Just Macbeth! single work   drama   children's  
Issue Details: First known date: 2008... 2008 Just Macbeth!
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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

  • 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

Works about this Work

Untitled Elissa Blake , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 27 June 2010; (p. 12)

— Review of Just Macbeth! Andy Griffiths , 2008 single work drama
Hats off to a Tighter, Funnier Shakespeare Jason Blake , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 28 June 2010; (p. 16)

— Review of Just Macbeth! Andy Griffiths , 2008 single work drama
The Day I Turned Left Michael Connor , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: Quadrant , January-February vol. 53 no. 1-2 2009; (p. 78-79)

— Review of The Hypocrite Justin Fleming , 2008 single work drama ; Just Macbeth! Andy Griffiths , 2008 single work drama
Class Clown : Andy Griffiths Charles Purcell , 2008 single work column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 17 October 2008; (p. 13)
Full of Sound and Fury, Signifying Some Fun Victoria Laurie , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 25 September 2008; (p. 10)

— Review of Just Macbeth! Andy Griffiths , 2008 single work drama
Full of Sound and Fury, Signifying Some Fun Victoria Laurie , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 25 September 2008; (p. 10)

— Review of Just Macbeth! Andy Griffiths , 2008 single work drama
The Day I Turned Left Michael Connor , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: Quadrant , January-February vol. 53 no. 1-2 2009; (p. 78-79)

— Review of The Hypocrite Justin Fleming , 2008 single work drama ; Just Macbeth! Andy Griffiths , 2008 single work drama
Hats off to a Tighter, Funnier Shakespeare Jason Blake , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 28 June 2010; (p. 16)

— Review of Just Macbeth! Andy Griffiths , 2008 single work drama
Untitled Elissa Blake , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 27 June 2010; (p. 12)

— Review of Just Macbeth! Andy Griffiths , 2008 single work drama
Macbeth Makeover: The Day the Bard Went Psycho John Mangan , 2008 single work column
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 21 September 2008; (p. 19)
Macbeth: The Comedy Rosemary Neill , 2008 single work column
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 27-28 September 2008; (p. 7)
Class Clown : Andy Griffiths Charles Purcell , 2008 single work column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 17 October 2008; (p. 13)
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