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Murder and imagination: Attenborough on Macbeth

Queensland's Super Star Fund is delivering a new prize this week, Macbeth, directed by British darling Michael Attenborough.

24 Mar 2014 12:00

Richard Watts

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Centuries before psychological theorists had coined phrases such as ‘collective subconscious’ and ‘super-ego’, William Shakespeare was exploring the darkest recesses of the human mind in works which still resonate today – even though modern audiences might sometimes struggle a little with his language.

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Richard Watts

Richard Watts OAM is ArtsHub's National Performing Arts Editor; he also presents the weekly program SmartArts on Three Triple R FM. Richard is a life member of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, a Melbourne Fringe Festival Living Legend, and was awarded the 2019 Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize in early 2020. He received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Green Room Awards Association in 2021, and a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in June 2024. Photo: Fiona Hamilton. Follow Richard on Bluesky @richardthewatts.bsky.social and Instagram @richard.l.watts