In the second of three half-hour lectures, actor-director Douglas Campbell speaks of the events in MACBETH leading to the various murders committed, and what it says of each character involved.

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Despite the title, this is not really a classroom examination of the themes of MacBeth, so much as it is an examination of the characters, with suggestions on how they should be played.

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The second installment in a three part documentary in which actor-director Douglas Campbell voices his thoughts about how he would stage "Macbeth".

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