NPR's Scott Simon speaks with actor Corey Hawkins, who plays Macduff in the new movie, "The Tragedy of Macbeth." Joel Coen's film of "The Tragedy Of Macbeth" is told in black and white and a landscape ...

NARRATOR: In the castle Macbeth is put into his armour… FX: Clink of armour. MACBETH: You - tell my lady I am about to leave for battle. BODYGUARD: Yes, my lord. MACBETH: Are the flags flying?

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with actor Corey Hawkins, who plays Macduff in the new movie, "The Tragedy of Macbeth." Corey Hawkins on playing Lord Macduff, the Thane of Fife, in 'The Tragedy of Macbeth' ...

Staged in a small Brookline church with simple lights, Scottish pennants, and a twig pentagram in the background, the Actors’ Shakespeare Project’s newest production, “Macbeth,” is filled with ...

Macbeth is a spooky horror story set in Scotland. There are gory bits. There are witches and spooky visions. Macbeth and his wife commit so many horrible crimes that towards the end even Lady Macbeth ...

Denzel Washington has been a Shakespearean standout for decades, but he’d never seen a production of “Macbeth” before being crowned the lead of the latest film adaptation. That proved to be an ...

ACT ONE: The opera takes place in Scotland and begins in a forest. Macbeth and Banquo, two Scottish generals in King Duncan's army, stop to visit with coven of witches. (In Shakespeare's play, there ...

Even with something as simple as the weather, Shakespeare can be so indecisive! “Fair is foul, and foul is fair/Hover through the fog and filthy air” chant the Three Witches to begin the play. And ...

A prophecy muddles the brain of a brave general and kick-starts the upheaval of a divided nation. Consumed by his personal ambition and the absolute devotion to his ...