From 007 to Macbeth: Daniel Craig plots return to Broadway

Posted September 29, 2021 7:00 am

By MARK KENNEDY

NEW YORK (AP) - Fresh off his turn as James Bond, Daniel Craig has his next project lined up and its also got plenty of blood being spilled.

Craig will return to Broadway in 2022 as Macbeth in a revival of Williams Shakespeare's tragedy, with Ruth Negga making her Broadway debut playing Lady Macbeth.

'œMacbeth'ť will play the Lyceum Theatre starting March 29, 2022, with an opening set for April 28. Tony Award-winner Sam Gold will direct. Barbara Broccoli, who produces the James Bond films with her brother, is a producer of 'œMacbeth.'ť

Craig was last on Broadway in a 2013 revival of Harold Pinter's 'œBetrayal'ť opposite his wife, Rachel Weisz, and directed by Mike Nichols. Craig also starred opposite Hugh Jackman in 2009's 'œA Steady Rain.'ť Gold directed Craig in a 2016 off-Broadway production of 'œOthello'ť alongside David Oyelowo.

Negga, whose film credits include 'œLoving'ť and 'œWorld War Z,'ť started her career in the theater, and in 2020, made her New York City theatrical debut in the titular role of "Hamlet."

It will mark the second high-profile 'œMacbeth'ť after Joel Coen's Shakespeare adaptation 'œThe Tragedy of Macbeth,'ť starring Denzel Washington and Frances McDormand. That film will be released in theaters Dec. 25 and on Apple TV+ on Jan. 14.

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