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This is Macbeth can be watched as an entertaining commentary and analysis of Shakespeare’s tragedy. The film presents a TV-style interview with characters from the play, who remain in character as they discuss their experiences, motivations, concerns and fears with the fictional host, Ralph Holinshed. The interview is broken up by enacted scenes from the play itself, performed by professional Shakespearean actors in a black box theatre. After each scene, we rejoin the characters back in the TV studio and talk about what happened in the scene, both in terms of plot and thematics. The discussion offers initial insights into the characters of the play, and reveals some of the implications of the events as they transpire. The film provides an ideal framework from which to launch your own classroom discussions with your students, and offers many possibilities for exercises and activities for your students to do together, in or outside the classroom.
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