In reality, Macbeth became Earl of Moray, a position his father once held, around 1032. He ascended to the Scottish throne in 1040 after killing his cousin King Duncan I in battle. For the next 17 ...

The real-life Macbeth fought and killed Duncan on the battlefield. In the play, however, Macbeth murders Duncan while he is sleeping. Macbeth remembers what the Witches said about Banquo’s sons ...

Spurred by the witches’ promise, Macbeth and Lady Macbeth (Cynnita Agent) assassinate King Duncan (Jim Coates). Duncan’s sons flee, only to return another day and avenge their father’s death.

Outlander’s Sam Heughan to play Macbeth in Royal Shakespeare Company debut - The British theatre company has announced a new ...

For instance, before Macbeth murders Duncan, the whispers shadow his thoughts, revealing both his ambition and his guilt. Therefore, the adaptation creatively suggests that it is not the Witches ...

When King Duncan (played by Wyllie, who seamlessly transitions from playing a weird sister) arrives with his entourage at Macbeth’s castle, the entire party stands in a circle as they raise ...

Why should this be the guy to run Macbeth to earth and not, say, one of Duncan’s much aggrieved sons? To answer that question, Godwin finds a way to rebalance the play. He does it entirely ...

I watched with heightened horror Macbeth’s descent into paranoid butchery after he murders Duncan and assumes the throne. “To be thus is nothing/But to be safely thus,” Macbeth observes ...

But “Macbeth in Stride” is more ego than execution ... band (the effortlessly talented Bobby Etienne on bass; Barbara Duncan, a.k.a. Muzikaldunk, on drums; and Kenny Rosario-Pugh on guitar ...