Michael
Nardone and Kirsty Besterman were given the keys to the kingdom when they were
cast as Lord and Lady Macbeth in Rufus Norris’ National Theatre production of
Shakespeare’s Scottish play. Picking up the mantles of Rory Kinnear and Anne-Marie
Duff, who played the murderously ambitious couple for the London run of Norris’
apocalyptic-looking production proved irresistible to both actors, who came to
it with strong track records of doing classic plays onstage. In what sounds
like a radical reinvention of Shakespeare’s play, the production’s dark mix of
the personal and the political nevertheless cast a spell on them in a way where
the flesh and blood everyday passions of the couple are brought home.
“I wanted to try and give Macbeth a real edge as an honest kind of man,” says Fife-born Nardone, who will be appearing on a Scottish stage for the first time in several years. “His relationship with the king is really important, and at the beginning of the play he knows his position and …
“I wanted to try and give Macbeth a real edge as an honest kind of man,” says Fife-born Nardone, who will be appearing on a Scottish stage for the first time in several years. “His relationship with the king is really important, and at the beginning of the play he knows his position and …