this is regarded as a landmark production now, directed by trevor nunn, and ian mckellen as macbeth.arded as a landmark production now, directed by trevor nunn, and ian mckellen as macbeth. how much, when you when you take on a role like that, are you setting out to give a new fresh interpretation of lady macbeth? no, i think that would be fatal. you have to just think, "i'm going to play this to the best of my ability, "with the best of my understanding," and of course, with trevor and with ian and with everybody else in the cast, it's like a recipe. it's not a single... it's not... you're not out on your own. i have given suck, and know how tender 'tis to love the babe that milks me: i would, while it was smiling in my face, have pluck'd my nipple from its boneless gums, and dash'd the brains out, had i so sworn as you have done to this. if we should fail? we fail! but screw your courage to the sticking—place, and we'll not fail. at what point, given that that is now regarded as one of the great productions, and an amazing performance by you, at what point do you know? does it come

yeah. ..that ian mckellen gave him what he called a significant note about "tomorrow and tomorrow andwas "and". "tomorrow and tomorrow." yeah. agree? i mean, it's a very persuasive line reading. laughs i don't know. i don't want to make any... we're only on day one. but i'm very happy if it turns out that that's what makes it resonate for me and for our production in that moment. i'm very happy to steal that, because, you know, mckellen knows what he's talking about. so does patrick. laughs distant gunfire and explosions tomorrow... distant gunfire ..and tomorrow... ..creeps in this petty pace from day to day to the last syllable of recorded time. have you had anyone give you notes about..? i don't mean the other director. i mean, has anybody in the build—up to you doing macbeth, given you notes saying, "do it like this"? specifically about that part? i mean, what's great is everyone�*s got an opinion about these plays, you know? and everyone has a viewpoint and a take on it. so, it's quite good to canvass opinion and then sort of chuck it all away. and the more — the ideas that stick

yeah. ..that ian mckellen gave him what he called a significant note about "tomorrow and tomorrow ands "and". "tomorrow and tomorrow." yeah. agree? i mean, it's a very persuasive line reading. laughs i don't know. i don't want to make any... we're only on day one. but i'm very happy if it turns out that that's what makes it resonate for me and for our production in that moment. i'm very happy to steal that, because, you know, mckellen knows what he's talking about. so does patrick. laughs distant gunfire and explosions tomorrow... distant gunfire ..and tomorrow... ..creeps in this petty pace from day to day to the last syllable of recorded time. have you had anyone give you notes about..? i don't mean the other director. i mean, has anybody in the build—up to you doing macbeth, given you notes saying, "do it like this"? specifically about that part? i mean, what's great is everyone�*s got an opinion about these plays, you know? and everyone has a viewpoint and a take on it. so, it's quite good to canvass opinion and then sort of chuck it all away. and the more — the ideas that stick,

this is regarded as a landmark production now, directed by trevor nunn, and ian mckellen as macbeth.ourse, with trevor and with ian and with everybody else in the cast, it's like a recipe. it's not a single... it's not... you're not out on your own. i have given suck, and know how tender 'tis to love the babe that milks me — i would, while it was smiling in my face, have pluck'd my nipple from its boneless gums, and dash'd the brains out, had i so sworn as you have done to this. if we should fail? we fail! but screw your courage to the sticking—place, and we'll not fail. how were the rehearsals for that? very, very funny. and trevor would tell you this, but i remember once walking back with him from the other place, and we were very down about it. —— until the run starts? 0h, until the run finishes! really? you don't know it. there are people, i expect, who came to that who didn't like it very much. i mean, there might have been some people who came and said, "i couldn't see a thing." because it was so dark. if i went to that, i wouldn't be able to see at all. i'd be hopeless because