“IT was a stupid mistake to make,” said the American woman I had met at my hotel in the English lake country, “but it was on the counter with the other Penguin books—the little sixpenny ones, you know ...

The Royal Shakespeare Company has revealed rehearsal photos for its upcoming production of Macbeth. Directed by Daniel Raggett and running at The Other Place in Stratford-upon-Avon, the show stars Sam ...

It seems unorthodox at a crucial moment in Macbeth that an assassin prowling a castle would choose to speak aloud – not to a person, but to the ground beneath his feet: “Thou sure and firm-set earth, ...

In many respects, Robert LePage’s ambitious multimedia staging of Macbeth is a towering achievement. The acclaimed French Canadian director has boldly transplanted Shakespeare’s famous tragedy from ...

STRATFORD — I shudder when I think about how much money was poured into the Stratford Festival’s latest “Macbeth,” which opened Wednesday at the Avon Theatre.

Stratford, Ont., is a pretty peaceful, tranquil town. But this month, director Robert Lepage’s biker gang version of Shakespeare’s “Macbeth” will be revving its engines at the Stratford Festival’s ...

LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 08: Cush Jumbo (L) and David Tennant bow at the curtain call during the press night performance of "Macbeth" at the Harold Pinter Theatre on October 08, 2024 in London, ...

The critically acclaimed West End production of “Macbeth,” starring David Tennant and Cush Jumbo, is getting a cinema release across the U.K., U.S., Australia and other select international ...

Lady Macbeth is one of the most famous female villains in all of literary history. Yet, despite her infamy, her tale has glaring gaps and misrepresentations. For the uninitiated, Shakespeare's Macbeth ...

“Macbeth” is littered with casualties — and not only on the fictional battlefield. The tragedy has taken down a battalion of the finest directors and actors, who have fallen victim to the play’s real ...

Marion Gibson receives funding from The Leverhulme Trust. “Out, damned spot,” Lady Macbeth famously says as she wrings her hands, attempting to remove a bloodstain her guilt-ridden mind has conjured.

Val McDermid’s reimagining of the Macbeth story involves as daring a trick as anything Shakespeare provided for the theatre, writes Allan Massie This site is ...