In 1972, acting legends Diana Rigg and Anthony Hopkins famously starred together in a major stage production of William Shakespeare’s Macbeth at the National Theatre (specifically at the Old Vic in London). Hopkins played the title character, Macbeth, and Rigg played the formidable Lady Macbeth. The production was directed by Michael Blakemore. The play officially opened in November 1972 and ran until June 1973.
On September 19, 1972, the pair were captured in a series of now-famous candid photographs by Ron Burton. One notable image shows them walking hand-in-hand down Aquinas Street near Waterloo.
At the time, Rigg was already a household name due to her role as Emma Peel in The Avengers. Hopkins was an emerging talent, just beginning to establish the intense stage presence that would later define his film career. The two also appeared together in a television adaptation of Henrik Ibsen’s Little Eyolf, which aired on the BBC’s Play of the Month in 1982, though they were both active at the National Theatre during the 1972 season.
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