Towards the end of the play, Lady Macbeth imagines she can see spots of blood on her hands. At the start of the play, she appears to push aside any feelings of guilt. Now these emotions have ...

Read our review of *Macbeth*, starring Alex Austin and Lois Chimimba, now in performances at the Lyric Hammersmith to 29 ...

In his staging, Welles also swapped medieval witchcraft for voodoo rituals—hence the production’s nickname, “Voodoo Macbeth.” Black audiences initially feared that, in the hands of a white ...

“Macbeth” may be Shakespeare’s most transfixing tragedy, but its dark magic often fizzles in the theater. The stage is littered with “Macbeth” disasters. Other plays may have an equally ...