Macbeth is a play by William Shakespeare that tells the story of a Scottish nobleman called Macbeth. At the start of the play, Banquo is Macbeth’s friend and is also a general in King Duncan’s army.

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 ...

Though the production too often feels as if it were designed for the company’s own edification — an endless rehearsal rather than a Broadway revival — it is not without its outward-facing qualities, ...

Denzel Washington stars as Macbeth, with Bertie Carvel as Banquo, Macbeth’s friend and foil. As for Macbeth, it’s got bad love, greed, and murder — all the juicy ingredients of a good film noir. Plus, ...

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Staged in a small Brookline church with simple lights, Scottish pennants, and a twig pentagram in the background, the Actors’ Shakespeare Project’s newest production, “Macbeth,” is filled with ...

Legend has it that William Shakespeare’s Macbeth is cursed. It’s a longstanding superstition that states that if someone involved in the production speaks the play’s name – Macbeth – in the theater, ...

"Macbeth" or "The Tragedy of Macbeth," if being formal, and still "The Scottish Play," if superstitious, is a perfect pairing to the Halloween season. It ranks right up there in tales of horror, ...

I have been re-reading “Macbeth” by William Shakespeare in preparation for seeing it at the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis. Actors have long considered the tragedy cursed, some refusing to utter the ...

Macbeth is a play by William Shakespeare that tells the story of a Scottish nobleman called Macbeth. Macbeth, with his wife Lady Macbeth, plots to become king. The plot of Macbeth contains disturbing ...