William Shakespeare "Lady Macbeth"

In the production “Lady Macbeth,” based on W. Shakespeare’s tragedy Macbeth, director Nicat Kazimov focuses on Lady Macbeth as the central driving force of events and the main character. Lady Macbeth is elevated to the level of the protagonist, Macbeth, with the emphasis placed not only on the themes of good and evil or witchcraft but also on female cunning. The characters are historical figures. The play reveals the extremes of vengeance, ambition, and guilt.

Macbeth’s murder of Duncan becomes the point of no return. Evil always begets evil, gradually engulfing everything around it. Macbeth and Lady Macbeth are forced to continue shedding blood to conceal their crimes. Ultimately, Macbeth’s ambition to become king leads to his downfall. He arrogantly misinterprets the witches’ prophecies, believing their promises of glory. He heard what he wanted to hear and believed what he wanted to believe. The guilt prevents them from fully enjoying the power they desired. This guilt continues to torment Lady Macbeth, driving both of them into madness and eventually to death under the judgment of Divine justice.

Even today, there are those who burn with the lust for power, believe in their own fabricated lies, and become tools of evil and slander. This is why Macbeth remains as relevant now as ever.