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David Tennant’s Macbeth hit by second disruption days after angry theatregoer row

The production was delayed after a key cast became unable to continue their performance

The Independent UK

David Tennant forced off stage for second time in a week amid more Macbeth West End show chaos

Actor David Tennant briefly left the stage during a penultimate Macbeth performance in the West End on Friday as the production faced further chaos.

Evening Standard

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Here is everything you need to know about finding your family or clan tartan in Scotland.

The National (Scotland)

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Macbeth (An Undoing): a new take that aims to reimagine Lady Macbeth’s path – but ultimately leaves you guessing

What if significant portions of William Shakespeare’s text for Macbeth had been lost, leading to a narrative in which Lady Macbeth charts a different path, free from madness?

The Conversation

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

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Evening Standard

Macbeth review – Max Bennett’s jokey king is clearly unfit to govern

Gender swapped roles shed new light on dark days in a production – complete with gruesome bodybags and references to fake news – that feels aptly aligned to our times

The Guardian - UK

Bard jokes: how music-hall greats inspired Stewart Lee to meddle with Macbeth

The stand-up comedian describes how he gave a modern twist to the Porter’s dark jokes in a new RSC production directed by Wils Wilson

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

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

The National (Scotland)

Diane Abbott and Katharine Birbalsingh dine across the divide: ‘Kids thanking teachers for detention? That’s a bit extreme!’

In our celebrity Dining across the divide special, the Labour MP and the headteacher debate education, discipline and their shared Jamaican heritage

The Guardian - UK

A fox has taken my hens – weeks later I am still finding feathers and my heart is leaden with grief

With the near-infinite amount of suffering out there, it seems self-indulgent to feel so sad, but I can still feel the warmth and weight of each bird

The Guardian - UK

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

Salon

Macbeth review – Daniel Craig and Ruth Negga soar but there’s magic missing

Sam Gold’s inventively staged take on the classic tragedy has its moments but there’s something missing at the centre

The Guardian - US

David Tennant to play Macbeth in new radio drama

He will be joined by Daniela Nardini as Lady Macbeth, Stuart McQuarrie as Banquo, and Alec Newman as Macduff.

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