Macbeth

[muhk-beth, mak-]

noun

1. died 1057, king of Scotland 1040–57.

2. (italics),  a tragedy (1606?) by Shakespeare.

Macbeth

/ mæk-, məkˈbɛθ /

noun

1. died 1057, king of Scotland (1040–57): succeeded Duncan, whom he killed in battle; defeated and killed by Duncan's son Malcolm III

Macbeth

1. A tragedy by William Shakespeare, in which the Scottish nobleman Macbeth, misled by the prophecy of three witches and goaded on by his wife, murders the king and usurps the throne. Well-known lines from the play include “Lay on, Macduff” and “Out, damned spot!”

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Citing Oedipus, Macbeth and Raskolnikov, he points out that literary epiphanies always come too late.

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He was a regular at the venue in the 1980s and 90s, playing roles including Macbeth, but reportedly fell out with an artistic director over plans to appear in Uncle Vanya for its 25th anniversary.

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Placing herself in harm’s way numerous times throughout Season 2, Wednesday even lands herself in a coma at one point, and while she’s out, Morticia sits at her bedside and reads from Macbeth.

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The language was always a barrier but the archetypal element of his stories was big for me — particularly “Macbeth.”

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On stage, Fisher-Becker appeared in productions of “The Busybody,” “The Emperor of the Moon,” “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” “Macbeth” and a one-man show of “Hamlet: Tragedy of a Fat Man.”

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