His devastation came through not in breaking down or sobbing, but. Goold sets up macbeths events in the post world war ii world with his main character, sir patrick stewart, somehow represent a cruel dictator like joseph stalin, leader of the soviet union. Sir patrick stewart stars in director rupert goold s visionary take on william shakespeares classic play, which shifts the action to a foreboding purgatory in order to explore mankinds eternal. Terrifying macbeth shows shakespeare works on the small. Rupert goold, cbe born 18 february 1972 is an english theatre director. Rupert goold s 2010 film adaptation of macbeth features a modern warlike setting in depiction the scene of shakespeares play. I read antonia frasers book the gunpowder plot and started thinking. Comparison even though all three versions portray the same story, they are all dramatically different in how they are filmed. Based on the production originally staged at the famed chichester festival theater. After their fruitful collaboration with the tempest in stratford in 2006, patrick stewart and director rupert goold joined forces for a macbeth that proved a highlight in chichesters 2007 summer. Watch making macbeth directors commentary with rupert. There arent a whole lot of virgins running around at that age but you can be gay at forty. It was directed by rupert goold from his stage adaptation for the chichester. The director rupert goold and his wife, the actress kate fleetwood, are working together in the broadway production of macbeth.
Rupert goold project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks. Like mckellens richard iii, goold s macbeth uses a staging suggestive of late 1930s and does not seem out of place any more the mckellens richard iii did. Roman polanski 1971, philip casson 1979, geoffrey wright 2006, rupert goold 2010, and justin kurzel 2015. Director goold sets the action in purgatory, making the story a cautionary tale about the dangers of ambition. Shot on location in the mysterious underground labyrinth of welbeck abbey in nottinghamshire, this is a contemporary presentation of shakespeares intense. Sir patrick stewart stars in director rupert goold s visionary take on william shakespeares classic play, which shifts the action to a foreboding purgatory in order to explore mankinds eternal struggle for power. Rupert goold s not gould production is vivid and gripping, made so by patrick stewart and kate fleetwoods intense and sexually charged portrayal of the ambitious couple. I need help comparing shakespeares version of macbeth and. Macbeth is a 2010 television film based on william shakespeares tragedy of the same name. Eight years ago rupert goold s macbeth made his name. Macbeth, in comparison to five film adaptations for a 21st century audience. While macbeth was written by william shakespeare in 1606, there have been many film adaptations over the years by various directors. Macbeth film version of rupert goold s production, shot on location in the mysterious underground world of welbeck abbey and set in an undefined and threatening central european world.
Goolds wife kate fleetwood was cast alongside patrick stewart in his. Goold s first olivier award soon followed enron won him a second in 2009, king charles iii nearly won him a third last year. Sir patrick stewart stars in director rupert goolds visionary take on william shakespeares classic play, which shifts the action to a foreboding purgatory in order to explore mankinds eternal struggle for power. Take rupert goold s 2010 version of macbeth, for example.
Compare and contrast rupert goold and macbeth essay bartleby. This is the best film performance of macbeth which i have seen. For the power couple rupert goold and kate fleetwood. Sir patrick stewart stars in a gripping tonynominated production. It was pretty intense, living with my lady macbeth goolds wife kate fleetwood was cast alongside patrick stewart in his sovietstyled 2007. Goold was the artistic director of headlong theatre company. The almeida theatres artistic director rupert goold discusses his new film judy, and the differences between directing for film and theatre. Patrick stewart, betterknown to many as captain jeanluc picard on star trek, stars in this adaptation of a wellreceived stage production of the play. There are battle scenes, and almost all of the characters are in military uniform. Starring sir patrick stewart as macbeth and kate fleetwood as lady macbeth, rupert goold s immediate and visceral film is set in an undefined and threatening central european world.
Presented on pbs as part of the great performances series wednesday, october 6, at 9 p. Take rupert goolds 2010 version of macbeth, for example. Power of fate through light and sound in rupert goolds. William shakespeares masterpiece, macbeth, is a tragedy brilliantly brought to the 21st century by rupert goold. A comparison of shakespeares macbeth and rupert goolds. In the movie by rupert goold the setting of the play is in the 1900s when world war ii was taking place. This is one aspect which you would think wouldnt change when recreating a movie. Last wednesday night, great performances aired a film version of rupert goold s production of macbeth, which ran first in the west end of london and then in brooklyn, i believe. I chose to survey the women in macbeth specifically because of historical blame placed on either lady macbeth or the witches for macbeth s actions. Director rupert goold adapts his gripping stage production of macbeth with sir patrick stewart and kate fleetwood reprising their tonynominated. He sticks to the dialogue straight from shakespeare, though he cuts a few lines here and there and moves some scenes around.
Watch the full film of rupert goolds macbeth starring sir patrick stewart and kate fleetwood. Rupert goolds good and nasty interpretation of macbeth, now. Act 3 scene 4 analysis macbeth film scene analysis. Macbeth is one of the mostfilmed of shakespeares plays, and no wonder. In september 2007 the production transferred to the gielgud theatre in london, then the brooklyn academy of music. He is the artistic director of the almeida theatre.
Director rupert goold has given us a very unusual macbeth. Although shakespeares macbeth is a play set in 16th century scotland, rupert goold modernizes the play by changing the setting to a sovietstyled country and implementing modern elements into the characters and theme. The scene chosen for analysis is act iii scene iv, wherein the. Instead of showing the horror in its full, we are free to interpret from rosss face what has happened, and the imagination is always able to come up with better monstrosities than the screen can. It was pretty intense, living with my lady macbeth goold s wife kate fleetwood was cast alongside patrick stewart in his sovietstyled 2007 production the luckiest show. I wanted desperately for there to be a shakespeare production. The theatre of rupert goold offers a backstage view of both goold s work and the work of other major uk theatre artists he has nurtured, including robert icke, blanche mcintyre, mike. Macbeth 2010 was shown on tv as part of the great performances series. The dark, stalinesque design is a complement to ian mckellans earlier 1930s anglofascist theme in richard iii, it being cinema as opposed to goold.
To the verbalization of tragic frenzy, rupert goold s inspired moderndress stalinist version of macbeth starring patrick stewart, at bams harvey theatre adds a scenic and sonic. Where as in the play originally created by william shakespeare, it is taken place in the olden days, way long ago where it is taken place in a castle with kings and such. Power of fate through light and sound in rupert goold s macbeth. One of the most recent movie adaptations of macbeth was released in 2010, and was directed by rupert goold. According to daniel rosenthal in his book shakespeare on screen, from its supernatural opening to its gruesome climax, macbeth is the shakespeare play that reads most like a film script so it seems a contradiction that some of the most successful films of macbeth are actually based.
Pbs offers the full video of this production on their site until january 24, 2016. The movie features a claustrophobic environment full of brutal executions and wicked minds that makes us long for fresh air. Macbeth and all the other characters are in a nazibased area. Ive set the controls for the sun the almeidas artistic director, rupert goold, talks about the controversy his new production about prince charles taking the throne. It ranks with ian mckellens richard iii 19945 as a definitive production in an updated setting. Patrick stewart is featured in the title role, with kate fleetwood as lady macbeth. In the united states, it aired on pbs great performances. The critics were unanimous in their praise, with one calling it the macbeth of a lifetime. Comparison of three versions of macbeth by clare cameron. The witches change from young to old, and back to young. Sir patrick stewart stars in director rupert goolds visionary take on william shakespeares classic play, which shifts the. This is the first book to survey and analyse the full range of goold s work and is a vital resource for students, scholars and his fans on different continents. A new edition of one of shakespeares most exciting tragedies, developed by and for the rsc, this book explores the plays history in production, offers helpful notes and summaries to help the reader understand the text, and includes interviews with three leading directors rupert goold, gregory foran and trevor nunn.
Patrick stewart in his triumphant, tonynominated performance as the ambitious. Act 4 scene 1 features the famous double, double, toil and trouble scene in which goold displays the three witches in nunlike headgear, displayed in a hospital like setting. Season 42 episode 7 30s director rupert goold s gripping stage production of macbeth, set in a. Interning at compass, then run by tim pigottsmith, when i was 18, on a production of amadeus.
Goold moves the setting from the hoseanddoublets era to a weird combination of scotland and a world war iiera soviet union. In this version of macbeth originally created for the chichester festival and filmed for the bbc, directed by rupert goold, sir patrick gets. Rupert goold and many other directors have altered and interpreted macbeth in many ways. In this essay i will compare and contrast the ways in which lady macbeth is presented in the original play and golds 2010 film adaptation. Get an answer for i need help comparing shakespeares version of macbeth and the rupert goold modern version to the theme of power and how it is shown and find homework help for other. Opening scenes from polanski 1971, bbc 2005, wright 2006, goold 2010, kurzel 2015 this is a useful resource with which to explore different interpretations of macbeth. Within that frame, hes free to play with all kinds of cool ideas, many of which werent around when shakespeare penned the play in the first place. It was pretty intense, living with my lady macbeth. Its no surprise macbeth was adapted to a movie, and we can tell you exactly why it made. Rupert goold s good and nasty interpretation of macbeth, now chilling the harvey theater of the brooklyn academy of music through march 22, has enough flash, blood and mutilated bodies to. So macbeth patrick stewart sports a joseph stalin mustache and an ak47, while throwing up giant posters of himself when hes king. This production of macbeth by director peter goold and with patrick stewart as macbeth, is a transfer from the chichester festival theatre where it received acclaim from audiences and rapturous comments from critics the conceptual approach employs modernity in the weaponry department, but sets the play in what looks like an ortonesque lavatory.
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