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7 days ago

​Violent and lewd! Not Grand Theft Auto, Shakespeare’s Macbeth

If Shakespeare were around today, he’d be making open-world shooters with the same depth and diversion as his plays

Last week, the Guardian spoke to the team behind Lili, a video game retelling of Mac…

13 days ago

‘Shakespeare would be writing for games today’: Cannes’ first video game Lili is a retelling of Macbeth

Translocating the Scottish play to Iran with help from the RSC, iNK Stories’ version focuses on a Lady Macbeth contending with an oppressive surveillance state

The Cannes film festival isn’t typicall…

57 days ago

‘The violence is relentless. I don’t understand it’: Simon Russell Beale faces up to Shakespeare’s goriest play

The celebrated actor has long struggled with the murder and dismemberment at the heart of Titus Andronicus. Now, at 64, he is finally tackling a play that ‘teeters on the edge of acceptability’ – but…

3 months ago

Is a Trump backlash on its way? Well, eggs are as expensive as ever – and you can’t eat the culture wars | Arwa Mahdawi

The 78-year-old president is the ultimate comeback kid, but he is not a king and he is certainly not a god. As prices rise and consumer sentiment slumps, he may come to regret his election promises

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Four performances of David Tennant's West End production of Macbeth were cancelled after he and cast were struck down with swine flu

Audiences hoping to see the Doctor Who star as the Shakespeare anti-hero at the Harold Pinter Theatre in London last year were disappointed as shows were cancelled due to 'company illness'.

5 months ago

What REALLY happened when David Tennant was hit by the curse of Macbeth for the fourth time in five weeks: Audience member reveals why performance was called off

David Tennant was crouching on stage at the Harold Pinter theatre and was just about to perform a soliloquy when a member of staff hurriedly walked on and asked him to leave.

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