Although Macbeth succeeds in becoming king, he quickly loses support and is killed by Macduff. The character Macbeth is based on a real king from Scottish history, Mac Bethad mac Findláich.

By CAROLYN BROWN Staff Writer By the pricking of my thumbs, “Macbeth” to Franklin County comes! Montague Shakespeare Festival ...

For some fans of the theater, there is no play so exhilarating as William Shakespeare's Macbeth and for fans of David Tennant, the 2024 production of "The Scottish Play" as it's superstitiously called ...

David Tennant and Cush Jumbo deliver a 'Macbeth' for the ages, but the curse of Shakespeare's tragedy isn't easy to avoid.

In the end, the Weird Sisters get a hold of exactly what they came for: Brains — Macbeth’s, and maybe ours too.

His ruthless wife, Lady Macbeth (soprano Sara Gartland), fans the flames, urging him to murder the king to seize the throne. As the plot unfolds, violence, guilt and madness escalate. In the case ...

Michael Mayes leads the cast as Macbeth, the Scottish general who becomes king after murdering the reigning monarch. Mayes is a villain with a velvet-smooth baritone — his big Act IV aria was ...