Macbeth at The Rude Mechanicals
âSuch welcome and unwelcome things at once âtis hard to reconcile.â Macduff, ActIVsc.iii
I spent hours trying to find the way I felt about the current Rude Mechanicalâs production of Shakespeareâs Macbeth only to have Billy Bard having already wrapped it up for me more than halfway through the show. This particular production is a balancing act of strong performances, questionable conceptualizations, impressive technological inclusions, mismatched aesthetics, and a barrage of death,