Lady Macbeth
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Anyone who falls asleep at the
mention of Shakespeare can
rest easy. Director William Old-
royd’s Lady Macbeth doesn’t
feature Marion Cotillard mum-
bling her way through the bard’s
text; rather it’s an adaptation of
a 19th century Russian novella,
Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk
District by Nikolai Leskov.
NJ STAGE 2017 - Vol. 4 No. 6
by Eric Hillis
Those who find period dramas
a surefire cure for insomnia will
also have their fears allayed. This
is about as modern a take on the
genre as you could imagine, the
latest in a line of costume dramas
- Mr Turner, Love & Friendship, A
Quiet Passion - to breathe new
life into a strand of cinema that
rarely produces thrilling results.
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