MACBETH BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

Event Information

Presented by The Malachites
MACBETH
By William Shakespeare
Directed by Benjamin Blyth

Tuesday 5th to Saturday 30th May 2015
Tuesday to Saturday 7.30pm (Sunday Matinees at 3.00 pm Only)
No Monday Performances

In 1590 the future King of England, James VI, sailed to Cophenhagen to marry the Danish Princess Anne. Their return was blighted by such terrible storms the royal couple were almost shipwrecked. Under torture, Agnes Sampson of North Berwick confessed to welcoming the Devil on Auld Kirk Green with the express purpose of killing the King.

In 1606 the atmosphere across London was tense. The aloof James VI and I was newly planted on his English throne, and his frequent treatises on the powers of witchcraft caused concern among the learned classes. It was into this world of suspicion and fear that William Shakespeare and the newly patronised King’s Men performed a new play examining the nature of kingship, power, mortality and the supernatural: Macbeth.

Newly arranged for the site of The Rose Playhouse, Bankside, join Shoreditch’s resident 5-star Shakespeare Company Malachite Theatre as we follow Shakespeare and his first Macbeth, actor Richard Burbage, south of the river from Shoreditch to Southwark, with this stunning new site-specific production.

“This gifted company deserves West-End exposure” British Theatre Guide


The Rose Playhouse, Bankside’s first theatre, 1587.
The Rose is an indoor archaeological site, it is advisable to dress with an extra layer as there is no heating. There are also no toilets so please use Shakespeare’s Globe just a few hundred meters away.

Concessions: OAP, STUDENTS, EQUITY AND FRIENDS OF THE ROSE