The opera takes place in Scotland, and ACT ONE begins in a forest. Macbeth and Banco, two Scottish generals in King Duncan's army, stop to visit with a coven of witches. The witches tell Macbeth that ...

Exact and exacting, made with formidable skill and unwavering focus, “Lady Macbeth” is a film that demands to be admired and cares little if you actually like it. A cold and unnerving tale of the twin ...

EXCLUSIVE: BBC Studios, the production division responsible for series including Doctor Who, Good Omens and Luther, is developing a high-end drama based on the real-life story behind the murderous and ...

The legions of readers who adore the dark Scandinavian noir of Jo Nesbø will also love Macbeth, his adaptation of Shakespeare’s famous play. OK, thank goodness that’s over. Now I can say without ...

Fair is foul and foul is fair in “Macbeth” at A Noise Within. William Shakespeare’s Scottish tragedy of lethal ambition receives an emphatically respectable albeit uneven production. Director Larry ...

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In The Tragedy of Macbeth, director Joel Coen slashes away at Shakespeare's text, distilling every scene to its furious essence. At 105 minutes, this is a shorter Macbeth movie than most. The ...

Many films have been made of “Macbeth” — probably less than “Hamlet” and more than “The Tempest” and “Othello” — and doubtless they’ll still be made to the last syllable of recorded time. As with most ...

At 20 years old, Orson Welles may have had a lot to learn. But at that age, he directed an all-Black cast in a production of “Macbeth” by the Negro Theater Unit in Harlem that became a sensation and ...

ACT ONE: The opera takes place in Scotland and begins in a forest. Macbeth and Banquo, two Scottish generals in King Duncan's army, stop to visit with coven of witches. (In Shakespeare's play, there ...

A terrifyingly prophetic tale of revenge, murder, and madness, Macbeth ominously traces the fallout when the darkest side of humanity cheats its way into a position of power. Often referred to as “The ...