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 ...

Tennant is a Scot, and though he does other Shakespeare in classical Standard English – witness his nuanced Hamlet to Patrick Stewart’s King, his put-upon Richard II – he of course plays Macbeth with ...

For fans of Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre, Michael Fassbender's interpretation of Edward Rochester was enough to make anyone ...

The actor, 33, has seen his career go from strength to strength since first landing his role on the show, winning legions of ...

TAMPA — Straz Center’s Opera Tampa recently announced its 30th anniversary season featuring the work of Benjamin Britten, ...

The Association of Leading Visitor Attractions (ALVA) has released the visitor figures of its members for 2024. The total ...

Already being hailed, by director Kevin Macdonald, as the “best British actor under 30 without question”, a third major breakthrough for our James came playing the son of a posh family’s housekeeper ...

According to Michael Sexton in these pages, “since the Monroe Doctrine was proclaimed in 1823 by the US, it has designated both North and South America to be US spheres of influence” (“Only US and ...

You'll find king cakes in the groceries and bakeries ... In this contemporary production of Shakespeare’s "Macbeth," ambition and political intrigue take center stage. Set during the early ...

As well as belonging to its pool of actors and playwrights, Shakespeare was one of the managing partners of the Lord Chamberlain's Company (renamed the King's Company when James succeeded to the ...

King Lear, probably composed in this year, took divided kingdoms as its theme mirroring James I's new domain of England, Scotland and Wales. Meanwhile Macbeth, also written early in James's reign ...