The cast of characters in Macbeth is not particularly large but each has an important part to play in the unfolding drama. Many of the characters are from the Scottish ruling class. Other ...

Lady Macbeth is said to be cunning by other characters throughout the book, but she never displays these clever ways. On the contrary, all that she seems to do is watch over her son and pace back ...

With an old-fashioned dignity and dialectal fidelity reminiscent of the late great Thomas Hardy, he tells a gruesome tale that may remind more than one reader of its prototype, Macbeth. Character ...

His play centers on the title character's inner turmoil. Power and guilt are woven into Macbeth's dilemma and ... delivering a book that plays off of Shakespeare's work but succeeds as his own.

Val McDermid PIC: Lisa Ferguson / The Scotsman Macbeth is a necessary hero, treated with some liking as he is presented to us through Gruoch’s eyes, but no more that a cardboard character ...

However, Ava Reid's "Lady Macbeth" offers a different perspective on Shakespeare’s tale, one that surprised me at first but grew on me as I connected to the character. "Lady Macbeth" is an ...