HIT: MacBeth

[Roz Goodman <rgoodman@dillingham.swrsd.schoolzone.net>]

Thanks to all who responded to my querry regarding the "best" MacBeth
video to purchase.

1.My English department prefers the BBC Shakespeare Collection version.
The BBC did all the plays some years ago.

2.The only one I have ever seen is the 1960 (?) Hallmark version.  The
rest are laughable.

3.The English teachers in my school have bought or previewed all the
Macbeth videos and are convinced there just isn't a good one available..

4.Not only am I a librarian but I also teach Macbeth and finding a good
production has been somewhat difficult.  The Orson Wells version may be
significant as a film adaptation but students find it difficult.  There
has  been a version with Judith Dench of Shakespeare in Love fame
available  recently but some bizarre interpretations also makes it
questionable.  I use  the BBC production with Nicole Williamson that was
broadcast last year via  Channel One.  Although that too has some odd
interpretations especially at  the end.  Since I don't show the entire
play, the parts I do show give students an adequate visualization of
events.

5.Unfortunately, most of the versions of MacBeth aren't true to the
play.  The  one I use isn't very popular with the kids because it's old
and in black and  white.  (I tell them just about anyone can see in
color.  LOL)  This is the
version with Orson Welles.  It's true to the play and has only a few
directorial changes, mostly with the timing of events.

6.My favorite is an 80's version directed by Roman Polanski--can you
believe it? I used it for years when I taught English because it follows
the play so closely. I don't know if a newer version exists although one
was shown last
week on the Classroom Channel (Channel One).



--
Roz Goodman, Media Specialist
Southwest Region Schools
PO Box 90
Dillingham, AK 99576
907-842-5287, FAX 842-5428
rgoodman@dlg.swrsd.gcisa.net

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