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#Macbeth kicks off Royal New Zealand Ballet’s 2026 season

https://lucire.com/insider/20260122/macbeth-kicks-off-royal-new-zealand-ballets-2026-season/ #RNZB #ballet #dance #living #arts #Lucire #NZ #Aotearoa #nzballet

Principal Ana Gallardo Lobaina and soloist Branden Reiners in the Royal New Zealand Ballet's Macbeth, photographed by Ross Brown.

Hamnet: Shakespeare e o poder do luto.
- bsoplvr
https://outraspalavras.net/poeticas/hamnet-shakespeare-e-o-poder-do-luto/
#Poticas #ChloZhao #Cinema #Dramaturgia #Hamlet #HamnetAvidaantesdeHamlet #Macbeth #Oscar #Tragdia #WilliamShakespeare

"I have to have something to sell tickets. The stuff you sent the other day isn’t it."

Fedi, I'm petty. And hurt. And pissed off. Now, as the saying goes: in matters of taste, the customer is always right. HOWEVER.

I love these promos. What do you think, fedi friends? Are you coming to my murder mystery?

#MurderMystery #Theatre #ActorsLife #MurderMysteryTheatre #PerformingArts #ArtHistory #ClassicArt #ClassicPaintings #Shakespearean #Macbeth #JuliusCaesar #SaturnDevouringHisSon #Pygmalion

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The painting "? as Lady Macbeth". The overlayed text reads:

Don't wait for someone to give you your crown

An Invitation to Die

The painting "Pygmalion and Galatea". The overlayed text reads:

Art can't talk back.

An Invitation to Die

The painting "Saturn Devouring". The overlayed text reads:

Never mix business and family

An Invitation to Die

The painting "The Assassination of Caesar". The overlayed text reads:

I love it when the family gets together.

An Invitation to Die

"Had I power, I should
Pour the sweet milk of concord into Hell,
Uproar the universal peace, confound
All unity on Earth."
- William Shakespeare, "Macbeth" (Act 4, Scene 3)

#ShakespeareSunday #Book #Literature #Poetry #Theatre #Theater #Shakespeare #WilliamShakespeare #Macbeth

Just posted my final blog of 2025: four vivid, joyful moments that carried me through a complicated year.
From singing with strangers to meeting Sam Heughan after Macbeth, this is what lit the fire in me.
📖 Read here: Looking Back: Four Moments That Made My 2025 https://sharonecathcart.wordpress.com/2025/12/31/looking-back-four-moments-that-made-my-2025/

#YearInReview #Theatre #JoyInTheDark #AuthorLife #Macbeth

@kris_of_pnictogen

Not yet, but that's the plan! I've already decided Macbeth will be Mhach's Archmagus, someone who takes the role first filled by Shattoto Shato.

I am most excited about who the three witches might be. I have an idea. I might pull back out the three Paragons that caused the fall of Troyv: Igeyorhm, Deudalaphon, and Halmarut. Not sure yet.

I just know with 100% certainty that Macbeth will be named The Tragedy of Sasankhu.

The Tragedy of Sasankhu

After receiving a void-prophecy that he would rule the vaunted Magocracy of Mhach, the ambitious voidmage Sasankhu Onkonkhu murders the High Arcmagus to seize the High Seat of Mhach.

His reign becomes a nightmare of blood and paranoia as he attempts to use void magic to prevent his power from fading.

Sasankhu's fate reaches its climax when he is slain by a rival who exploits a linguistic flaw in the prophecy’s logic, leaving the "Son of Life" to be unmade by the very shadows he sought to command.

#FFXIV #FF14 #FinalFantasyXIV #FFXIVLore #GPOSERS #FFXIVRP #Mhach #Macbeth #Shakespeare #Retelling #TheTragedyOfSasankhu #CreativeWriting #WritingCommunity #Literature #Bardcore #Ascian #Igeyorhm #Voidmage #Shattoto #Voidsent #Sasankhu

#happybirthday #judidench #actress #Hamlet #RomeoandJuliet #Macbeth #AFineRomance #AsTimeGoesBy #GoldenEye #TomorrowNeverDies #TheWorldIsNotEnough #DieAnotherDay #CasinoRoyale #QuantumofSolace #Skyfall #Spectre #ShakespeareinLove #TeawithMussolini #PrideandPrejudice #TheBestExoticMarigoldHotel #MurderontheOrientExpress #Cats #Belfast #Spirited

Whether you’ve been with us for all 25 years or just saw your first show this year, you are part of our circle, part of what makes us We.

Every one of you is essential to our small but mighty team!

www.weplayers.org/support-we

#Macbeth at #FortPoint photo by Lauren Matley

#theater #immersive #shakespeare #TheKeeper

Three actors perform before an intimately-close semi-circle of audience members. The scene is seen from above and is in an outdoor courtyard.

The RSC’s Macbeth is taking its final bow in Stratford. I was there on opening night. I wrote about it — and unexpectedly went viral.

That production changed me.

This is my final tribute to it, and the beginning of something new.

✨ “What’s Done is Done”: Final Thoughts About Macbeth
🔗 https://sharonecathcart.wordpress.com/2025/12/06/whats-done-is-done-final-thoughts-about-macbeth/

#Theatre #Macbeth #StratfordUponAvon #RSC #ActorLife #Shakespeare #ArtsCommunity #BlogPost

Julia Marlowe and Edward H. Southern in Macbeth between 1906 and 1913.
Genthe, Arnold, 1869-1942
1 photograph : autochrome, color ; 5 x 7 in.

#JuliaMarlowe #EdwardHSouthern #Arnold #Shakespeare #Macbeth #ArnoldGenthe #Vienna #SanFrancisco #7inches #(EdwardHugh) #1859-1933 #1865-1950 #Actors #Actresses #Marlowe #Julia #Performances #Sothern #undefined

https://www.loc.gov/item/2018704565/

The image depicts a man and woman dressed in elaborate costumes, likely portraying characters from Shakespeare's play "Macbeth." The man is wearing a crown and ornate gold armor with blue accents, while the woman has on a lavish purple gown with gold embellishments. They are standing together against a dark background, possibly indicative of an outdoor or cave-like setting.

The photograph appears to be vintage, suggesting it may have been taken between 1906 and 1913 as stated in the description provided by Julia Marlowe and Edward H. Southern for their involvement with "Macbeth" during that period. The photographer's name is Arnold Genthe (born in Vienna but active primarily in San Francisco), known for his work capturing diverse subjects, including performing arts.

This autochrome color photograph measures 5 x 7 inches and showcases the unique properties of this early photographic process, which allowed for a vibrant range of colors to be captured on glass plates.

Looking back, I realise that my friend Tor and I received pretty unusual #English as home #language teaching when we were like 13. Graham from Scotland led us two through a reading of #Macbeth over a semester or two. We must have been his elite duo. Both became #Humanities academics. Tor teaches philosophy at KTH.

Instead of deconstructing the Macbeth "curse", The Scottish Play doubles down on it, turning Shakespeare’s ghost into a literal poltergeist of authorial discontent. The myth becomes a narrative crutch, a way to externalize the film’s own anxiety about touching sacred material.
#FilmCriticism #Shakespeare #Adaptation #Macbeth #TheScottishPlay #Cinema #Theatre #MovieReview
https://pablohoneyfish.wordpress.com/2025/11/10/fixing-shakespeare-the-folly-of-the-scottish-play-2020/

#macbeth for New York City #ZohranMamdani

»There would have been a time
for
such a word.«
in the »Zhoran for New York« yellow on blue style.

(original Reddit link: https://www.reddit.com/r/OldOpera/comments/1olcp4p/macbeth_1947/ )

"Macbeth, 1947

I've been on some sort of Verdi/Tamagno kick lately and I was trying to return to my normal, light repertoir, but I wanted to listen to an opera for Halloween. I immediately thought of McBeth, which I hadn't heard yet, only to discover that it was written by Verdi! It's just one of those weeks.

Libretto

http://www.operafolio.com/libretto.asp?n=Macbeth&translation=UK

Recording

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQVoC7skN9Y

There really isn't much to say about the libretto. Anyone who has received a good education knows the story of Macbeth, and Verdi follows Shakespeare very closely. But I will say that this is yet another time when the text has no ocr errors and when the Italian and English are easily separated, so I had no problem reading it with my screen reader, NVDA.

I'm glad that I chose this version because it gave me the chance to hear mostly new (to me) singers. I actually found an article about MARGHERITA GRANDI just prior to hearing this. It was a review of a cd of her music, but part of it was this exact performance. Apparently, recordings by her are rare.

https://www.classicstoday.com/review/review-13451/

I agree with the author that she had a unique sound and a good range. I could also hear the dramatic and the softer parts as her voice changed. I read somewhere that Lady Macbeth is one of the most difficult roles in opera, but she handled it very well. I did know of Frank Valentino, but mostly because of his background. He was a student of Emilio Piccoli, Schipa's second serious singing teacher, his first being Alceste Gerunda. Valentino went on to become a teacher in America, until the 1970's. At any rate, while I can't describe his voice as beautiful or appealing, for this role, it fit perfectly. His acting was also wonderful, particularly in the dramatic parts. I could feel his emotions, as if he had become Macbeth! I really must add Italo Tajo to my regular rotation. I have heard him in several operas, and each time, I liked him. He will be the second bass to join the group, with the other being Salvatore Baccaloni. I just wish he had a larger part here. New to me were the two tenors, Walter Midgley and Andrew McKinley (Macduff and Malcolm, respectively). I'm very annoyed that I never heard of them, particularly Midgley, who has a beautiful voice! I hope I can find more recordings of them.

The opera itself was okay. I certainly can't rate it as highly as La Traviata or Rigoletto, but I can't say I didn't like it musically, like Falstaff. It definitely had its moments and Verdi did capture the right mood, given the subject. But part of it dragged. Still, for Halloween, it was a good choice.

Now, I desperately must return to my bel canto and Romantic operas, preferably with large tenor roles! Can anyone please recommend something? Italian strongly preferred."

#Macbeth #opera #review #Verdi

Shakespeare - Song of the Witches (from Macbeth)
Dr Ph Martin's Van Dyke Brown Bombay India Ink on Rhodia Touch paper

Back on stream tonight after a couple of weeks off due to COVID!

#Shakespeare #calligraphy #Macbeth #witches #dippencalligraphy #dippen

The Song of the Witches, from Shakespeare's Macbeth, hand-lettered in a LOTR-inspired style in brown india ink. A wax seal of a raven perched on a branch is affixed.

'Double, double toil and trouble;
Fire burn and caldron bubble.
Fillet of a fenny snake,
In the caldron boil and bake;
Eye of newt and toe of frog,
Wool of bat and tongue of dog,
Adder's fork and blind-worm's sting,
Lizard's leg and howlet's wing,
For a charm of powerful trouble,
Like a hell-broth boil and bubble.

Double, double toil and trouble;
Fire burn and caldron bubble.
Cool it with a baboon's blood,
Then the charm is firm and good.'

A photo from our friends’ Macbeth reading. I was unable to participate, but one of the witches in this picture is my wife.

I told her she makes a good witch, but she gave me the stinkeye.

#Shakespeare #ScottishPlay #Macbeth

A group of five women dressed as witches in a living room, holding books containing the script to Macbeth. The one in the center strikes a dramatic pose. The two furthest left and right are wearing tall peaked witches’ hats. There are black candles suspended in the air above them.

Last night I saw "macbitches", a play by Sophie McIntosh, at the Shakespeare Tavern. It was fabulous. Five women, all in the drama department at a college, have just gotten the cast list for the upcoming production of "Macbeth" and - surprisingly - the role of Lady Macbeth has gone to a freshman. What follows is a mixture of comedy and drama and violence that is familiar in this particular venue.

There are only two more performances - tonight and tomorrow night. It's on the small stage, so there aren't that many seats available. Don't miss is.

#Shakespeare #Macbeth #LadyMacbeth #macbitches #AtlantaShakespeareCompany #Atlanta #SophieMcIntosh

https://www.shakespearetavern.com/on-stage/guest/special-asc-event-macbitches-by-sophie-mcintosh/