One thing the Arab uprisings have achieved for sure: an increase in the number of Macbeth productions. The play was never much performed before, for obvious reasons. Now it can be -- though I'm sure directors still have to tread with care.
This season the Cairo-based director Khaled Galal, who has previously done spoof or pastiche versions of Antony and Cleopatra and Hamlet, has assigned the directing students at the state-funded Creativity Center to do different versions of Macbeth. These will be performed throughout the month of February, according to Al-Masry Al-Youm. Looking forward to hearing about these.
This season the Cairo-based director Khaled Galal, who has previously done spoof or pastiche versions of Antony and Cleopatra and Hamlet, has assigned the directing students at the state-funded Creativity Center to do different versions of Macbeth. These will be performed throughout the month of February, according to Al-Masry Al-Youm. Looking forward to hearing about these.
