Macbeth: A Dagger of the Mind Harold Bloom. Scribner, $24 (176p) ISBN 978-1-5011-6425-5 ...

This being Kahn's handiwork, the production is always smooth and lucid. There are inspired choices, as when, in his bleak valedictory ("Life's but a walking shadow . . ."), Macbet ...

This is not your grandfather’s “Macbeth,” but it is “Macbeth” as adapted in a modern verse translation by Migdalia Cruz and powerfully produced by the African-American Shakespeare Company.

For example, their work is essential to the chilling potency of Macbeth’s visions. When Macbeth sees a floating dagger, he stands on a truck with white headlights that flash like blinking eyes.

Shakespeare wrote of bloody murders, evil witches and deceitful plots in his tale of Macbeth, but did you know there was a real king Macbeth who was not all he is made out to be? This intimate one man ...