A mosque is stormed, its inhabitants are butchered … Andrew Dickson on a Macbeth set in today's Middle EastIt is, in fairness, the Scottish play. But rarely has Macbeth been so inescapable north of Carlisle. There are, depending on how you count, at least 13 versions at this year's Edinburgh festival. There's a Macbeth on motorbikes and several on stilts; a rock musical called 'Beth and a one-Dutchwoman s…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:30PM on August 12, 2012