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In brief: Lady MacBethad; Inshallah United; Moon Witch, Spider King – reviews

A distinctive reimagining of dark Scottish history; a thoughtful celebration of faith and football; and the second novel in Marlon James’s immense Dark Star trilogy

The Guardian - UK

Macbeth review – the lady vanishes in filmic gangland hybrid

Imitating the Dog’s exciting live action-video fusion, which sets the Scottish play in a modern-day crime syndicate, leaves Lady Macbeth out in the cold

The Guardian - UK

Ambition, corruption and guerilla gardening: Eleanor Catton's Birnam Wood is a horror story for our time

Almost every review to date mentions the brutal argument that closes the first section of Eleanor Catton’s Birnam Wood. In a novel filled with incident – disasters, chases, one very bad acid trip, general maleficence – it is telling that this scene lingers.

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My worst moment: Hope Davis and the enormous sweaty balls of sweater fuzz stuck to her underarms during an audition

There’s something Shakespearean about the character Hope Davis plays on the Showtime drama “Your Honor.” As the wife of a crime boss, “she’s a Lady Macbeth and she’s very frustrated with how her husband is executing things, so she gets her hands dirty,” said Davis. “It’s really delicious to play…

Chicago Tribune

A love of Shakespeare is one reason to accept an honour. What’s everyone else’s excuse?

Actors aside, only the foolhardy can now say yes to a gong in the debased era of Liz Truss and Boris Johnson

The Guardian - UK

Astonishing adaptation of Macbeth reimagines Shakespeare's 'Scottish play'

ZINNIE Harris is one of Scotland’s most accomplished playwrights.

The National (Scotland)

Eleanor Catton: ‘I felt so much doubt after winning the Booker’

In 2013, at 28, Eleanor Catton became the youngest ever Booker winner with The Luminaries. She talks about adapting the novel for screen, being shut out of her native New Zealand and why it has taken 10 years to write a follow-up

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'Reade him, therefore; and againe, and againe'. It's the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's First Folio, a monumental project put together by his friends

Shakespeare’s First Folio – more accurately known as Mr William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, Tragedies – was published 400 years ago this November.

The Conversation

You need to play the best time-loop game on Steam ASAP

A time-loop retelling of one of Shakespeare's most famous plays, this indie game is a must-play adventure.

Inverse

Nicole Cooper: 10 things that changed my life

AWARD-WINNING actor Nicole Cooper tells Mark Brown about 10 things that changed her life...

The National (Scotland)

Gimlets, thanes, and a zombie’s birthday – take the Thursday quiz

Fifteen questions on general knowledge and topical trivia, plus a few jokes every Thursday. How will you fare?

The Guardian - UK

James McAvoy, Best Actor at ES Theatre Awards 2022: ‘Theatre is changing for the better’

He won the award for his standout role in Cyrano de Bergerac, whose director Jamie Lloyd called him, ‘Quite simply the greatest actor of our generation’

Evening Standard

Distilleries, golden eagles … and Macbeth: seven slow adventures in the Scottish Highlands and islands

Go at your own pace as you travel the path less followed – spend a morning foraging for lunch, learn to knit in Shetland or try aurora borealis hunting in Orkney this autumn and winter

The Guardian - UK

King may have sought to bring ‘poetic shape’ to emotions by quoting Shakespeare

Charles III referenced lines from Henry VIII and Hamlet during two of his first major speeches as head of state.

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Charles’s Shakespearean tribute to the Queen

The King said his mother had been ‘a pattern to all princes living’.

The Guardian - UK

Sybil Mitchell obituary

Other lives: Actor who built a successful career and twice played the role made famous by her aunt Sybil Thorndike

Salon

Trump, Macbeth and the ruins of the GOP

Even after testifying to Trump's crimes, leading Republicans might vote for him again. Shakespeare can explain

Bristol Post

Meet Bristol theatre group Insane Root who perform at obscure landmarks

The team will be taking their magic to a disused swimming pool this summer

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Macbeth by William Shakespeare: a timeless exploration of violence and treachery

In our Guide to the Classics series, experts explain key works of literature.

The Guardian - UK

Tories should take a tip from Macbeth and be bold. But the party itself is infirm of purpose

Conservative MPs would do well to act resolutely. But they also need to solve their identity crisis

Reuters

'Just one of the boys': the schooldays that shaped Prince Charles

British heir to the throne Prince Charles was "just one of the boys" when he was a pupil at a remote boarding school in Scotland, going about his day-to-day life and developing a later passion for the arts and environment.

The Guardian - UK

Schools don’t need to bin Shakespeare – but it’s time for us to teach him differently

Decolonising the curriculum doesn’t mean losing traditional texts, but studying the power imbalances my pupils already experience, says secondary school teacher Nadeine Asbali

The Guardian - UK

Leipzig Gewandhaus/Nelsons review – exquisite and thrilling Strauss from a great orchestra

Andris Nelsons’ detailed approach to Strauss creates a stunning, opulent sound although at points the drama the music needed was lacking

The Independent UK

Tony Awards 2022: British musical Six picks up eight nominations for Broadway show

Read the full list of nominations

The Guardian - UK

Farewell to Ozark – the most thrilling, rewarding crime show around

In this near-perfect world of secrets, lies and cartel bosses, Laura Linney and Jason Bateman have been compelling to the Byrdes’ bitter end – but it’s Ruth who’s the show’s real hero

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