At its core, "Macbeth" is a tragic tale of unchecked ambition, lust for power, and betrayal. It follows the story of a courageous general, Macbeth, whose relentless ambition drives him to murder ...

Italian theater director Paolo Sacerdoti is making his gaming debut with “Hail Macbeth,” an interactive adaptation of Shakespeare‘s tragedy that blurs the line between player, character and ...

Lady Macbeth’s cry of “Out, damned spot!” in Act V, Scene I is one of the most intense and psychologically charged lines in William Shakespeare’s “Macbeth.” Performing this monologue ...

Jersey City’s classical theatre, The Curtain, is returning to the stage with West End and Royal Shakespeare Company actor Jamie Ballard, making his American stage debut as “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 ...

“All Our Yesterdays” is set ten years before the plot of Shakespeare’s “Macbeth.” The work hones in on the perspectives of Lady Macbeth and her son from before her marriage to ...

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 ...

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 protected by reCAPTCHA and the ...

For Fiennes — five decades later on the boards in a “Macbeth” coming to D.C. after a tour of three U.K. cities — is still able to savor that formative electricity. And as Olivier once did ...

Equality means we should have stories of female as well as male serial killers, of course, but Harris seems uncertain whether to condemn or celebrate Lady Macbeth, or to excuse her as a victim.

But this is like listening to a very good audio production of Macbeth while watching very good actors mime to it. Interesting, but not something you’d necessarily choose to experience.

Where Hamlet is the deliberative prince who agonises over merited vengeful action, Macbeth of course is the trusty soldier, prompted by supernatural coaxing to assassinate his king, only then to ...