O treachery! Fly, good Fleance, fly, fly, fly! TAO has secured the funds to luxury-cast supporting roles, and in his usual voice-of-God mode, bass Morris Robinson’s Banquo gave such distinguished ...

The witches are quite neutral in Shakespeare’s original text. Whilst they often talk in riddles, they only speak the truth to Macbeth and Banquo, and do not manufacture situations to cause the ...

Performing Lady Macbeth’s “Out, damned spot!” monologue requires a balance of vulnerability and horror. It offers an extraordinary opportunity to explore the human psyche’s darker sides.

Dark powers guide dagger-sharp ‘Macbeth’ at Washington National Opera Director Brenna Corner brings a new production of Verdi’s classic, starring soprano Ewa Płonka and baritone Étienne ...

One detail involving who sings what, however, sheds light on Verdi’s vision for the opera. Léon Carvalho, who ran the Théâtre Lyrique, suggested enlarging the role of Macduff, a rather small role for ...

Macbeth is designed by Rosanna Vize, with lighting design by Bruno Poet, sound by Gareth Fry, movement by Shelley Maxwell, fight direction by Rachel Bown-Williams and Ruth Cooper-Brown of Rc-Annie Ltd ...

One of his victims is the king himself, and another is his friend Banquo, who returns as a ghost. Lady Macbeth (spoiler to a play from the 1600s) eventually kills herself.

Fiennes’ Macbeth is an old warrior, battle-hardened yet weary of spirit. Banquo (Steffan Rhodri), his loyal buddy on the field, seems even older.

Simon Godwin is no stranger to the work of Shakespeare. Until May 5, his production of Macbeth is playing in D.C. with a cast led by Ralph Fiennes and Indira Varma. The film version of this same ...

I’d just be really annoying to everybody else, you know. Play with me!” Queen Macbeth, by Val McDermid, is the latest in the Darkland Tales series, £12, Polygon is published on 2 May.

Malcolm here is a slobbish, disaffected teenager with no aptitude for governance; there’s a strong suspicion that Banquo is the father of Lady Macduff’s imminent child; Lady Macbeth seeks to ...