Macbeth

The history of Fort La Tour is steeped in tragedy and bloodshed.In 1631, Charles de Saint-Étienne de La Tour built a fortified trading post at Portland Point to exchange furs with the Wolastoqiyik. In 1645, his wife — Madame de La Tour, the…

Something wicked—and very special—came to Broadway last week, as a starry new production of Macbeth finally opened at the Longacre Theatre. Led by Daniel Craig and Ruth Negga and directed by Sam Gold, this latest iteration of the Scottish…

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE’S BIRTH AND DEATH ANNIVERSARY: English playwright William Shakespeare is believed to have been born and died on same day: April 23. Shakespeare is widely renowned for the collection of plays. His plays are timeless and…

Daniel Craig, who is starring in the title role of a new Broadway production of “Macbeth,” tested positive for the coronavirus on Saturday, forcing the show to cancel most of next week’s performances.The show, which just began previews on…

While it became an early pandemic cliché to remind at-home would-be artists that Shakespeare wrote King Lear during a plague year (You can put this time to good use, too!), it’s often forgotten that he wrote Macbeth that very same year (as…

In no particular order, Joel Coen’s 105-minute The Tragedy of Macbeth--out on Apple TV+--reminded me of German expressionist films, film noir, gothic horror, Robert Rodriguez’s Sin City (2005), Orson Welles’ Macbeth adaptation from 1948,…

Denzel Washington has been playing Shakespearean roles since he was 20. The latest is Lord Macbeth in Joel Coen's new Apple TV+ film The Tragedy of Macbeth. Ahead of its release this Friday, the 67-year-old actor sat down with Q host Tom…

Here's some news for fans of the Bard of Avon! Centuries after his death in 1616, an extremely rare portion from Shakespeare's first folio edition, which was published in 1623, will be put up for auction. It's interesting to note that the…

A brief new teaser for The Tragedy of Macbeth teases the haunting cinematic experience to come, as Denzel Washington asks "Whence is that knocking?" Academy Award winner Denzel Washington unties with fellow Academy Award winner Frances…

Director Joel Coen has evidently succeeded beyond measure to bring Macbeth to the big screen in The Tragedy of Macbeth, with the adaptation currently sitting at 100% on Rotten Tomatoes. The first reviews have Coen's approach to the iconic…