But he pulled back from imposing this model too strictly on CSF actor Giles Davies. Still, Fracher envisions the story in a modern, urban setting, awash in guerilla warfare. Macbeth appeals to contemporary audiences, he believes because its events still resonate. There's no government, nothing. Nobody can talk.
Nobody can say what they really think.
We all have to speak the party line. You know, that happens a lot. I think the play is very modern in that. Fracher loves the air of immediacy that is CSF's calling card, and he intends to play it fully. It ain't a museum piece.