The titular character in Shakespeare?s “Macbeth” sees in his mind?s eye a dagger. Macbeth grasps the specter of the blade, and soon thereafter, a real dagger to murder his lord, King Duncan. But the ...

Not to deal in unsolicited prophecies, but if you go see the Washington National Opera production of “Macbeth,” you’ll love it. Giuseppe Verdi’s 1847 adaptation of Shakespeare’s classic (with an ...

Acclaimed critic Bloom (How to Read and Why) once again plumbs the depths of a Shakespeare play to reveal new insights, this time offering a richly detailed character sketch of Macbeth. In a close, ...

So it was a dagger I saw before me - Max Bennett as Macbeth Max Bennett gives us a (literally) bewitched Macbeth who becomes intoxicated with the prospect of seizing power. Given what conmen call a ...

Macbeth is a play by William Shakespeare that tells the story of a Scottish nobleman called Macbeth. Themes are the main ideas that appear repeatedly in a play. Some of the important themes in Macbeth ...

The death of Yale English Professor Harold Bloom on October 14 brings to an end the career of one of the most prolific and widely read critics in the history of Western letters. Labelled a “colossus” ...