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The problem with new claims that Marlowe’s Doctor Faustus was co-written by a forgotten dramatist

In Shakespeare’s time, about a quarter of all plays were collaboratively written by two or more dramatists. Christopher Marlowe’s classic work Doctor Faustus was first performed in the 1580s or early 1590s but only published in 1604, 11 years after his death. The dramatists Samuel Rowley and William Bird were…

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US election: how ambitious are the two candidates?

On Monday January 20 next year the newly elected US president – the country’s 47th – will repeat this oath at the Capitol in Washington DC:

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Netflix is removing a large selection of titles, including popular TV series with 100% Rotten Tomatoes score

A large selection of movies and shows are being removed this month

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Rough Magic review – zany riff on Macbeth bewitches young audience

Gleefully batty caper finds one of the weird sisters in hot cauldron water after making reckless promises of a very bright future to a passing thane

The Guardian - UK

Macbeth (An Undoing) review – Lady M takes over Shakespeare’s play … but what for?

Playwright Zinnie Harris mounts an intriguing war on the bard but doesn’t bother building her own vision

The Guardian - AU

Shakespeare goes pop: the best of the Bard’s work updated on screen

A new season of films celebrates how different directors have found a way to bring Shakespeare’s work forward, from Baz Luhrmann to Derek Jarman

The Guardian - US

Victorian hotel near historic battle site where Scottish King died hits the market

A VICTORIAN hotel located in a famous Highlands town where Macbeth, King of Scots died in battle, has gone up for sale ...

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Ambitious Tory hopefuls could learn from Lady Macbeth’s fate ahead of leadership battle

Grant Shapps is running. The Tory MP has held what seems like every ministerial post possible and is famous in Westminster for his command of spreadsheets and data – in other words, for tracking the views and intentions of his fellow Tory MPs. He is ready for the battle ahead.

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Australian Ballet blasts newspaper review for describing dancers as ‘unusually thin’

Company’s artistic director David Hallberg says he was ‘shocked’ by critic’s review and that critique of dancers’ bodies is ‘not acceptable’

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Readers reply: who has been treated most unfairly by history?

The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific and philosophical concepts

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‘Teenagers are exhausting’: Teacher and author Carol Atherton on why her profession deserves more respect

The Head of English at a Lincolnshire secondary school discusses the crisis in education and her mission to make literature live for a new generation

The Guardian - UK

Dolly covers, Scottish kings and a chocolate surplus – take the Thursday quiz

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

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OPINION - Vladimir Putin may be weeks away from a breakthrough in Ukraine but the West is asleep

There is a growing understanding across the Western allies that Ukraine is losing the ground war against Russia, and by summer could face defeat.

Evening Standard

Macbeth review – powerful Verdi staging marks the end for a great company

Arts Council of Wales’s decision to axe its funding for Mid Wales Opera means this effective and cogent production is likely their last on this scale

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Macbeth (An Undoing) at the Rose Theatre review: the sound and fury drowns out its flashes of inspiration

Something meandering this way comes

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Stranger Things, David Tennant’s Macbeth & Tuppence Middleton interview - The Standard Theatre Podcast

Plus, our hosts discuss the musicals they’re looking forward to see in London throughout this year: 2024 is looking to be a corker.

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The Guardian - UK

The week in theatre: Macbeth; Stranger Things: The First Shadow; Ulster American – review

David Tennant and Cush Jumbo wire you into the Macbeths’ innermost thoughts; Stranger Things takes theatrical spectacle to the next dimension; and Woody Harrelson and co fire off David Ireland’s machine-gun provocations

The Independent UK

Macbeth review: David Tennant is a compellingly intense Scottish king in Donmar’s show of sonic trickery

Lady Macbeth’s whispers crackle in your ear as audience members wear headphones in Max Webster’s intimate production, but the sound design can sometimes feel like a distraction

Evening Standard

Macbeth at the Donmar Warehouse review: David Tennant is magnificent, so why sex it up with headphones?

Tennant and Cush Jumbo star as Shakespeare's murderous couple, but their work is overwhelmed by some ill-advised aural shenanigans

Evening Standard

Macbeth at the Depot, Liverpool review: the marketing of this Ralph Fiennes vehicle is the masterpiece here

Fiennes and Indira Varma have an easy chemistry but apart from the design and locations, this is a standard Scottish play

The Guardian - UK

Macbeth review – Ralph Fiennes’ monstrous monarch wages war in a warehouse

Staged in a hangar-like venue strewn with the charred remnants of battle, Simon Godwin’s intelligent production puts violent conflict to the fore

Evening Standard

David Tennant: my 8-year-old daughter was 'bewildered' watching me in Doctor Who

He reprised the role on Friday for a Children In Need special

The Guardian - UK

Christopher Eccleston on class, capitalism, fame and shame: ‘My eating disorder was imprisoning’

One of Britain’s best actors is back on stage as Scrooge. He reflects on his Salford childhood, his rebirth after a breakdown – and why we need to get the Tories out

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