ONE of the rising stars of the stage, Iain Glen, will play Macbeth in
Glasgow and Dundee next year -- in a co-production between the Tron
Theatre, Mayfest, and Dundee Rep.
Glen won ecstatic praise for his Hamlet at Bristol Old Vic last year,
recently appeared with Kenneth Branagh in Coriolanus at Chichester, and
will play Edmund in a forthcoming Lear at the Royal Court, London. He
played Larry Winters in the film Silent Scream. The only other casting
so far announced is Fiona Bell as Lady Macduff.
Macbeth will be directed by Michael Boyd, artistic director at the
Tron. He said yesterday that the three-way partnership enabled the
formation of a strong cast and ensured adequate rehearsal time -- but
that there was still a need to seek sponsorship to cover a shortfall in
the budget.
Design will be by Tom Piper and music by Craig Armstrong, who has
worked on previous Tron productions. ''We are looking for three battered
cellos'', Boyd said. He also announced a quest to find three under-tens
to play the doomed Macduff children who will, in what sounds like a
chilling theatrical coup, rise from the dead to become the witches.
Production details are still fluid, but Boyle speculated on the
possibility of a modern dress Macbeth, prompted by the recent political
upheavals in eastern Europe.
Macbeth will open at the Tron on April 29, and after its Mayfest
season will transfer to Dundee on May 19.
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