat McBeth
  • ShakespeaRe-Told - Macbeth (2005)
    Directed by Mark Brozel
    James McAvoy as Joe Macbeth
    Keeley Hawes as Ella Macbeth
  • Macbeth (2006)
    Directed by Geoffrey Wright
    Sam Worthington as Macbeth
    Victoria Hill as Lady Macbeth
  • Great Performances: Macbeth (2010)
    Directed by Rupert Goold
    Patrick Stewart as Macbeth
    Kate Fleetwood as Lady Macbeth
  • Manchester International Festival production (2013)
    Directed by Rob Ashford and Kenneth Branagh
    Kenneth Branagh as Macbeth
    Alex Kingston as Lady Macbeth
    National Theatre Live (recorded performance)
  • Macbeth (2015)
    Directed by Justin Kurzel
    Michael Fassbender as Macbeth
    Marion Cotillard as Lady Macbeth
  • The Tragedy of Macbeth (2022)
    Directed by Joel Coen
    Denzel Washington as Macbeth
    Frances McDormand as Lady Macbeth
Books
  • The original play (studied in Year 10 English)
  • Macbeth (Manga Shakespeare) by Robert Deas and Richard Appignanesi

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