Watch the full film of Robert Goold’s Macbeth starring Sir Patrick Stewart and Kate Fleetwood below.

This activity-based analysis of the play is illustrated by various lesson plans and activities to assist educators in utilizing the PBS broadcast in the classroom.

In an interview with award-winning journalist Paula Zahn, Sir Patrick Stewart discusses what attracted him to the role of Macbeth.

Sir Patrick Stewart and Kate Fleetwood ignite Shakespeare’s Macbeth in a richly cinematic adaptation of the acclaimed West End and Broadway hit.

Watch the film adaptation of Hamlet originally broadcast April 28, 2010 here on the Great Performances Web site.

In this online interview, Stewart talked about the process of creating a modern Shakespeare adaptation and what he hopes viewers will take from watching David Tennant and Gregory Doran's Hamlet.

This is important in the staging as it is when we, the audience, and the Court first see Claudius as King. The staging of this opening court scene is instrumental in revealing the relationships between the characters in Hamlet.

Edward Bennett (Laertes), and Mariah Gale (Ophelia) decided that the words of advice Polonius gives are so familiar that the children know what’s coming. Watch the scene and compare it to how you felt about the characters.

Watch The Player’s speech immediately followed by Hamlet’s attempt to kill Claudius. What are the similarities? How important is it to look at these two speeches together?

In Greg Doran's rehearsals, the actors decided that Osric is a 'political flunkie.' Ryan Gage's character is incredibly detailed - Does the audience see the this?