Tag: William Shakespeare

Creating the Macbeth Fights

Something Wicked This Way Comes: The Curse of Macbeth

On the first day of rehearsal, >troche Alexander Burns, the director of Macbeth, instructed the assembled cast and crew to hold hands and say the title of play three times,…

Remember the Porter: Updating Shakespeare’s Text

Many scholars agree that one of the chief purposes of the Porter’s speech in Macbeth is to give a much-needed comedic breath to a very dark story. Whether this scene…