Arne Sybren Postma organises:
in cooperation with La Vie Tara - Theatre in the Ardèche
MacBeth (M/F)
A dazzling week of theatre-making for adults
in a fantastic location in the southern French town of Lalouvesc
from Saturday 13 to Saturday 20 September 2025
Lord & Lady MacBeth
King killers, bloody hands, witch prophecies and an encroaching forest; MacBeth, one
of Shakespeare's most famous tragedies is an interesting play to examine from many angles.
Often the focus is on MacBeth itself, but in recent decades more and more plays have been put on stage
come to examine the role of Lady MacBeth a little more closely. Is she a devoted wife or a
ruthless manipulator? Or both? What moves her?
We create a full MacBeth collage tragedy from different angles in a week,
dissect the text, choose roles, put scenes together, choose music and costume and perform for
each other and local audiences! Bring the kilts and the whisky!
We use multiple source texts:
Around 1603-1607: Macbeth by William Shakespeare. Original, and in modern English translation
we look at which scenes are crucial to the narrative.
From 2001: Hugo Claus' MacBeth, his translation for RoTheater directed by Alice Zandwijk,
poetic and literary and very Claustrophobic.
From 2005: Daphne de Bruin's The Bitch, in bed with MacBeth is all about Lady
MacBeth: a monologue that gives Lady Macbeth the traits of a manipulative celebrity, but
not without gossamer psychology and a good dose of humour.
From 2008: Lady M by Annemarie de Bruijn follows the story along the sidelines by one of the smaller
roles, the court lady who only has a few sentences in Act V, scene 1, is quite frustrated about that
and hilariously appropriates the entire story.
From 2021: The Lady & MacBeth by Jibbe Willems, this MacBeth adaptation from Corona Times draws in
gruesomely plastic war language the cruel conflict carried through to the marriage bed of both spouses.
From 2024: Lady+Lord MacBeth by Tom Lanoye, just released, but is already a classic seen now
Lanoye's many brilliant Shakespeare translations, such as Ten War, Hamlet versus Hamlet and
Queen Lear.
The course is suitable for anyone with limited theatre experience to advanced actors.
