She knew that Macbeth was a real person, but found that the characters of the Macbeths were based on another historical couple. Fay referenced the 1577 tome Holinshed Chronicles — which ...

William Shakespeare’s action-packed tragedy of ambition, betrayal, murder, and pesky stains that just won’t wash out, Macbeth, has a vexed reputation among Real Theatre People. Legend has it ...

Kathryn Hunter, who plays the witches in Joel Coen's 'The Tragedy of Macbeth,' discusses real witches, Denzel Washington, and iconic lines.

Historians and politicians have begun a campaign to rehabilitate Macbeth by claiming that his reputation has been unfairly maligned by William Shakespeare. A drive to dispel the Scottish king's ...

A Roman road dating to the 1st century was unearthed in a garden near Stirling, Scotland. The road, city officials said Thursday, was used by centuries of leaders, including the real Macbeth.

But the real curse of “the Scottish play” is that it’s damnably difficult to pull off onstage. Heresy to say it, but “Macbeth” might actually work better on screen, as I’ve argued before.

The film “Voodoo Macbeth” tells the story of how this groundbreaking production came to be, from the perspective of a then 20-year old “genius” Orson Welles (Jewell Wilson Bridges), who ...

In a statement, Coen, 66, says "It's a real privilege and a thrill to be opening the Festival this year with" his movie, which is based on William Shakespeare's Macbeth and distributed by Apple/A24.