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Free Tickets for the RSC’s production of David Greig’s new play Dunsinane at Hampstead Theatre.

Macbeth is dead.   England has seized the seat of power.
 
The RSC’s season of two new plays at Hampstead Theatre begins with David Greig’s exhilarating vision of one man’s attempt to restore peace in a country ravaged by war.

David is a multi award-winning Scottish playwright whose play with music Midsummer was a hit of this year’s Edinburgh Festival. David’s new commission for the RSC, Dunsinane, focuses on an often misrepresented period in Scotland’s history, the events surrounding the death of Macbeth and the subsequent conflict for control of the Scottish throne. A long way from the story as told by Shakespeare, David’s epic play follows the efforts of the English general, Siward, to secure a stable succession while protecting England’s interest. But the play goes far beyond a re-telling of historical fact. It is a darkly comic and compelling story of one man’s attempt to do the right thing in difficult and dangerous circumstances.

Dunsinane runs at Hampstead Theatre, London from 10 February to 6 March 2010.

Box Office: 020 7722 9301 / www.hampsteadtheatre.com

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NW3 3EU

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