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(More customer reviews)Given the two leads, I had high hopes for this production, especially since its only two competitors--the Welles and the Polanski versions--butcher the text mercilessly; while another with Piper Laurie as Lady Macbeth has been universally panned by critics. Sorry to report that this low-budget, studio bound production (no harm in that per se) is a prosaic reading of the text with not a single Big Moment, as they say in theater. We can easily blame the director, but the Macduff was allowed now and then to raise his voice and pose a bit. Jayston's Macbeth was so low key that one had the feeling this was a dress rehearsal and the fire would come on opening night. We still need a good version of this play on video (the BBC version is nearly awful). Until then, this version can help some student who has a test the next day bone up on the plot.
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