![]() The play opens with its three witches agreeing to meet with Macbeth after the day’s fighting in the war between Scotland’s King Duncan against the rebel Macdonald. There are contemporary references too, for example to Guy Fawkes’ Gunpowder Plot of 1605, which suggest that Shakespeare may have been appealing to the tastes of the patron of his theatrical company, King James. Shakespeare based the play on an account of Scottish history, but deviated greatly from that description. Macbeth has fascinating historical references and relevance. As with Romeo and Juliet, it has been adapted and revisited in many different media, and has one scene that has proved highly popular in paintings, particularly during the nineteenth century. He is thought to have completed this in time for its first performance in 1606, after King Lear, but before Antony and Cleopatra. ![]() ![]() Shakespeare’s deepest insights into the human condition come in his tragedies, and there is none deeper than his Macbeth. ![]()
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