King James I was on the throne when Shakespeare wrote Macbeth. He was Scottish, so perhaps Shakespeare wrote a play about Scottish kings to please him. Three witches meet on the heath and hatch a ...

How much do you know about Shakespeare’s play The Tempest? This section takes you step by step through the play, helping you to identify key plot points. You’ve all heard of those trips to an ...

Not seen in London for over a decade, Troilus and Cressida is Shakespeare’s extremely odd Trojan War drama that essentially combines a big chunk of the plot of the Illiad with a weirdy love ...

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

I n 1606, less than a year after the Gunpowder Plot, Shakespeare was undoubtedly influenced by Guy Fawkes and his co-conspirators in writing Macbeth.However, there are also some intriguing ...

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