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With clear staging and strong performances, the production makes Shakespeare’s dark tragedy engaging for newcomers and ...

For his loyal fan base, director Sam Gold’s latest revival of a classic play gets it at least half right. For his many detractors, it might register as a bigger failure than his “King Lear” starring ...

To avenge Macduff’s disloyalty, Macbeth has his wife and children murdered. Some scholars suggest Shakespeare wrote the play ...

Even with something as simple as the weather, Shakespeare can be so indecisive! “Fair is foul, and foul is fair/Hover through the fog and filthy air” chant the Three Witches to begin the play. And ...

"Tell me the story of Shakespeare’s play Macbeth.” It’s a simple question, really. When asked, most people will say, “Oh, I read that in high school.” Then they proceed to mangle the plot, confidently ...