MacBeth tried out as a free agent with the Pittsburgh Steelers but was quickly released. Like many heroes, he had to face life without football. The void nearly destroyed Honest Jon.

Few plays force us to fully look evil in the face, and to consider the inhumanity of which humanity is capable, as insistently as “Macbeth.” It’s like war in that way.

And "Macbeth" is no different: ... coordinator Kris Kuss deserves a hat tip for staging a final showdown between Macbeth and Macduff worthy of a high-noon face-off at the O.K. Corral.

Indira Varma as Lady Macbeth and Ralph Fiennes in the title role. The production, plays in Liverpool, England, through Dec. 20, and then moves on to Edinburgh, London and Washington D.C. Credit ...

Violence and intimacy coordinator Kris Kuss deserves a hat tip for staging a final showdown between Macbeth and Macduff worthy of a high-noon face-off at the O.K. Corral.

And "Macbeth" is no different: ... coordinator Kris Kuss deserves a hat tip for staging a final showdown between Macbeth and Macduff worthy of a high-noon face-off at the O.K. Corral.

And "Macbeth" is no different: ... coordinator Kris Kuss deserves a hat tip for staging a final showdown between Macbeth and Macduff worthy of a high-noon face-off at the O.K. Corral.

And "Macbeth" is no different: ... coordinator Kris Kuss deserves a hat tip for staging a final showdown between Macbeth and Macduff worthy of a high-noon face-off at the O.K. Corral.

And "Macbeth" is no different: ... coordinator Kris Kuss deserves a hat tip for staging a final showdown between Macbeth and Macduff worthy of a high-noon face-off at the O.K. Corral.