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Lord Macbeth, the Thane of Glamis and quickly the Thane of Cawdor, is the title character and main protagonist in William Shakespeare's Macbeth (c. 1603–1607). The character is loosely based on the historical king Macbeth of Scotland and is derived largely from the account in Holinshed's Chronicles (1577), a compilation of British history.
Macbeth was a favourite of the seventeenth-century diarist Samuel Pepys, who saw the play on 5 November 1664 ("admirably acted"), 28 December 1666 ("most excellently acted"), ten days later on 7 January 1667 ("though I saw it lately, yet [it] appears a most excellent play in all respects"), on 19 April 1667 ("one of the best plays for a stage ...
Lady Macbeth is a leading character in William Shakespeare's tragedy Macbeth (c. 1603–1607). ... Lady Macbeth is a powerful presence in the play, most notably in ...
Sophie Koch alternates with Helen Hutchison as Lady Macbeth in Haldane's production of Shakespeare's "Macbeth," a tale of ambition, murder and consequences. Performances are at 7 p.m., Dec. 6 and ...
The Three Witches, also known as the Weird Sisters, Weyward Sisters or Wayward Sisters, are characters in William Shakespeare's play Macbeth (c. 1603–1607). The witches eventually lead Macbeth to his demise, and they hold a striking resemblance to the three Fates of classical mythology.
The traditional origin is said to be a curse set upon the play by a coven of witches, angry at Shakespeare for using a real spell. [2] One hypothesis for the origin of this superstition is that Macbeth, being a popular play, was commonly put on by theatres in financial trouble, or that the high production costs of Macbeth put theatres in financial trouble, and hence an association was made ...
The test for the actor playing Macbeth is the handling of those moments in which the audience is granted a fugitive glimpse of the character’s moral and emotional struggles.
Mr. & Mrs. Witch is a similar premise: Savannah is a powerful witch, who is unknowingly marrying a witch hunter Griffin. At their wedding, all hell breaks lose—and they're tasked with killing ...