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Macbeth
Three actors as the Witches play out Shakespeare’s tragedy of ambition killing the roots of generation.
Credits

Written by William Shakespeare
Directed by Conrad Bishop, music by Elizabeth Fuller, based on ensemble workshops with Bishop, Fuller, Joseph Uher and Camilla Schade.
Puppets & masks by Conrad Bishop in collaboration with the ensemble.

Produced by The Independent Eye, premiering July 27, 1978, at Franklin & Marshall College (Lancaster, PA). Touring 1978-80, 1985-86, 1993-95, with extended runs at The Performing Garage (New York, NY), The Theatre Project (Baltimore, MD), The Body Politic (Chicago, IL), The Painted Bride (Philadelphia, PA), City Theatre (Pittsburgh, PA), Open Stage of Harrisburg (Harrisburg, PA), and Touchstone Theatre (Bethlehem, PA). Total of 156 performances.

Macbeth: the set
Macbeth: Macdonwald's war
Macbeth
Macbeth: they met me in the day of success
Macbeth: two witches, Macbeth, Lady Macbeth
Macbeth: witch and Lady Macbeth
Macbeth: you spirits that tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here
Macbeth: is this a dagger
Macbeth: the Porter
Macbeth: Macbeth is crowned
Macbeth
Macbeth
Macbeth
Macbeth: yet here's a spot
Macbeth: tomorrow and tomorrow
puppets from the production:
below: Macbeth in Act I/Act II
Macbeth puppets: Macbeth
below: Macbeth in Act III/Act V
Macbeth puppets: Macbeth
below: Lady Macbeth in Act I/Act III
Macbeth puppets: Lady Macbeth
below: Duncan, Banquo, Banquo's Ghost
Macbeth puppets: Duncan, Banquo, Ghost
below: Macduff, Lady Macduff, Ross
Macbeth puppets: Macduffs, Ross
below: Nobles, apparitions, murderers
Macbeth puppets: various