Lady Macbeth

Playwright Zinnie Harris, author Isabelle Schuler and New Generation Thinker Emma Whipday and Michelle Assay have looked at the murdering husband and wife of Shakespeare's Scottish play. Chris Harding hosts a discussion about the Macbeth story from Kurosawa and Shostakovich to a novel called Lady MacBethad and a play called Macbeth an Undoing.

Macbeth - an Undoing by Zinnie Harris runs at the Lyceum Edinburgh from Feb 4th to 25th 2023. The play text is published by Faber and Faber
Throne of Blood Akira Kurosawa's 1957 film is part of a BFI season celebrating the director which runs across February. https://whatson.bfi.org.uk
You can find Free Thinking discussions about Rashomon https://bbc.kongjiang.org/www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0b01vwk and Seven Samurai https://bbc.kongjiang.org/www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03yqt07 available on BBC Sounds
Lady MacBethad by Isabelle Schuler is published March 2023.
Calixto Beito's production of Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk is being staged at the Geneva Theatre this spring. Alice Birch’s 2016 version of this story relocated to Yorkshire is a film available for rent.
Michelle Assay is a musician and has researched Shakespeare.
A collection called Free Thinking explores Shakespeare are all available to download as the Arts & Ideas podcast and on BBC Sounds https://bbc.kongjiang.org/www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p06406hm

Producer: Ruth Watts