Jeremy Brett's Macbeth: when Sherlock Holmes goes full murder-husband.
Acting
Brett's unraveling sanity; Laurie's ice-queen intensity.
Production
Shot-on-video intimacy that amplifies the claustrophobia.
Director
Arthur Allan Seidelman
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Jeremy Brett performed this between Sherlock Holmes seasons, channeling his own bipolar disorder into Macbeth's unraveling.
The 1981 production's low budget forced creative solutions: Birnam Wood becomes literal branches carried by soldiers in extreme close-up.
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