I know I promised to feature some of our new books on the blog this week, and I’ll get to them, but I also wanted to recognize the cinematic adaptation of the imaginative West End/Broadway take on Shakespeare’s Macbeth, which places the goings-on in a modern-day militaristic society, starring Patrick Stewart in the title role and Kate Fleetwood as Lady Macbeth. It’s coming up this Wednesday night at 9:00 on PBS (WXXI-TV in the Rochester area). Here’s a preview…

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