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 ...

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 ...

Director Robert Lepage’s ambitious production is occasionally brilliant, but is mostly overblown and stuffed with too many ...

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 ...

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 ...

Macbeth and Lady Macbeth plotting to murder King Duncan; Duncan’s eldest son, Malcolm fleeing Scotland; the spirit of Banquo haunting the Macbeth’s celebratory dinner; Lady Macbeth’s ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

With a story taking place in the Middle Ages, the black-and-white film finds two generals of King Duncan — Macbeth the Thane of Cawdor (Welles) and buddy Banquo (Edgar Barrier) — meeting three ...