For your media assignment on Macbeth, you are to critique a production according to what you understand as the main themes from what we have gone through while reading the play together. Choose one of the Macbeth productions listed below and write a 400-600 word critique on it according to the rubric and instructions in the attached pdf document.
I have included a sample critique (Level 3 grade range) to give you an idea on how to structure your own.
a) Here is a link to the 2019 Stratford performance of Macbeth care of CBC gem (with some commercials).
https://gem.cbc.ca/media/stratford-presents/season-1/episode-7/38e815a-010bbfb5e7c
b) An ITV Schools production from 1970 starring Michael Jayston as Macbeth
c) Patrick Stewart as Macbeth in 2009 (I think this link expires on Saturday, so if you want to do this one, you should do it soon; easy to critique, especially for 1984 people)www.pbs.org/video/great-performances-macbeth/
d) A version of Macbeth conceived and directed by Teller (from the magic group Penn and Teller) and Aaron Posner, Folger Theatre in a co-production with Two River Theater Company, 2008. The play is divided into two parts:
Part 1 is 1 hour, 9 minutes long (Act I, sc.i to Act III sc.iv)
Part 2 is 54 minutes long and begins with Act III, scene vi
https://www.folger.edu/video-macbeth-folger-theatre
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