TheatreMacbeth

The NY Times has shared a great new review for Macbeth at The Globe.

That surely explains the absolute command of Samantha Spiro as Lady Macbeth in this go-round, opposite the hirsute Joseph Millson in the title role. Mr. Millson has presence to spare and there is no doubt on this occasion that this Scottish ruler is also a military man par excellence: Today, the crown, tomorrow, a superhero movie franchise.

The Shakespeare's Globe website has a fascinating interview with Billy Boyd about the relationship between Banquo and Macbeth, and how he and Joseph subtly change the dynamics during different performances. Read it in full on the website.

PB: How is your character changing and developing, if he is at all?

A great interview for BBC Three Counties Radio, which Joseph did yesterday while standing in Hemel Hemstead train station, is available to listen again on the BBC Radio website. It will be available for 6 more days. Joseph can be heard from after the 3 hour 6 minute mark. He discusses playing Macbeth at the Globe and also The Dead 2: India.

Photographer Garry Lake kindly shared this gorgeous photo of Joseph on Twitter the other day. 

A couple of great new reviews for Macbeth have appeared in searches. Read them in full on the original sites. 

Joseph Millson does a great job in the title role, his Macbeth’s fiery temper increasing the drama and sense of instability. Clearly at home in the Globe – like many of the cast, Millson’s direct addresses to the crowd create a sense of startling immediacy. The London Magazine

Shakespeare's Globe Theatre has uploaded several new Macbeth production photos to Facebook and also to the website. 

A lovely review for the production has been shared on this site.

This is a fine and hugely enjoyable Macbeth. Joseph Millson’s portrayal of the Scottish lord who is driven to acts of pure evil to achieve power after a prophecy by three witches that he will become king is perfectly balanced; at first calculating then more frenzied as he is wracked by guilt and paranoia, but still driven to further murder as his lust for power becomes all consuming.