"Macbeth" | |
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Hallmark Hall of Fame episode | |
Episode no. | Season 4 Episode 8 |
Directed by | George Schaefer |
Written by | William Shakespeare |
Featured music | composed and conducted by Lehman Engel |
Original air date | November 28, 1954 |
Guest appearance(s) | |
Episode chronology | |
Macbeth is a live television adaptation of the William Shakespeare play presented as the November 28, 1954 episode of the American anthology series Hallmark Hall of Fame. Directed by George Schaefer, and starring Maurice Evans and Dame Judith Anderson, the production was telecast in color, but has only been preserved on black-and-white kinescope.
In 1960, Evans and Anderson starred in a filmed made-for-television production of the play, also directed by Schaefer for the Hallmark Hall of Fame, but with an entirely different supporting cast. That production was filmed in color on location in Scotland, and was released theatrically in Europe.