Macbeth

Written By: William Shakespeare

Text: Read the entire play HERE

Directed By: Glen Byam Shaw

Cast: Vivien Leigh (Lady Macbeth); Laurence Olivier (Macbeth); Maxine Audley (Lady Macduff); Keith Mitchell (Macduff); Geoffrey Bayldon (Duncan); Trader Faulkner (Malcolm); Iam Holm (Donalbain); William Devlin (Ross); James Grout (Lennox); Robert Hunter (Menteith); Gabriel Woolf (Caithness); Ralph Michael (Banquo); Paul Vieyra (Fleance); Lee Montague (Seyton); Dilya Hanilett, Nancye Stewart, Mary Law (Weird Sisters); David King (Servant); Patrick Wymark (Porter); George Bayldon (Doctor); Rosalin Atkinson (Gentlewoman).

Opened: Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, June 7, 1955

Photos: Visit the Theatre Archive in the Photo Archive to view photos from this production.

Program:

Articles & Reviews:
Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh in ‘Macbeth’ in England’s Stratford
More than Beauty
Shakespeare by the Oliviers
The Theater: Bigger than Life

Interviews:
Maxine Audley & Trader Faulkner
Lee Montague

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