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Macbeth (1623) [Play]
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Summary (From the publisher):

The brave warrior Macbeth allows himself to be persuaded by Lady Macbeth to slay good King Duncan and seize the throne of Scotland for himself. Macbeth achieves his ambition, but one murder proves not to be enough. Sinister supernatural forces are at work in this tragedy of guilt and retribution.

Written in 1605 or 1606, but not published until the Quarto of 1623.

Original title: Macbeth
Original languages: English

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Genre: Drama and Plays→ English→ Elizabethan

This work has been adapted as the following works :
Mac Bird (1966) [Play]
Author: Barbara Garson
Macbett (1972) [Play]
Author: Eugène Ionesco
Third Witch, the (2001) [Novel]
Author: Rebecca Reisert
Enter Three Witches (2007) [Novel]
Author: Caroline B. Cooney
This work is a subwork of the following works :
Complete Works of Shakespeare (1951) [Omnibus Volume]
Author: William Shakespeare

Macbeth (1998)

Edition Details (From the publisher):

-Extensive overview of Shakespeare's life, world, and theater
-Special introduction to the play by the editor
-Source from which Shakespeare derived Macbeth
-Dramatic criticism from the past and present
-Comprehensive stage and screen history
-Text, notes, and commentaries
-List of recommended readings