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Dundee Arts Café: Laurence Olivier, Vivien Leigh and the unmade Macbeth with Dr Jennifer Barnes
Jennifer Barnes explores the story of Laurence Olivier’s unmade Shakespeare film, Macbeth.
Since Oliver ceased the film production of Macbeth in 1958 the missing work represents a gap in the fabric of British cinema. And as a disappointed Olivier had once said that all copies of the script had been destroyed there was little chance that anyone would learn more about his ideas.Whilst reading papers in the British Library Jennifer Barnes saw references to the missing scripts. Hardly believing her
Since Oliver ceased the film production of Macbeth in 1958 the missing work represents a gap in the fabric of British cinema. And as a disappointed Olivier had once said that all copies of the script had been destroyed there was little chance that anyone would learn more about his ideas.Whilst reading papers in the British Library Jennifer Barnes saw references to the missing scripts. Hardly believing her
Reading the screenplays alongside Olivier’s autobiography and contemporary star discourses, for the first time in Dundee Jennifer will show how the unmade Macbeth exemplifies Laurence Olivier’s tenden
The McManus: Dundee’s Art Gallery and Museum, Dundee, Tayside DD1 1DA
Tue 2 Jun 2015
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