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![]() ![]() “Macbeth is driven by something that finally breaks him,” he has said. Hazem Shammas is a Logie-winning Palestinian-born actor for whom Macbeth is particularly resonant. In our view, no actor deserves to be dismissed so personally in a theatre review. Whilst Cameron may have issues with the production, we do not consider a response should ever be draped in language like this. Whether it be the actor’s manner of vocal delivery, his physical appearance (“vein-popping excess”) and even his restraint, all were held up for ridicule. ![]() ![]() The lampooning included language such as, “Monty Python’s Hospital for Over-Acting”, “By interval you half expect a nurse with chloroform to come in”, “Shammas leaves himself nowhere to turn that isn’t stalked by the inappropriate silhouette of the clown”, and so on. ![]() This time though, we must call out conduct which, in our view, was cruel and unfair.Ĭameron’s targeting of the lead actor Hazem Shammas was, in our view, belittling and contemptuous. ![]()
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