Polly Findlay directs Christopher Eccleston in his RSC debut in the title role of Macbeth, with Niamh Cusack returning to the company to play Lady Macbeth and Edward Bennett as Macduff, in a ...

Jeremy Paxman is to trade broadcasting for acting in an upcoming London production. The former Newsnight host will appear as the head juror in Trial of Macbeth, a one-off event from the Shakespeare ...

"Eccleston has always wanted to play Macbeth and there is something really interesting about his ultra-macho soldier, who rolls and swaggers around the stage, confident in his world. When he assumes ...

ACTOR Christopher Eccleston has spoken of class prejudice' when it came to Shakespearean roles as he won good reviews of his portrayal of Macbeth in the Royal Shakespeare Company's production of the ...

The RSC has announced its new season, which will feature productions of Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet and The Merry Wives of Windsor. Doctor Who star Christopher Eccleston will make his RSC debut in the ...

Loose Ends - Jade Anouka on wanting to play Macbeth and Christopher Eccleston on playing Lady Macbeth - BBC Sounds From: Loose Ends Jade Anouka on wanting to play Macbeth and Christopher Eccleston on ...

Even those of us who have seen dozens of interpretations can count the number which "worked" on the fingers of one hand, and veterans still recall Trevor Nunn's 1976 production for the RSC, starring ...

Former Doctor Who star Christopher Eccleston is set to go where many of his predecessors and successors have gone before: the world of Shakespeare. Yep, Eccleston will be making his Royal Shakespeare ...

Christopher Eccleston and Niamh Cusack - who are starring in a new stage version of Shakespeare's "Macbeth" in Stratford-upon-Avon, England - agree that "rehearsal is the wine of life." (April 20) ...