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Macbeth, Shakespeare’s Sublime Tragedy
(1908) American
B&W : One reel / 835 feet
Directed by William V. Ranous

Cast: William V. Ranous, Miss Carver ([?] Adele Carver or Louise Carver?), Florence Lawrence, Florence Turner

The Vitagraph Company of America production; distributed by The Vitagraph Company of America. / From the play Macbeth by William Shakespeare. / © 2 April 1908 by The Vitagraph Company of America [H108162[. Released [?] 17 or 19? April 1908. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.37:1 format. Color-tinted. / The play was subsequently filmed as Macbeth (1910).

Drama: Historical.

Survival Status: (unknown)

Keywords: Authors: William Shakespeare (1564?-1616)

Listing updated: 28 October 2008.

References: Ball-Shakespeare pp. 39, 41-43, 45, 49, 88, 310, 387; Slide-BigV p. 179 : Website-AFI.