Sunday, August 27, 2006


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Macbeth
What could I possibly say about Macbeth that hasn’t been said eight billion times already? So instead I’ll just point out that I expected to find the witches saying, “O, what a tangled web we weave / when first we practise to deceive,” but did not find it. Turns out that’s because Shakespeare didn’t say it; it’s a line from Sir Walter Scott’s Marmion. No comments yet

Macbeth meets the end of the world
The Actors' Repertoire Theatre Ensemble will be performing William Shakespeare's tragedy 'Macbeth' this summer in a fashion that audiences may have never imagined -- post-apocalyptic.

Connelly and Hoffman in Macbeth
Jennifer Connelly and Philip Seymour Hoffman have joined the long-gestating Todd Louiso adaptation of William Shakespeare's tragedy Macbeth, reports Variety.


Castles of Scotland - Glamis Castle
Made famous in William Shakespeare's 'Macbeth', Glamis Castle stands proudly over the Scottish countryside. The castle is the childhood home of the Queen Mother.

Oxfordian, The - Shakespeare in Scotland: what did the author of Macbeth know and when did he know it?
January 1, 2003 -- Awake! Awake! Ring the alarum-bell:--murder and treason! Banquo and Donalbain! Malcolm! Awake! Shake off this downy sleep, death's counterfeit, ...

APT updates Shakespeare's "Macbeth"
Stage lights darken and light shoots up from below the glass, illuminating a murky mist swirling across the stage. With all the sunlight drained from the sky, the night is painted with the actors' movements as they play out a 400-year-old drama of chaotic destruction and renewal.

Shakespeare a hit in the harbor
Phillip Charles Sneed as MacBeth and Rebecca Dines as Lady MacBeth perform during Macbeth.