Shakespeare in Performance: Film
Joe Macbeth (1955, Ken Hughes)
| Title | Joe Macbeth |
|---|---|
| Year | 1955 |
| Release Locations | GB |
| Director | Ken Hughes |
| Medium | Black & white video |
| Length | 1 hrs, 31 mins |
| Languages | English |
| Audience | general public |
| Play Connections | Macbeth (derivative) |
Description
This film is an "offshoot" from Shakespeare's Macbeth, influenced by it, obviously shaped by it but with no pretensions whatsoever to representing Shakespeare's text on screen. Instead it creates another text from Shakespeare's text. Indeed it borrows extensively from the plot of Shakespeare's play to displace the Scottish tragedy into the underworld of Chicago's gangland. Its mere existence, however, along with so many other films of this category, powerfully testifies to the way that Shakespeare's plays still act as universal metaphors for the human condition
Description from Shakespeare on Screen : an International Filmography and Videography by Kenneth S. Rothwell and Annabelle Henkin Melzer. ©1990 Kenneth S. Rothwell. Cited by permission. — Added 2008-11-14
Cast Overview
Production Team and Crew Overview
Production information courtesy of: Kenneth Rothwell