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" ...
Poor Macbeth. Henpecked, manipulated and always upstaged by his wife. Who would have thought Shakespeare’s most murderous villain would continue to take a back seat to one of literature’s fabulous ...
This short film features two atmospheric scenes from Shakespeare's famous tragedy: Act II Scene 2, the murder scene, and Act V Scene 1, with Lady Macbeth and that damned spot. The wonderful Wilfrid ...
Whitney White is back in New Haven, as an actor rather than a director this time. The last time she was here, the Chicago-rooted multi-threat theater artist was directing “An Iliad” at Long Wharf ...
J.D. Vance may have got his idea about “cat ladies” from Shakespeare’s tragedy “Macbeth.” Look how Lady Macbeth uses the image of a cat to nag her husband to do the dirty deed of regicide making ...
The actress, nominated for a Tony Award for her magnetic performance in “Macbeth,” is drawn to female characters who challenge the status quo. By Salamishah Tillet Ruth Negga dazzles onstage. Not just ...
New productions of “Macbeth” and “Hamlet” follow a French tradition of adapting familiar works. The results are innovative, and sometimes cryptic. By Laura Cappelle The critic Laura Cappelle saw the ...