"Cut to run just under two hours without an intermission, this classic tale captures all the sound and fury resulting from the overreaching ambition of the Scottish lord and his wife.
Dierctor Jewel Walker pares "Macbeth" to its essentials. Costumes rather than scenery-the production is performed on a bare stage-give a sense of time and place. He relies on the actors and Shakespeare's words to set scene and mood.
The audience is rewarded by this approach with a sparkling clear, smoothly flowing narrative...
Mark Mineart gives a resonant performance as Macduff, the lord who ultimately avenges the deaths of Duncan and his own family."
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