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Macbeth
Young Vic Theatre, London SE1
2/5
THE accent in this contemporised version of Macbeth is very much on the physical, with movement and dance sequences backed by repetitive techno music linking scenes, creating mood and tension and defining characters.
In the process, the role of the actors in interpreting Shakespeare’s disturbing tragedy is lessened in Carrie Cracknell’s staging and Lucy Guerin’s choreography.
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