Lady Macbeth and the pregnant Lady Macduff are sisters (or cousins: it’s not clear). The latter’s free-spirited fecundity is a rebuke to the former, whose love and loyalty to her husband has ...

Family Macduff puts his loyalty to his king and country before his family. He leaves his family and joins Malcolm in England. His wife, Lady Macduff, is angry and upset that he has left them behind.

Alex Austin as an amiable Macbeth seems an unlikely ambitious killer. Casual and relaxed, he even steps out of his role in the banquet scene to invite a couple of audience members to join him at the ...