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Tragedy in the Making Out, out, brief candle! For Denzel Washington, playing the title role in The Tragedy of Macbeth was as much about getting to the heart of Shakespeare’s infamous Thane of Cawdor as it was about the challenge. “[Shakespeare is] the ultimate challenge, it’s the ultimate reward. It’s where I started and where I want to finish,” says the Oscar-winning actor. And after taking on the Bard’s works on stage and screen, from Othello to Much Ado About Nothing, he’s come to one conclusion. “I’m about the challenges. At this point, like the character, I’m in the ‘yellow leaf’ of my career. To be quite honest, looking to do other things,” he says. “So as far as acting, it’s gonna have to be an extreme challenge for me to…

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Closer Weekly (Digital) - 1 Issue, January 24, 2022

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