Edmund Lee, South China Morning Post

April 30, 2014

David Greig is backpedalling. The celebrated Scottish playwright has been credited for writing a dramatic sequel to Shakespeare’s Macbeth in everything from the promotional materials to the press reviews of Dunsinane. But when he’s reminded of this audacious feat, Grieg can’t help but state his side of the story.

“It’s not really a sequel,” he says of the 2010 play, which has a five-performance run at the Kwai Tsing Theatre Auditorium this weekend. “The story of Macbeth existed before Shakespeare. Macbeth was a real king, so was Malcolm, and Siward was a real English general. I am just telling my version of the story.” […continued]

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