THE SCOTTISH PLAY

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Documentary - Completed 2023

A filmmaker investigates the truth behind the legend of a notoriously disastrous amateur production of Macbeth.

Festivals
& Awards

BFI London FF 2023
BFI London FF 2024
Shorts programme
    • Year of production
    • 2023
    • Genres
    • Documentary
    • Countries
    • UNITED KINGDOM
    • Languages
    • ENGLISH
    • Budget
    • 0 - 0.3 M$
    • Duration
    • 13 mn
    • Synopsis
    • In darkest Devon in the 1980’s an amateur theatre group staged a production of Macbeth so disastrous that it made international headlines … allegedly. Forty years later a film-maker sets out to track down the cast and figure out what really happened.