Scottish actors will play several of the roles in Stafford Festival Shakespeare’s production of Macbeth at Stafford Castle.
Nabil Stuart, born in Forres on the Moray coast, will play Macbeth. His previous Shakespearean roles include Caliban in The Tempest, a Barbican production at St Giles Church, Cripplegate, London in 2011.
Rosie Hilal plays Lady Macbeth. She has performed in productions for the Royal Shakespeare Company, taking the role of Audrey in As You Like It and Marianna in All’s Well That Ends Well, both in 2013, while in 2015 she was at Shakespeare’s Globe taking the roles of Electra in Antony and Cleopatra and Marianna in Measure for Measure.
Daniel Cahill and Ceri-Lyn Cissone play Macduff and Lady Macduff. Sian Mannifield, Nicola Jo Cully and Mairi Hawthorn are the witches.
Morgan Philpot, who was Antonio in the Stafford Festival Shakespeare 2017 production of The Tempest, returns to play Banquo. Howard Chadwick, who played Brabantio in Othello at Stafford Castle in 2016, takes the dual roles of Seyton and the porter.
Greg Powrie plays Duncan, Samuel Pashby is Malcolm and Blair Kincaid is Donalbain. Ewan Somers is Ross, David Colvin plays Siward and Mathew Tomlinson is Angus.
Stafford Festival Shakespeare spokesman Thomas Waldron said, “what an incredible cast we’ve lined up for this medieval production of the Scottish play. We’ve tried to keep it very authentic this year and have tried to cast Scottish actors in many of the roles.”
Clare Prenton directs. Production designer Simon Kenny makes his SFS debut and David Hewson is musical director.
Macbeth runs at Stafford Castle from Thursday 28 June until Saturday 14 July.