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National Theatre Live: Macbeth

Blood will have blood. Unbridled ambition, supernatural forces, and murderous desires reign supreme in Shakespeare's most poetic examination of evil. When three witches tell Macbeth that he will become King of Scotland, he plots with his wife to attain the title through an assassination; a bloody act that gives him his crown and sends him careening down the path of his own undoing.

Top Cast

  • Ralph Fiennes

    Ralph Fiennes

    Macbeth

  • Indira Varma

    Indira Varma

    Lady Macbeth

  • Ben Allen

    Ben Allen

    Ross

  • Ewan Black

    Ewan Black

    Malcolm

  • Levi Brown

    Levi Brown

    Angus

  • Jonathan Case

    Jonathan Case

    Seyton

  • Lola Shalam

    Lola Shalam

    Third Witch

  • Lucy Mangan

    Lucy Mangan

    First Witch

  • Danielle Fiamanya

    Danielle Fiamanya

    Second Witch

Overview

Blood will have blood. Unbridled ambition, supernatural forces, and murderous desires reign supreme in Shakespeare's most poetic examination of evil. When three witches tell Macbeth that he will become King of Scotland, he plots with his wife to attain the title through an assassination; a bloody act that gives him his crown and sends him careening down the path of his own undoing.

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