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Set around the period of the First World War, with soldiers in greatcoats and carrying single action rifles. The witches are nurses, though malevolent harpies rather than solicitous caregivers. The world is turned upside down and as nations splinter, so does Macbeth's mind. [Review] The production is fearfully physical, with intense, brutal fight scenes. …Macbeth dies not by the sword, but is beaten to death. Hurst: I have taken it that at the end Macbeth is like a bear in a pit with no one on his side…. He's just like people like Saddam, Hitler, who end up in a hole in the ground. That's why the play sings, because all these things are true. How did Shakespeare know these things? How did he know that? [Article]. |
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