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'Just Macbeth! by Andy Griffiths and directed by Wayne Harrison, is a really silly version of Shakespeare's great big gory tragedy starring Andy, Lisa, Danny and (yuck!) Jen from the Just Tricking! Just Stupid! and Just Shocking! books. And when we say really silly, we mean really, really silly as it is performed by six funny but tragic actors and a garden gnome and features a severed head that talks Shakespearean. And when we say really, really silly, we mean really, really, really silly as there are witches and Wizz Fizz and ghosts and girl germs and weird Elizabethan things like soliloquies and sharp swords and other things beginning with S.'
Source: Bell Shakespeare website, www.bellshakespeare.com.au (Sighted: 22/09/2008)
Production Details
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First produced at the Playhouse, Arts Centre, Melbourne by Bell Shakespeare, 20 September 2008. Directed by Wayne Harrison.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
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Just Macbeth!
Sydney
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Pan Macmillan Australia
,
2009
Z1606278
2009
single work
children's fiction
children's
humour
'Take one Shakespearean tragedy: Macbeth.
'Add Andy, Danny and Lisa - the Just trio, whose madcap exploits have already delighted hundreds of thousands of readers for the last ten years.
'Mix them all together to create one of the most hilarious, most dramatic, moving stories of love, Whizz Fizz, witches, murder and madness, from the bestselling and funniest children's author in Australia.' (From the publisher's website.)
Works about this Work
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Untitled
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 27 June 2010; (p. 12)
— Review of Just Macbeth! 2008 single work drama -
Hats off to a Tighter, Funnier Shakespeare
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 28 June 2010; (p. 16)
— Review of Just Macbeth! 2008 single work drama -
The Day I Turned Left
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: Quadrant , January-February vol. 53 no. 1-2 2009; (p. 78-79)
— Review of The Hypocrite 2008 single work drama ; Just Macbeth! 2008 single work drama -
Class Clown : Andy Griffiths
2008
single work
column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 17 October 2008; (p. 13) -
Full of Sound and Fury, Signifying Some Fun
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 25 September 2008; (p. 10)
— Review of Just Macbeth! 2008 single work drama
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Full of Sound and Fury, Signifying Some Fun
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 25 September 2008; (p. 10)
— Review of Just Macbeth! 2008 single work drama -
The Day I Turned Left
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: Quadrant , January-February vol. 53 no. 1-2 2009; (p. 78-79)
— Review of The Hypocrite 2008 single work drama ; Just Macbeth! 2008 single work drama -
Hats off to a Tighter, Funnier Shakespeare
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 28 June 2010; (p. 16)
— Review of Just Macbeth! 2008 single work drama -
Untitled
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 27 June 2010; (p. 12)
— Review of Just Macbeth! 2008 single work drama -
Macbeth Makeover: The Day the Bard Went Psycho
2008
single work
column
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 21 September 2008; (p. 19) -
Macbeth: The Comedy
2008
single work
column
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 27-28 September 2008; (p. 7) -
Class Clown : Andy Griffiths
2008
single work
column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 17 October 2008; (p. 13)
Awards
- 2009 nominated Helpmann Awards for Performing Arts in Australia — Best Presentation for Children
- 2009 nominated Helpmann Awards for Performing Arts in Australia — Best New Australian Work
- 2008 winner Sydney Theatre Awards — Best Production for Children Nominated for the 2008 Bell Shakespeare production.
