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class="infobox-above notheme">Macbeth</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><i><a href="/wiki/Macbeth" title="Macbeth">Macbeth</a></i> character</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Orson_Welles_as_Macbeth.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Orson_Welles_as_Macbeth.jpg/220px-Orson_Welles_as_Macbeth.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="174" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Orson_Welles_as_Macbeth.jpg/330px-Orson_Welles_as_Macbeth.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Orson_Welles_as_Macbeth.jpg/440px-Orson_Welles_as_Macbeth.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1536" data-file-height="1212" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption"><a href="/wiki/Orson_Welles" title="Orson Welles">Orson Welles</a> (Macbeth) and <a href="/wiki/Jeanette_Nolan" title="Jeanette Nolan">Jeanette Nolan</a> (<a href="/wiki/Lady_Macbeth" title="Lady Macbeth">Lady Macbeth</a>) in Welles's 1948 film adaptation of the play, <i><a href="/wiki/Macbeth_(1948_film)" title="Macbeth (1948 film)">Macbeth</a></i>.</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Created by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/William_Shakespeare" title="William Shakespeare">William Shakespeare</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Based on</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Macbeth,_King_of_Scotland" title="Macbeth, King of Scotland">Macbeth, King of Scotland</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header notheme">In-universe information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Affiliation</th><td class="infobox-data">Initially loyal to <a href="/wiki/King_Duncan" title="King Duncan">King Duncan</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Lady_Macbeth" title="Lady Macbeth">Lady Macbeth</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Religion</th><td class="infobox-data">Christian</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Lord Macbeth</b>, the <a href="/wiki/Thane_(Scotland)" title="Thane (Scotland)">Thane</a> of <a href="/wiki/Glamis" title="Glamis">Glamis</a> and quickly the <a href="/wiki/Thane_of_Cawdor" title="Thane of Cawdor">Thane of Cawdor</a>, is the <a href="/wiki/Title_character" title="Title character">title character</a> and main <a href="/wiki/Protagonist" title="Protagonist">protagonist</a> in <a href="/wiki/William_Shakespeare" title="William Shakespeare">William Shakespeare</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Macbeth" title="Macbeth">Macbeth</a></i> (c. 1603–1607). The character is loosely based on the historical king <a href="/wiki/Macbeth,_King_of_Scotland" title="Macbeth, King of Scotland">Macbeth of Scotland</a> and is derived largely from the account in <i><a href="/wiki/Holinshed%27s_Chronicles" title="Holinshed's Chronicles">Holinshed's Chronicles</a></i> (1577), a compilation of British history. </p><p>A <a href="/wiki/Scottish_people" title="Scottish people">Scottish</a> noble and an initially valiant military man, Macbeth, after a supernatural prophecy and the urging of his wife, <a href="/wiki/Lady_Macbeth" title="Lady Macbeth">Lady Macbeth</a>, commits <a href="/wiki/Regicide" title="Regicide">regicide</a>, <a href="/wiki/Usurper" title="Usurper">usurping</a> the kingship of Scotland. He thereafter lives in anxiety and fear, unable to rest or to trust his nobles. He leads a reign of terror until defeated by his former ally <a href="/wiki/Macduff_(Macbeth)" title="Macduff (Macbeth)">Macduff</a>. The throne is then restored to the rightful heir, the murdered King Duncan's son, <a href="/wiki/Malcolm_(Macbeth)" title="Malcolm (Macbeth)">Malcolm</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Origin">Origin</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Macbeth_(character)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Origin"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Shakespeare's version of Macbeth is based upon <a href="/wiki/Macbeth_of_Scotland" class="mw-redirect" title="Macbeth of Scotland">Macbeth of Scotland</a>, as found in the narratives of the Kings Duff and <a href="/wiki/King_Duncan" title="King Duncan">Duncan</a> in <i><a href="/wiki/Holinshed%27s_Chronicles" title="Holinshed's Chronicles">Holinshed's Chronicles</a></i> (1587).<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="In_the_play">In the play</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Macbeth_(character)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: In the play"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Liebigbilder_1912,_Serie_852._Macbeth_-_3_Macbeth_erblickt_den_Geist_des_ermordeten_Banquo.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Liebigbilder_1912%2C_Serie_852._Macbeth_-_3_Macbeth_erblickt_den_Geist_des_ermordeten_Banquo.jpg/300px-Liebigbilder_1912%2C_Serie_852._Macbeth_-_3_Macbeth_erblickt_den_Geist_des_ermordeten_Banquo.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="199" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Liebigbilder_1912%2C_Serie_852._Macbeth_-_3_Macbeth_erblickt_den_Geist_des_ermordeten_Banquo.jpg/450px-Liebigbilder_1912%2C_Serie_852._Macbeth_-_3_Macbeth_erblickt_den_Geist_des_ermordeten_Banquo.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Liebigbilder_1912%2C_Serie_852._Macbeth_-_3_Macbeth_erblickt_den_Geist_des_ermordeten_Banquo.jpg/600px-Liebigbilder_1912%2C_Serie_852._Macbeth_-_3_Macbeth_erblickt_den_Geist_des_ermordeten_Banquo.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="851" /></a><figcaption>Macbeth sees the ghost of Banquo</figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Tragedy" title="Tragedy">tragedy</a> begins amid a bloody civil war in Scotland, where Macbeth is first introduced as a valorous and loyal general with the title of Thane of <a href="/wiki/Glamis" title="Glamis">Glamis</a> (which he inherited from his father Sinel) serving under <a href="/wiki/King_Duncan" title="King Duncan">King Duncan</a>, who gives a colourful and extensive exaltation of Macbeth's prowess and valor in battle. Macbeth is Scotland's hero and is undefeated in war. Macbeth's most admirable trait is bravery, "For brave Macbeth – well he deserves that name", "O valiant cousin, worthy gentleman", in Scene 4, "worthiest" and "Like valour’s minion" to convey that Macbeth is bravery's favourite and extremely courageous. Macbeth is proven to be the ultimate warrior, "brandished", "carved" and "unseamed". His courageousness is also suggested, "Bellona’s bridegroom", comparing Macbeth to the Roman god of war, Mars. This gives Macbeth a legendary and epic status. When the battle is won, largely due to Macbeth and his lieutenant <a href="/wiki/Banquo" title="Banquo">Banquo</a>, the Thane of <a href="/wiki/Lochaber" title="Lochaber">Lochaber</a>, Duncan honours his generals with high praise and sends the messenger <a href="/wiki/Ross,_Scotland" title="Ross, Scotland">Ross</a> to deliver Macbeth his reward: the title of Thane of Cawdor, since its previous holder was to be executed for betraying Scotland and siding with the enemy. In Scene 2, Shakespeare foreshadows who Macbeth will become, "Go pronounce his present death, and with his former title greet Macbeth". </p><p>Macbeth and Banquo wander onto a heath following the conflict, where they encounter <a href="/wiki/Three_witches" class="mw-redirect" title="Three witches">three witches</a> who greet them with prophecies. They address Macbeth first, hailing him as Thane of Glamis and Cawdor, and that he shall be King afterwards, while Banquo is hailed as a father to a line of kings, though he himself will never rule. Macbeth's reaction was one of consumption and fixation, "rapt withal" and "look how our partner’s rapt". The word 'rapt', showing how Macbeth is obsessed with the witches' powers and is tempted by their predictions. Then, as they turn to leave, Macbeth calls out "tell me more", meaning that he's interested in their abilities. In Macbeth's letter to his wife, he explains that he "burned in desire to question them further". </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Macbeth_and_the_witches_(Romney_1785).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Macbeth_and_the_witches_%28Romney_1785%29.jpg/220px-Macbeth_and_the_witches_%28Romney_1785%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="269" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Macbeth_and_the_witches_%28Romney_1785%29.jpg/330px-Macbeth_and_the_witches_%28Romney_1785%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Macbeth_and_the_witches_%28Romney_1785%29.jpg/440px-Macbeth_and_the_witches_%28Romney_1785%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1180" data-file-height="1445" /></a><figcaption><i>Macbeth and the witches</i> by <a href="/wiki/George_Romney_(painter)" title="George Romney (painter)">George Romney</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Shakespeare also presents Macbeth as a very determined character who wants to control his own fate, rather than letting it be for the witches to decide. The line "Your children shall be kings" proves that Macbeth is already plotting and "horrible imaginings" demonstrates that Macbeth is already thinking of committing the greatest sacrilege of them all – regicide – despite this act will damn him to hell for eternity. This conveys how single-minded Macbeth can be. </p><p>These responses are the antithesis of Banquo's, who knew that the witches were forces of evil and shouldn't be trusted – "can the Devil speak true?” – whereas Shakespeare presents Macbeth in this scene as if he could be corrupted and his allegiance could shift, due to his state of moral conflict – "nothing is but what is not". </p><p>As the witches disappear, Ross arrives and presents Macbeth with his new title, but it becomes apparent that Macbeth has already begun to consider murdering Duncan and taking his place as king. (In <a href="/wiki/Medieval" class="mw-redirect" title="Medieval">medieval</a> times and in the <a href="/wiki/Elizabethan_era" title="Elizabethan era">Elizabethan era</a>, plans to murder royalty were punishable by death.) He states that the kingship will fall into his lap by luck alone and that he will not have to take any action to fulfil the witches' last prophecy: "If chance may have me king, why chance may crown me without my stir". Macbeth becomes fixated on the prophecy, ignoring Banquo's advice that "oftentimes to win us to our harm these instruments of darkness tell us truths…to betray us in deepest consequence". </p><p>When he returns home, <a href="/wiki/Lady_Macbeth" title="Lady Macbeth">Lady Macbeth</a> tries to convince him to kill Duncan. Macbeth at first refuses but changes his mind when she accuses him of cowardice. This suggests that Macbeth could be easily manipulated and his wife, and the witches, could see this flaw in him. When Macbeth says, "I am settled", this is the beginning of his fall from greatness, as Scotland's best defender to its nemesis. Giving in to his ambition, he kills Duncan and plants evidence of the regicide on two guards, whom he also kills. He hears voices that say "Macbeth shall sleep no more. Macbeth does murder sleep". He acknowledges that only the innocent sleep and that sleep is "the balm of hurt minds". The king's sons, Malcolm and Donalbain, fear they will be blamed for Duncan's death and flee the country. Macbeth is then crowned king. </p><p>Shakespeare cleverly compares Macbeth to Lucifer, who started out as the Morning Star, the highest and brightest one could go, but greed overtook him and he fell to become Satan, "angels are bright still, though the brightest fell". The similarities of the Devil and Macbeth are that Macbeth wanted to rise up the <a href="/wiki/Great_Chain_of_Being" class="mw-redirect" title="Great Chain of Being">Great Chain of Being</a> but, in trying, became the most hated man in Scotland. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Banquo.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Banquo.jpg/220px-Banquo.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Banquo.jpg/330px-Banquo.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Banquo.jpg/440px-Banquo.jpg 2x" data-file-width="734" data-file-height="600" /></a><figcaption><i>Macbeth Seeing the Ghost of <a href="/wiki/Banquo" title="Banquo">Banquo</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Th%C3%A9odore_Chass%C3%A9riau" title="Théodore Chassériau">Théodore Chassériau</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Macbeth becomes a tyrant, brutally stamping out any real or perceived threats to his power. He believes himself to be beyond redemption, "in blood stepp'd in so far, that, ... returning were as tedious as go o'er". Macbeth decides to hire two murderers to kill Banquo and his son Fleance, with a <a href="/wiki/Third_Murderer" title="Third Murderer">Third Murderer</a> sent later to assist. Banquo is murdered, but Fleance survives. Macbeth goes to the witches for counsel, and their initial prophecy is for him to fear Macduff. However, they subsequently state that he will not be defeated "until Birnam wood move to high Dunsinane," and that "no man of woman born" may harm him. Macbeth takes this to mean that he is invincible. Nevertheless, Macbeth decides to get rid of Macduff and sends assassins to kill him and his entire family. Macduff escapes harm, but <a href="/wiki/Lady_Macduff" title="Lady Macduff">his wife</a>, <a href="/wiki/Macduff%27s_son" title="Macduff's son">her young son</a> and their entire household are brutally murdered. <a href="/wiki/Macduff_(Macbeth)" title="Macduff (Macbeth)">Macduff</a> swears revenge and joins forces with Malcolm to overthrow Macbeth. </p><p>In Act V, Lady Macbeth is overcome with guilt; she dies and it is later postulated that she committed <a href="/wiki/Suicide" title="Suicide">suicide</a>. Now completely alone, Macbeth laments that life is a "tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing." By the end of the play Macbeth learns that the witches' second set of prophecies have hidden meanings: Malcolm's army carries shields made from Birnam wood to Macbeth's fortress in Dunsinane, and Macduff reveals that he was <a href="/wiki/Caesarean_section" title="Caesarean section">prematurely removed from his mother's womb</a>, meaning that he technically was not "of woman born". Beaten but still defiant, Macbeth declares, "Lay on Macduff, and damned be he who first cries, hold, enough!" In the ensuing duel, Macduff kills Macbeth and cuts off his head, mirroring how Macbeth himself decapitated the traitor Macdonald at the beginning of the play. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Portrayers">Portrayers</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Macbeth_(character)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Portrayers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:John_Henderson_as_Macbeth_(Romney,_c._1787).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/John_Henderson_as_Macbeth_%28Romney%2C_c._1787%29.jpg/220px-John_Henderson_as_Macbeth_%28Romney%2C_c._1787%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="175" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/John_Henderson_as_Macbeth_%28Romney%2C_c._1787%29.jpg/330px-John_Henderson_as_Macbeth_%28Romney%2C_c._1787%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/John_Henderson_as_Macbeth_%28Romney%2C_c._1787%29.jpg/440px-John_Henderson_as_Macbeth_%28Romney%2C_c._1787%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1536" data-file-height="1222" /></a><figcaption><i><a href="/wiki/John_Henderson_(actor)" title="John Henderson (actor)">John Henderson</a> as Macbeth</i>, c. 1787</figcaption></figure> <p>On stage and film, Macbeth has been portrayed by many famous actors, including <a href="/wiki/Sean_Connery" title="Sean Connery">Sean Connery</a>, <a href="/wiki/Laurence_Olivier" title="Laurence Olivier">Laurence Olivier</a>, <a href="/wiki/Christopher_Eccleston" title="Christopher Eccleston">Christopher Eccleston</a>, <a href="/wiki/Michael_Rosenbaum" title="Michael Rosenbaum">Michael Rosenbaum</a>, <a href="/wiki/Alan_Cumming" title="Alan Cumming">Alan Cumming</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sam_Worthington" title="Sam Worthington">Sam Worthington</a>, <a href="/wiki/Orson_Welles" title="Orson Welles">Orson Welles</a>, Dakota Goodwin, <a href="/wiki/Ian_McKellen" title="Ian McKellen">Ian McKellen</a>, <a href="/wiki/Toshiro_Mifune" title="Toshiro Mifune">Toshiro Mifune</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nicol_Williamson" title="Nicol Williamson">Nicol Williamson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jon_Finch" title="Jon Finch">Jon Finch</a>, <a href="/wiki/Daniel_Day-Lewis" title="Daniel Day-Lewis">Daniel Day-Lewis</a>, <a href="/wiki/James_McAvoy" title="James McAvoy">James McAvoy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jeremy_Brett" title="Jeremy Brett">Jeremy Brett</a>, <a href="/wiki/Charlton_Heston" title="Charlton Heston">Charlton Heston</a>, <a href="/wiki/Peter_O%27Toole" title="Peter O'Toole">Peter O'Toole</a>, <a href="/wiki/Patrick_Stewart" title="Patrick Stewart">Patrick Stewart</a>, Dwij Vasavada, Jason Connery, <a href="/wiki/Irrfan_Khan" title="Irrfan Khan">Irrfan Khan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Alec_Baldwin" title="Alec Baldwin">Alec Baldwin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ethan_Hawke" title="Ethan Hawke">Ethan Hawke</a>, <a href="/wiki/Michael_Fassbender" title="Michael Fassbender">Michael Fassbender</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kenneth_Branagh" title="Kenneth Branagh">Kenneth Branagh</a>, <a href="/wiki/John_Simm" title="John Simm">John Simm</a>, <a href="/wiki/Denzel_Washington" title="Denzel Washington">Denzel Washington</a> and <a href="/wiki/Daniel_Craig" title="Daniel Craig">Daniel Craig</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A variation of the character was voiced by <a href="/wiki/John_Rhys-Davies" title="John Rhys-Davies">John Rhys-Davies</a> in <i><a href="/wiki/Gargoyles_(TV_series)" title="Gargoyles (TV series)">Gargoyles</a></i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span 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screen">Film</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Macbeth_(1908_film)" title="Macbeth (1908 film)">1908</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Macbeth_(1909_French_film)" title="Macbeth (1909 French film)">1909 (French)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Macbeth_(1909_Italian_film)" title="Macbeth (1909 Italian film)">1909 (Italian)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Macbeth_(1911_film)" title="Macbeth (1911 film)">1911</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Macbeth_(1913_film)" title="Macbeth (1913 film)">1913</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Macbeth_(1915_film)" title="Macbeth (1915 film)">1915</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Macbeth_(1916_film)" title="Macbeth (1916 film)">1916</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Macbeth_(1922_film)" title="Macbeth (1922 film)">1922</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Macbeth_(1948_film)" title="Macbeth (1948 film)">1948</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Macbeth_(unfinished_film)" title="Macbeth (unfinished film)">Unfinished</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Macbeth_(1971_film)" title="Macbeth (1971 film)">1971</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Macbeth_(2006_film)" title="Macbeth (2006 film)">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Macbeth_(2015_film)" title="Macbeth (2015 film)">2015</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Tragedy_of_Macbeth_(2021_film)" title="The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021 film)"><i>The Tragedy of Macbeth</i> (2021)</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_accolades_received_by_The_Tragedy_of_Macbeth_(2021_film)" title="List of accolades received by The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021 film)">accolades</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Television</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Macbeth_(1954_film)" title="Macbeth (1954 film)">1954</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Macbeth_(1960_American_film)" title="Macbeth (1960 American film)">1960 US TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Macbeth_(1960_Australian_film)" title="Macbeth (1960 Australian film)">1960 Australian TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Macbeth_(1961_film)" title="Macbeth (1961 film)">1961</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Macbeth_(1979_film)" title="Macbeth (1979 film)">1979</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Macbeth_(1982_film)" title="Macbeth (1982 film)">1982</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BBC_Television_Shakespeare#Macbeth" title="BBC Television Shakespeare">1983</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shakespeare:_The_Animated_Tales#Macbeth" title="Shakespeare: The Animated Tales">1992</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Macbeth_(2010_film)" title="Macbeth (2010 film)">2010</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">TV / film adaptations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Real_Thing_at_Last" title="The Real Thing at Last">The Real Thing at Last</a></i> (1916)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Marmayogi" title="Marmayogi">Marmayogi</a></i> (1951)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Joe_MacBeth" title="Joe MacBeth">Joe MacBeth</a></i> (1955)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Throne_of_Blood" title="Throne of Blood">Throne of Blood</a></i> (1957)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marmayogi_(1964_film)" title="Marmayogi (1964 film)"><i>Marmayogi</i></a> (1964)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Macbeth_(1987_film)" title="Macbeth (1987 film)"><i>Macbeth</i> (Verdi opera)</a> (1987)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Men_of_Respect" title="Men of Respect">Men of Respect</a></i> (1990)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Scotland,_PA" title="Scotland, PA">Scotland, PA</a></i> (2001)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Makibefo" title="Makibefo">Makibefo</a></i> (2001)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Maqbool" title="Maqbool">Maqbool</a></i> (2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/ShakespeaRe-Told#Macbeth" title="ShakespeaRe-Told">2005</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Last_King_of_Scotland_(film)" title="The Last King of Scotland (film)">The Last King of Scotland</a></i> (2006)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Shakespeare_Must_Die" title="Shakespeare Must Die">Shakespeare Must Die</a></i> (2012)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Thane_of_East_County" title="Thane of East County">Thane of East County</a></i> (2015)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Veeram_(2016_film)" title="Veeram (2016 film)">Veeram</a></i> (2016)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Joji_(film)" title="Joji (film)">Joji</a></i> (2021)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Plays</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Khwab-e-Hasti" class="mw-redirect" title="Khwab-e-Hasti">Khwab-e-Hasti</a></i> (1909)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Voodoo_Macbeth" title="Voodoo Macbeth">Voodoo Macbeth</a></i> (1936)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/MacBird!" title="MacBird!">MacBird!</a></i> (1967)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/UMabatha" title="UMabatha">uMabatha</a></i> (1970)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Macbett" title="Macbett">Macbett</a></i> (1972)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Dogg%27s_Hamlet,_Cahoot%27s_Macbeth" title="Dogg's Hamlet, Cahoot's Macbeth">Cahoot's Macbeth</a></i> (1979)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/MacHomer" title="MacHomer">MacHomer</a></i> (1995)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Just_Macbeth!" title="Just Macbeth!">Just Macbeth!</a></i> (2008)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sleep_No_More_(2009_play)" title="Sleep No More (2009 play)">Sleep No More</a></i> (2009)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Dunsinane_(play)" title="Dunsinane (play)">Dunsinane</a></i> (2010)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sleep_No_More_(2011_play)" title="Sleep No More (2011 play)">Sleep No More</a></i> (2011)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Operas</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Macbeth_(Verdi)" title="Macbeth (Verdi)">Macbeth</a></i> (1847, Verdi) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Macbeth_discography" title="Macbeth discography">discography</a></li></ul></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Macbeth_(Bloch)" title="Macbeth (Bloch)">Macbeth</a></i> (1910, Bloch)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Literary adaptations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Wyrd_Sisters" title="Wyrd Sisters">Wyrd Sisters</a></i> (1988)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Last_King_of_Scotland" title="The Last King of Scotland">The Last King of Scotland</a></i> (1998)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Macbeth_(Nesb%C3%B8_novel)" title="Macbeth (Nesbø novel)">Macbeth</a></i> (2018)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Albums</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Music_from_Macbeth" title="Music from Macbeth">Music from Macbeth</a></i> (1972)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Macbeth_(album)" title="Macbeth (album)">Macbeth</a></i> (1990)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Thane_to_the_Throne" title="Thane to the Throne">Thane to the Throne</a></i> (2000)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Shakespeare%27s_Macbeth_%E2%80%93_A_Tragedy_in_Steel" title="Shakespeare's Macbeth – A Tragedy in Steel">Shakespeare's Macbeth – A Tragedy in Steel</a></i> (2003)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Lady_Macbeth_(album)" class="mw-redirect" title="Lady Macbeth (album)">Lady Macbeth</a></i> (2005)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Art</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Pity_(William_Blake)" title="Pity (William Blake)">Pity</a></i> (1795)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Night_of_Enitharmon%27s_Joy" title="The Night of Enitharmon's Joy">The Night of Enitharmon's Joy</a></i> (1795)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Lady_Macbeth_Seizing_the_Daggers" title="Lady Macbeth Seizing the Daggers">Lady Macbeth Seizing the Daggers</a></i> (1812 painting)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ellen_Terry_as_Lady_Macbeth" title="Ellen Terry as Lady Macbeth">Ellen Terry as Lady Macbeth</a></i> (1889)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Lady_Macbeth_(sculpture)" title="Lady Macbeth (sculpture)">Lady Macbeth</a></i> (1905 sculpture)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Scenes and speeches</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/On_the_Knocking_at_the_Gate_in_Macbeth" title="On the Knocking at the Gate in 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