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The Music of Macbeth

Anna goes backstage at the Harold Pinter Theatre in London to speak to the cast of Macbeth, in which Scottish traditional music plays a central role.

Anna goes backstage at the Harold Pinter Theatre in London in the middle of the run of Max Webster's production of Macbeth. Featuring the original company of the sold out Donmar Warehouse season, including David Tennant and Cush Jumbo, this production uses ground-breaking sound design and live Scottish traditional music (all played through headphones in binaural stereo) to immerse the audience in every whisper, cry and thought.

Anna meets the cast and musicians of the show and finds out how Scotland's traditional music plays a central role in this production of Shakespeare's "Scottish Play".

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Broadcast

  • Thursday 20:00
    Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio Scotland except Extra

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