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“I do fear thy nature”: Kim Wexler and echoes of 'Macbeth' in 'Better Call Saul'
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“I do fear thy nature”: Kim Wexler and echoes of 'Macbeth' in 'Better Call Saul'

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Austin Tichenor
Austin Tichenor draws comparisons between Kim Wexler and Lady Macbeth, unpacking Shakespearean themes in the "Better Call Saul" series.
Q&A: Director Sam Gold on his 'Macbeth' with Daniel Craig and Ruth Negga
Cast of Macbeth on a stage with Daniel Craig and Ruth Negga sitting on purple chairs
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Q&A: Director Sam Gold on his 'Macbeth' with Daniel Craig and Ruth Negga

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Director Sam Gold shares what he loves most about Macbeth, why it stands out from other Shakespeare tragedies he's directed, and how his ideas about the play changed over time. His current Broadway production, starring Daniel Craig and Ruth Negga, runs through July 10.
The unlikely link between a sixth-century queen and Macbeth
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The unlikely link between a sixth-century queen and Macbeth

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While working on "The Dark Queens: The Bloody Rivalry that Forged the Medieval World," Shelley Puhak stumbled across a connection between her subjects and Shakespeare. Her book is a dual biography of Brunhild and Fredegund, two queens who, as long-term regents for their underage male relatives, ruled over most of sixth-century Western Europe. Fredegund was born a slave; Brunhild was a Visigoth princess. Despite their vastly different backgrounds, they ended up as sisters-in-law and political rivals who negotiated with emperors and popes, revitalized cities, revamped tax policy, and conducted a decades-long civil war—against each other. Echoes of one conflict in that war, the 593 Battle of Droizy, have been preserved in Macbeth’s final act, when Birnam Wood arrives at Dunsinane.
The power of restriction: Joel Coen's 'The Tragedy of Macbeth'
Denzel Washington in “The Tragedy of Macbeth
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The power of restriction: Joel Coen's 'The Tragedy of Macbeth'

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Austin Tichenor

Denzel Washington in The Tragedy of Macbeth, now streaming on Apple TV+ A movie that honors a play’s theatricality: That’s what director Joel Coen said he wanted for The Tragedy of Macbeth, his new adaptation of the Scottish play. The…

What's onstage at Shakespeare theaters in January
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What's onstage at Shakespeare theaters in January

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Ben Lauer
This January, new productions kick off at the Atlanta Shakespeare Company and Cincinnati Shakespeare Company. Plus, streaming productions of Macbeth, a podcast returns, and a new audio play.
Speaking what we feel: Shakespeare’s plague plays
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Speaking what we feel: Shakespeare’s plague plays

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Austin Tichenor
How do Shakespeare's plays reflect a life filled with plague outbreaks, asks Austin Tichenor -- and do we see his plays in new ways now?
Up Close: The voodoo Macbeth that generated jobs for Black Americans during the Great Depression
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Up Close: The voodoo Macbeth that generated jobs for Black Americans during the Great Depression

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A spectacular 1936 Federal Theatre Project production of “Macbeth” in New York City employed hundreds of black actors and theater technicians. It was financed by the Federal Theatre Project, a controversial part of the federal government’s New Deal programs to provide jobs for Americans.
Strange Shakespeare: Macbeth and the even weirder sisters
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Strange Shakespeare: Macbeth and the even weirder sisters

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David Taylor
Shakespeare’s witches haven’t always terrified audiences. For a century and more – from the late 17th to the early 19th centuries – actors played these parts for laughs. During the period in which Shakespeare became “the Bard”, the witches in fact brought a large dose of comedy to Shakespeare’s bloody tragedy. The origins of this surprising, but long-lasting, stage interpretation go back to 1664.
Order It: Macbeth’s “Out, out, brief candle!”
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Order It: Macbeth’s “Out, out, brief candle!”

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As the play’s climactic battle approaches, Macbeth is told of his wife’s death. He responds, “She should have died hereafter. There would have been a time for such a word.” And then he launches into one of Shakespeare’s most famous soliloquies, about the fleeting and fragile nature of life. Can you correctly order these lines from Act 5, Scene 5?
Excerpt – ‘Lady Romeo’ by Tana Wojczuk
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Excerpt – ‘Lady Romeo’ by Tana Wojczuk

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American actress Charlotte Cushman was a 19th-century theatrical icon, known for playing traditionally male roles like Romeo and Hamlet. She was not the only actress of her time to play these parts, but her style was uniquely assertive and athletic. However, her breakout acting role was Lady Macbeth.
Teller on his magical 'Macbeth' at Folger Theatre
Macbeth and Lady Macbeth with the bloody daggers
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Teller on his magical 'Macbeth' at Folger Theatre

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Ian Merrill Peakes (Macbeth), Macbeth, conceived and directed by Teller and Aaron Posner, Folger Theatre in a co-production with Two River Theater Company, 2008. Carol Pratt. “Our premise is that Macbeth is Shakespeare’s supernatural horror thriller, and should be done…

"Thorny hedgehogs, be not seen": Hedgehogs in Shakespeare's plays and the early modern imagination
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"Thorny hedgehogs, be not seen": Hedgehogs in Shakespeare's plays and the early modern imagination

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Haylie Swenson

Edward Topsell. The historie of foure-footed beastes. 1607. FOLGER STC 24123 copy 1 While the global population of European hedgehogs (Erinaceus europaeus) is stable, their numbers have been rapidly declining in the UK for decades, especially in rural areas. This…

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