Macbeth is a play by William Shakespeare that tells the story of a Scottish nobleman called Macbeth. Themes are the main ideas that appear repeatedly in a play. Some of the important themes in Macbeth ...

In Shakespeare's time, the powers of evil were thought to be absolutely real; to most people Hell was an actual place and the Devil a constant threat to their souls. In particular there was a ...

Revered and reviled as one of the greatest villainesses of literature, Lady Macbeth is certainly in the same archetypal category as Medusa, Circe and Morgan le Fay. However, Ava Reid's "Lady Macbeth" ...

Shakespeare's plays have been performed over and over for 400 years in front of millions and millions of people. Unfortunately, audiences are rarely treated to a high quality Shakespearean play with a ...

One of Shakespeare’s most coveted roles for women gets different interpretations onstage in New York and Washington. By Maya Phillips “Macbeth” isn’t one of Shakespeare’s so-called “problem plays,” ...

It's five years since Melbourne Theatre Company staged Shakespeare – the ill-fated Queen Lear – leaving us starved for the Bard. It breaks the drought with this hotly anticipated Macbeth, directed by ...

Kathryn Hunter in The Tragedy of Macbeth, now playing in select ­theatres and streaming on Apple TV+ Jan. 14. COURTESY APPLE TV+/TNS Since 1906, there have been at least 17 film and TV productions of ...