Another reason for choosing Ancient Greece as the setting of the play is that it would have a grater impact on the audience. As you must already know, the Ancient Greek theatre set decorations were very simple, as were the costumes, and the acting was more dramatic. So it would make a greater impression on the audience, because their attention would be drawn towards the meaning of the play itself, rather than the set or costumes. Also, more people would understand the context of the play, since its meaning and message would be clearer.
It is for the reasons mentioned above that I think the context of the play would work well if its setting would be Ancient Greece. And as for he characters, they would fit in that time period as in any other. This is because people do not change their natures, only their ideas and, occasionally, some of their habits. Apart from those things, humans have not changed very much for hundreds and even thousands of years, so we can set this play (and almost every other play) in any time period we want. What is harder to decide on, is a setting where the context would be logical and, most of all, believable.
In my opinion, the stage set and costumes should be kept as simple as possible. In this version of Macbeth, the setting would obviously be in Ancient Greece, and there would be a castle, battlefield, and all the other settings that can be found in the play. However, all the buildings will be built in Ancient Greek architecture style.
The costumes would also be very simple. They would consist of … and … for men, and … and … for women. The richer and more important characters would be dressed in clothes made of finer material, darker colours (for example, blood red, deep purple, and midnight-blue), preferably embroided with silver or gold thread. The poorer and less important characters would be dressed in cheaper, thinner clothes, which would be white, cream or beige in colour. The soldiers would be dressed in expensive-looking armour and cloaks, and other garments Greek soldiers wore.
Respectfully,
Cristina Popa