Kenneth Branagh to play Macbeth among church-goers

Manchester festival has honour of actor's first Shakespeare role in 10 years in 'immersive' staging within deconsecrated churchUnless you count his performance of "the isle is full of noises" speech from The Tempest at the Olympics opening ceremony, it has been a decade since Kenneth Branagh played a Shakespeare role on the stage: that was Richard III at the Crucible in Sheffield.Next year, however, the actor is to take on one of the most testing parts in the repertoire: Macbeth. And he will do ...

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