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By the time Shakespeare came to write Macbeth - almost certainly in 1605/1606 - he had already completed three of the great tragedies with which modern audiences are so familiar: Hamlet (1601), Othello (1603), and King Lear (1605). Each of those plays gives us an eponymous hero who is in some significant way flawed, but for whom we also inevitably feel deep sympathy, whatever his errors or crimes. But in MacBeth, Shakespeare has chosen for his tragic hero a man guilty of the most terrible crime imaginable to a Jacobean audience, that of regicide - the murder of a king. Part of the writer's triumph is to succeed in making Macbeth, whose crime we must detest, a man in whom we must also see something of our own darker side, our own potential for evil, so that Malcolm's final judgment on him as a mere "butcher" seems wholly inadequate, the verdict of someone who does not share the audience's insight into Macbeth's anguished inner world. Now sit back and enjoy this lively performance, featuring the voices of award-winning actors Stephen Dillane (Macbeth) and Fiona Shaw (Lady Macbeth), accompanied by a full cast.

The epic tale of Macbeth retold in graphic-novel format. Macbeth and Banquo are Scottish generals returning home from a victorious war campaign. Their journey is interrupted when three strange witches come upon them and predict their futures. They claim that Macbeth will one day become King of Scotland! Macbeth is stirred by the prophesy. With the help of his scheming wife, he sets into motion a sinister plan that will paint bloody strokes across the entire landscape of Scotland.

MACBETH, Shakespeare's last great tragedy, has remained one of the most popular plays since its first performance in 1606 - probably in front of King James. This exciting audiobook production is directed with fresh imagination by Fiona Shaw who breaks the conventional strait jacket that has hampered the development of Shakespeare on audio. We are as much in the 21st century as in medieval Scotland - the tensions, the politics, the struggle for power and dark ambition is part of our lives. This is also reflected in the sound world, with modern machinery and tanks. MACBETH is part of Naxos AudioBooks' exciting series of complete dramatisations of the works of Shakespeare, in conjunction with Cambridge University Press. It uses the New Cambridge Shakespeare text, as used by the Royal Shakespeare Company and educational institutions across the world.

"Something wicked this way comes..."When Macbeth meets three witches he finds his fate magically changed.They claim that he will become "King" and this entices him to kill his cousin, the current monarch King Duncan.With his wife's encouragement Macbeth sets out on a journey of deceit, lust and murder.This is the original play written by world-renowned playwright William (Will.I.Am) Shakespeare.---Please Note: A modern "book-form" adaptation of the play is available here: http://www.amazon.com/Macbeth-Fair-Foul-ebook/dp/B00B8BSAQG/ref=sr_1_14?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1359745485&sr=1-14&keywords=macbeth (it comes bundled with a free copy of this book).

"Something wicked this way comes..."When Macbeth meets three witches he finds his fate magically changed.They claim that he will become "King" and this entices him to kill his cousin, the current monarch King Duncan.With his wife's encouragement Macbeth sets out on a journey of deceit, lust and murder.This is the original play written by world-renowned playwright William (Will.I.Am) Shakespeare.---Please Note: A modern "book-form" adaptation of the play is available here: http://www.amazon.com/Macbeth-Fair-Foul-ebook/dp/B00B8BSAQG/ref=sr_1_14?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1359745485&sr=1-14&keywords=macbeth (it comes bundled with a free copy of this book).

Macbeth is among the best known of William Shakespeare's plays, and is his shortest tragedy, believed to have been written between 1603 and 1606. It is frequently performed at both amateur and professional levels, and has been adapted for opera, film, books, stage and screen. Often regarded as archetypal, the play tells of the dangers of the lust for power and the betrayal of friends. For the plot Shakespeare drew loosely on the historical account of King Macbeth of Scotland by Raphael Holinshed and that by the Scottish philosopher Hector Boece.

"Something wicked this way comes..."When Macbeth meets three witches he finds his fate magically changed.They claim that he will become "King" and this entices him to kill his cousin, the current monarch King Duncan.With his wife's encouragement Macbeth sets out on a journey of deceit, lust and murder.This is the original play written by world-renowned playwright William (Will.I.Am) Shakespeare.---Please Note: A modern "book-form" adaptation of the play is available here: http://www.amazon.com/Macbeth-Fair-Foul-ebook/dp/B00B8BSAQG/ref=sr_1_14?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1359745485&sr=1-14&keywords=macbeth (it comes bundled with a free copy of this book).

"Something wicked this way comes..."When Macbeth meets three witches he finds his fate magically changed.They claim that he will become "King" and this entices him to kill his cousin, the current monarch King Duncan.With his wife's encouragement Macbeth sets out on a journey of deceit, lust and murder.This is the original play written by world-renowned playwright William (Will.I.Am) Shakespeare.---Please Note: A modern "book-form" adaptation of the play is available here: http://www.amazon.com/Macbeth-Fair-Foul-ebook/dp/B00B8BSAQG/ref=sr_1_14?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1359745485&sr=1-14&keywords=macbeth (it comes bundled with a free copy of this book).

Macbeth is among the best-known of William Shakespeare's plays, and is his shortest tragedy, believed to have been written between 1603 and 1606. It is frequently performed at both amateur and professional levels, and has been adapted for opera, film, books, stage and screen. Often regarded as archetypal, the play tells of the dangers of the lust for power and the betrayal of friends. For the plot Shakespeare drew loosely on the historical account of King Macbeth of Scotland by Raphael Holinshed and that by the Scottish philosopher Hector Boece. There are many superstitions centred on the belief the play is somehow "cursed", and many actors will not mention the name of the play aloud, referring to it instead as "The Scottish play".

A Scottish knight Macbeth, who got a lot of victories for the glory of King Duncan, receives a prophecy from three witches. According to their words, he was to be a King of Scotland. Macbeth believes them. His wife also desires it, so she encourages him. Macbeth takes everything upon himself and kills Duncan. He accuses Duncan’s heirs of this crime. The young Princes have to escape from the country. The prophecy comes true and Macbeth becomes a King. But it ruins his soul. The throne of the usurper is shaky, and the legal heirs are already preparing a mutiny... The tragedy is partly based on a true biography of Scottish King Macbeth although he was credited with committing crimes and having relationship with evil spirits. The real Macbeth was not involved in such dark attitudes.