![The company have been living in a Covid bubble since April, away from family and friends, since April as they tour the country, putting on performances such as Macbeth](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.thetimes.com/imageserver/image/%2Fmethode%2Ftimes%2Fprod%2Fweb%2Fbin%2F5dafc016-f3a4-11eb-8f01-2c678acbb979.jpg?crop=2799%2C1866%2C0%2C0)
The company have been living in a Covid bubble since April, away from family and friends, since April as they tour the country, putting on performances such as Macbeth
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![Samuel Lane, a member of the company, waits to go on stage during Macbeth at the Hatchlands Park estate near Guildford, in Surrey](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.thetimes.com/imageserver/image/%2Fmethode%2Ftimes%2Fprod%2Fweb%2Fbin%2F24bed984-f3a6-11eb-8f01-2c678acbb979.jpg?crop=2719%2C1813%2C0%2C0)
Samuel Lane, a member of the company, waits to go on stage during Macbeth at the Hatchlands Park estate near Guildford, in Surrey
TIMES PHOTOGRAPHER RICHARD POHLE
![Members of the Hatchlands Park audience for Macbeth](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.thetimes.com/imageserver/image/%2Fmethode%2Ftimes%2Fprod%2Fweb%2Fbin%2Fa1c6d94c-f3a4-11eb-8f01-2c678acbb979.jpg?crop=3000%2C2000%2C0%2C0)
Members of the Hatchlands Park audience for Macbeth
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![The Lord Chamberlain’s Men perform Shakespeare’s work as it would have been seen originally — outdoors, regardless of the weather](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.thetimes.com/imageserver/image/%2Fmethode%2Ftimes%2Fprod%2Fweb%2Fbin%2F76685dd8-f3a5-11eb-8f01-2c678acbb979.jpg?crop=3000%2C2000%2C0%2C0)
The Lord Chamberlain’s Men perform Shakespeare’s work as it would have been seen originally — outdoors, regardless of the weather
TIMES PHOTOGRAPHER RICHARD POHLE
![Michael Faulkner is helped into his costume as one of the three witches, the weird sisters, in Macbeth](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.thetimes.com/imageserver/image/%2Fmethode%2Ftimes%2Fprod%2Fweb%2Fbin%2Fb72e6d36-f3a4-11eb-8f01-2c678acbb979.jpg?crop=3000%2C2000%2C0%2C0)
Michael Faulkner is helped into his costume as one of the three witches, the weird sisters, in Macbeth
TIMES PHOTOGRAPHER RICHARD POHLE
![Given a choice between possibly damp grass and one of the estate’s benches, these patrons opted for comfort](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.thetimes.com/imageserver/image/%2Fmethode%2Ftimes%2Fprod%2Fweb%2Fbin%2Fa44efd48-f3a4-11eb-8f01-2c678acbb979.jpg?crop=2604%2C1736%2C0%2C0)
Given a choice between possibly damp grass and one of the estate’s benches, these patrons opted for comfort
TIMES PHOTOGRAPHER RICHARD POHLE
![The weird sisters prepare to take the stage](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.thetimes.com/imageserver/image/%2Fmethode%2Ftimes%2Fprod%2Fweb%2Fbin%2F3dba27ba-f3a4-11eb-8f01-2c678acbb979.jpg?crop=2774%2C1849%2C0%2C0)
The weird sisters prepare to take the stage
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![Some of the cast join a huddle before the performance](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.thetimes.com/imageserver/image/%2Fmethode%2Ftimes%2Fprod%2Fweb%2Fbin%2F41375f34-f3a4-11eb-8f01-2c678acbb979.jpg?crop=2979%2C1986%2C0%2C0)
Some of the cast join a huddle before the performance
TIMES PHOTOGRAPHER RICHARD POHLE
![The authenticity of the company’s productions runs to Elizabethan costumes, music and dance](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.thetimes.com/imageserver/image/%2Fmethode%2Ftimes%2Fprod%2Fweb%2Fbin%2Ff80df48e-f3a4-11eb-8f01-2c678acbb979.jpg?crop=2721%2C1814%2C0%2C0)
The authenticity of the company’s productions runs to Elizabethan costumes, music and dance
TIMES PHOTOGRAPHER RICHARD POHLE
![Ronnie York, playing Macbeth, has fake blood applied to his face](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.thetimes.com/imageserver/image/%2Fmethode%2Ftimes%2Fprod%2Fweb%2Fbin%2F088acf50-f3a8-11eb-8f01-2c678acbb979.jpg?crop=2934%2C1956%2C0%2C0)
Ronnie York, playing Macbeth, has fake blood applied to his face
TIMES PHOTOGRAPHER RICHARD POHLE