This production of Macbeth, starring Patrick Stewart and Kate Fleetwood, expertly reveals the stark universality of the destructive  quest for power at all costs.
Thurgood Marshall was a towering figure in our legal history. But this one-hander (Laurence Fishburne) is more history by the numbers than flesh and blood drama
Martin Crimp is back with his latest play, The City, in a bewitching production from Katie Mitchell that overrides much of what is irksome about the text.
Shakespeare's history plays are given superb productions by the RSC. Four are on view right now (Richard II, Henry IV, Part One and Two, and Henry V) The other four await in the wings.