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  1. Jul 14, 2017 · “Lady Macbeth” has the refined, pleasing trappings of a tasteful period piece with the vicious, beating heart of a brutal psychological thriller. You can’t stop watching its beauty, even as you long to look away from its cruelty.

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  2. Sep 9, 2016 · Relocating Russian author Nikolai Leskov’s classic 1865 novel Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District to 19th century England, British theater director William Oldroyd’s crisp feature debut ...

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  3. Jul 13, 2017 · Lady Macbeth Is a Brilliant, Macabre Period Drama. William Oldroyd’s debut film, based on a Russian novel, is a surprising tale of murder and infidelity in rural Victorian England. By David...

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  4. William Oldroyd’s brooding, mesmerizing drama, set in 19th-century rural England, isn’t Shakespeare’s “Macbeth” (it’s based on an 1865 Russian novella, “Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk ...

  5. Jul 13, 2017 · Set in 1865 rural England, “Lady Macbeth” opens with Katherine at the marriage altar, her head draped in a white veil that suggests virtue and slyly hints at the blood that will spill.

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  6. Apr 23, 2017 · Playwright Alice Birch based the core plot on Nikolai Leskov’s 1865 novella Lady Macbeth Of The Mtsensk District, but her first screenplay also invokes the spirit of such ill-fated literary ...

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  8. By Nicolas Rapold in the July-August 2017 Issue. A word (or three) about the title: rather than riffing on Shakespeare, screenwriter Alice Birch has adapted an 1865 novella by Russian writer Nikolai Leskov, Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District.

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