A twilit world of civil strife

From: Evening Standard - London | Date: March 30, 2000| Author: NICK CURTIS | Copyright information

MACBETH Battersea Arts Centre

HAVING persuaded Corin Redgrave to do the Bard in Battersea, director Tom Morris serves up a compact, intimate, but surprisingly unengaging Macbeth, lacking in polish and pace. For every deft touch that Morris brings to the tale, there is a clumsy attempt to cover up for the smallness of the cast or the venue's lack of atmosphere. Redgrave and his Lady Macbeth, Amanda Harris - both fine actors - seem to coast along on this speediest of Shakespearean trag...

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