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  2. Three Witches - Wikipedia

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    Macbeth and Banquo with the Witches by Henry Fuseli. The Three Witches first appear in Act 1, Scene 1, where they agree to meet later with Macbeth. In Act 1, Scene 3, they greet Macbeth with a prophecy that he shall be king, and his companion, Banquo, with a prophecy that he shall generate a line of kings. The prophecies have great impact upon ...

  3. List of translations of works by William Shakespeare - Wikipedia

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    Macbeth: Afrikaans Macbeth: Eitemal (Professor W. J. du P. Erlank) Cape Town: 1965 236076023 Macbeth: Deryck Uys [Johannesburg?] 2023[?] 9780639734736 TCC Press: Albanian Makbethi: Fan Stylian Noli: Pristina: 1968 503891951 Dutch Macbeth. Treurspel. Pieter Boddaert: Amsterdam: 1800 558130563 Early Dutch Books Online: Macbeth : treurspel in vijf ...

  4. Holinshed's Chronicles - Wikipedia

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    Nymphs and fairies are generally viewed as beautiful and youthful, but Shakespeare's three witches in Macbeth are ugly, dark, and bizarre. It is believed that he made the change to heighten the suspense and darkness of the play. [6] However, the Chronicles lacked any descriptions of Macbeth's character, so Shakespeare improvised on several ...

  5. Macbeth - Wikipedia

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    Depicted, counter-clockwise from top-left, are: Macbeth and Banquo meet the witches; just after the murder of Duncan; Banquo's ghost; Macbeth duels Macduff; and Macbeth. The Tragedy of Macbeth, often shortened to Macbeth (/ m ə k ˈ b ɛ θ /), is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, estimated to have been first performed in 1606.

  6. The Scottish Play - Wikipedia

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    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.

  7. Dunsinane (play) - Wikipedia

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    The narrative is formed by the events following the defeat of Macbeth by Malcolm and an English army in the Battle of Dunsinane at the end of William Shakespeare’s play Macbeth. In Greig’s version, Lady Macbeth is known as Gruach. Having outlived her second husband Macbeth, after she had Macbeth kill her first husband, Gruach continued to ...

  8. Library calls on witches to help translate 17th century spellbook

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    Magic appears to have entered the digital age as this Chicago Library seeks help from witches to transcribe a 400-year-old spellbook. ... Titled "The Book of Magical Charms," "Cases of Conscience ...

  9. File:Three Witches, MacBeth, by James Henry Nixon, British ...

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