Two Versions of the Dagger Soliloquy

Version 1: Roman Polanksi's Macbeth starring Jon Finch as Macbeth

Fun Trivia: 

This was the first movie Roman Polanski directed after the murder of his wife, actress Sharon Tate, by Charles Manson's "family" (a cult of strung out girls he controlled). 
When crew members suggested to Roman Polanski that perhaps the film was too unrealistically gory for its own good, Polanski reportedly replied, "I know violence. You should've seen my house last summer."

Major Hollywood studios refused to finance the project, but Polanski found a financial savior in his friend Victor Lownes, a senior VP of Playboy Enterprises in the U.K.who persuaded Hugh Hefner to finance the film. Some have construed Playboy's involvement as the reason for Lady Macbeth's nude sleepwalking scene; however, Polanski and Tynan have said they had written the scene before their association with Hefner.








Version 2: Rupert Goold's Macbeth starring Patrick Stewart

This version evokes atmosphere of the Soviet Union under Joseph Stalin, with subtle parallels between Stalin and Macbeth in their equally brutal quests for power. The three witches are also updated in keeping with the 20th century aesthetics, appearing as hospital nurses.