The Tragedy of Macbeth (commonly called Macbeth) is a play by William Shakespeare about a regicide and its aftermath. It is Shakespeare's shortest tragedy and is believed to have been written sometime ...

Revered and reviled as one of the greatest villainesses of literature, Lady Macbeth is certainly in the same archetypal category as Medusa, Circe and Morgan le Fay. However, Ava Reid's "Lady Macbeth" ...

The legions of readers who adore the dark Scandinavian noir of Jo Nesbø will also love Macbeth, his adaptation of Shakespeare’s famous play. OK, thank goodness that’s over. Now I can say without ...

History of Art professor Alexander Nemerov’s new book, “Acting in the Night: Macbeth and the Places of the Civil War,” begins on the stage of a performance of “Macbeth” on Oct. 17, 1863 in Washington, ...

Steve Rowell didn't mean to hang onto Walton Central School District's copy of "Macbeth" for 50 years. But, as Lady Macbeth says in the tragedy written by William Shakespeare, "What's done is done." ...

Shakespeare gave the world the archetypal villainess in Lady Macbeth: an evil, over-ambitious, scheming harridan who coerced her husband into murdering his king and set both of them on the path to ...

"Macbeth" is the most recognizable of Shakespeare's plays, a sort of Elizabethan suspense thriller filled with unforgettable and almost over-the-top moments: Witches brewing, villains handwringing, ...

Marion Cotillard cast in Macbeth. The casting of Marion Cotillard in Macbeth answers the question of who will play the lead female role in the Justin Kurzel directed film. Marion Cotillard will play ...

Most people would not consider “Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn and cauldron bubble” to be a nursery rhyme. But Utah children’s author Jennifer Adams does. Adams and illustrator Alison ...

Shakespeare gave the world the archetypal villainess in Lady Macbeth: an evil, over-ambitious, scheming harridan who coerced her husband into murdering his king and set both of them on the path to ...