Shakespeare’s Macbeth is a ritualised drama that summons demonic forces in the hero and the world the play creates. What happens when a production refuses to close the ritual when the play ends? A few years ago I wrote an essay on Macbeth and Karma, calling the play a karmic tragedy. Karma, in the Buddhist … Continue reading Macbeth is a Ritual. What happens when its demonic energy leaks into the world beyond the play?