The Tragedy of Macbeth follows a Scottish lord named Macbeth (Washington). He encounters a trio of witches (Kathryn Hunter), who informs him that he will one day become the King of Scotland. His wife, ...

Director Christopher V. Edwards puts a mind-bending twist on a Shakespearean classic. Set in the early days of the conflict between Western democracies and the Soviet Union, this re-imagination of The ...

One difference about this iteration of the Macbeths is their advanced age, with lead actors Denzel Washington and Francis McDormand both being in their 60s. Coen and McDormand thus chose to ...

Macbeth is a general who meets a trio of creepy witches who tell him he's going to be king, an ambition he never dared consider before. Their prophecy prompts his wife to persuade him to murder the ...

The Scottish Play is coming to Austin with an African twist. Austin Shakespeare is putting on Macbeth, set in Africa in the ...

The four-time Oscar nominee makes her London stage debut, alongside James McArdle, in director Yaël Farber’s fresh take on the Scottish play. By Demetrios Matheou It speaks volumes for Saoirse Ronan’s ...

If you think there are too many remakes out there, you might want to blame William Shakespeare. Last week director Joel Coen's new adaptation of "The Tragedy of Macbeth" debuted on Apple+, and it ...

When Anne Penner started to dig into the story of Shakespeare’s “Macbeth,” something struck her. What if we saw more about Lady Macbeth, not just the story told from the point of view of the assassin ...