He was born by a caesarean! You know, cut out her tum tum,not via her…[whistles] And MacDuff chops Macbeth’s head off! King James I was on the throne when Shakespeare wrote Macbeth.

It highlights Macbeth's transformation from a noble figure into a tyrant driven by his lust for power, paralleling historical events and King James I's interest in witchcraft and the divine right ...

King James VI, rather than an attempt at historical accuracy; deeply regrets that the perceived successful reign of King Macbeth remains, it believes, misportrayed to many on the basis of his ...

including Dr John Dee’s Spiritual Diary and a first edition of King James VI and I’s Daemonologie. Among the modern representations of Macbeth on display are the first published Arabic ...

This new, critical three-part essay from world-renowned American scholar James Shapiro re-examines ... including Measure For Measure, Macbeth, King Lear, Coriolanus and The Winter’s Tale.