The man who would be king: Kenneth Branagh makes a long-awaited return to Shakespeare
It's 10 years " if you exclude his rendering of the "isle is full of noises" speech from The Tempest at the Olympics opening ceremony " since Kenneth Branagh trod the boards in Shakespeare. That was in Michael Grandage's acclaimed production of Richard III at the Sheffield Crucible. And before that he hadn't appeared on stage at all for more than a decade. So his appearance as Macbeth " in the hotly anticipated produ…