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Macbeth is a play written by William Shakespeare. It is considered one of his darkest and most powerful tragedies. Set in Scotland, the play dramatizes the corrosive psychological and political effects produced when its protagonist, the Scottish lord Macbeth, chooses evil as the way to fulfill his ambition for power. He commits regicide to become king and then furthers his moral descent with a reign of murderous terror to stay in power, eventually plunging the country into civil war. In the end, he loses everything that gives meaning and purpose to his life, before losing his life itself.

The play is believed to have been written between 1603 and 1607, and is most commonly dated 1606. The earliest account of a performance of what was probably Shakespeare's play is April 1611, when Simon Forman recorded seeing such a play at the Globe Theatre. It was first published in the Folio of 1623, possibly from a prompt book. It was most likely written during the reign of James I, who had been James VI of Scotland before he succeeded to the English throne in 1603. James was a patron of Shakespeare's acting company, and of all the plays Shakespeare wrote during James's reign, Macbeth most clearly reflects the playwright's relationship with the sovereign.

Macbeth is Shakespeare's shortest tragedy, and tells the story of a brave Scottish general named Macbeth who receives a prophecy from a trio of witches that one day he will become King of Scotland. Consumed by ambition and spurred to action by his wife, Macbeth murders King Duncan and takes the throne for himself. He is then wracked with guilt and paranoia, and he soon becomes a tyrannical ruler as he is forced to commit more and more murders to protect himself from enmity and suspicion. The bloodbath swiftly takes Macbeth and Lady Macbeth into the realms of arrogance, madness, and death.

Shakespeare's source for the tragedy is the account of King Macbeth of Scotland, Macduff, and Duncan in Holinshed's Chronicles (1587), a history of England, Scotland and Ireland familiar to Shakespeare and his contemporaries, although the events in the play differ extensively from the history of the real Macbeth.

In the backstage world of theatre, some believe that the play is cursed, and will not mention its title aloud, referring to it instead as "the Scottish play". Over the course of many centuries, the play has attracted some of the most renowned actors to the roles of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth. It has been adapted to film, television, opera, novels, comic books, and other media.

The events in the play are very different from the history of the real Macbeth, King of Scotland. (Summary adapted from wikipedia .org - Attribution: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Macbeth&action=history)

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Chapter listing and chapter length:

0 -- Dramatis Personae -- 00:03:05

1 -- Act 1 -- 00:28:34

2 -- Act 2 -- 00:21:13

3 -- Act 3 -- 00:27:36

4 -- Act 4 -- 00:28:17

5 -- Act 5 -- 00:22:52

Cast:
Duncan -- Joshua B. Christensen
Malcolm -- mb
Donalbain -- Ellis Christoff
Macbeth -- Mark F. Smith
Banquo -- Simon Larois
Macduff -- John Lieder
Lennox -- Mirza
Ross -- Rosalind Wills
Menteith, Son of Macduff, and First Apparition -- David Lawrence
Angus, Second Apparition, and Third Murderer -- Annoying Twit
Caithness, Lord, Sergeant, and Soldiers -- David Nicol
Fleance -- Aaron Elliott
Siward -- Brian Edwards
Young Siward, Gentlewoman -- Laurie Anne Walden
Seyton, Old Man -- Paul Williams
Lady Macbeth -- Elizabeth Klett
Lady Macduff -- LC
Hecate -- Ruth Golding
First Witch -- Jennifer Stearns
Second Witch -- Kristin Hughes
Third Witch -- Charlene V. Smith
Doctor -- Eric M. Johnson
Servant and Attendant -- Anna Simon
Porter -- David Leeson
Third Apparition -- Fionn Jameson
First Murderer -- hefyd
Second Murderer -- Anna Roberts
Messenger -- Ezwa
Stage Directions -- J. M. Smallheer

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