Costumes from Hollywood adaptation to feature in Macbeth exhibition

Artefacts and painting will also form the display at Perth Museum.

By contributor Paul Cargill, PA Scotland
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Andrew Wallace takes a closer look at the crown worn by actor Michael Fassbender in the film Macbeth (Jane Barlow/PA)

Costumes worn by Hollywood stars Michael Fassbender and Marion Cotillard in a big screen adaptation of the classic William Shakespeare play Macbeth are set to go on public display for the first time in Scotland.

Outfits worn by the actors in their respective roles as Macbeth and Lady Macbeth in the 2015 adaptation directed by Justin Kurzel will feature in an exhibition celebrating the bard’s Scottish Play at Perth Museum.

The costumes, by Oscar-winning designer Jacqueline Durran, will be shown alongside a First Folio of Shakespeare’s plays from the National Library of Scotland and a sword dating from the 11th century – the same century the majority of the events of Macbeth are set in.

Man wearing gloves holding a crown, with a pair of eyes on a large poster behind him
The crown worn by Michael Fassbender is one of several items on show in the exhibition (Jane Barlow/PA)