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Production Type: Mainterm
Show Details
Show Name: Macbeth
Author: William Shakespeare
Cast Male: 9
Cast Female: 6
Approx Running Time: 2 hours
Preferred Week: Week 7
Team
Producer: Ellie Chalmers
Director: Ed Sheridan
Technical Manager: Natalie Baumann
Stage Manager: Cat Hobart
Blurbs
Publicity Blurb: Shakespeare's most impressive work is a dark and disturbing piece which is guaranteed to enthrall the audience.
Proposal Blurb: Widely viewed as one of the most impressive works of art in the English literary canon, Macbeth is a horrifying examination of ambition foully played for, and the ensuing consequences to both individual and collective. Macbeth, a Scottish nobleman fresh from battle, is confronted by a tempting prophecy of that which might be his; sovereignty of the very nation. Initially uncertain whether or not this knowledge should be acted upon, he is spurred on by his wife, and together they perpetrate a dishonourable and unnatural atrocity, the aftershocks of which prove to be indiscriminately destructive. As events take on a momentum of their own, these self-crowned monarchs begin to be taught their folly, and realise that there is a cost when one, through supernatural means, 'dares more than may become a man'. The lighting and set of this proposed production will reflect the gradual downfall of Scotland under Macbeth, with plans for both drooping material and increasingly livid lighting illustrating the rotting cadaver the environment gradually becomes under his rule. Due to the dearth of female parts within the show, around half of the principal roles shall be played by women.
Requires Rights: No
Rights Available:
Budget
Royalties: £0
Publicity: £250
Tech: £100
Set: £400
Costume: £250
Props: £150
Admin: £25
Contingency: £117.50
Total Budget: £1292.50
From EUTC: £750.00
From other sources: £542.50, £200 of this from the English literature department
Time Submitted: Tue 5th Jan '10 at 18:08:28 late
Approved By: Will Green
Passed By: The Company
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