Macbeth to be sure, sends some guys to kill Macduff’s family, so he’s like ‘cool’. Ohhhhhhhhhhh, Whattayaknow! There’s a wood walking up a hill! It’s Malcolm, King Duncan’s son ...

A fascinating sociological theatre experiment took place last night. The German finance behemoth Deutsche Bank paid for ...

The death of his father, Duncan I, at the hands of Macbeth meant that young Malcolm had to seek safety elsewhere - probably at the court of the Siward of Northumberland to whom his mother was related.

Further, some documents claim Macbeth was directly related through his mother's bloodline to King Malcolm II. Macbeth's ambitions were realised and he seized the throne in much the same manner as ...