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Macbeth

Also known as The Scottish Play, The Bard's Play, The Tragedy of Macbeth, Tragedy of Macbeth

upright=1.2|thumb|A poster for a American production of Macbeth, starring Thomas W. Keene. Depicted, counter-clockwise from top-left, are: Macbeth and Banquo meeting the witches, the aftermath of the murder of Duncan, Banquo's ghost, Macbeth dueling Macduff, and Macbeth.

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Book.italic title: yes
Book.name: The Tragedie of Macbeth
Book.image: First-page-first-folio-macbeth.jpg
Book.caption: Title page of the part in the First Folio
Book.author: William Shakespeare
Book.country: London, England
Book.language: English
Book.genre: Shakespearean tragedy
Book.set_in: Scotland and England (Act IV, Scene III)
Book.publisher: Edward Blount and William Jaggard
Book.pub_date: 1623
Book.wikisource: Macbeth (Shakespeare)

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Commons category: Macbeth
publication date: 1623-00-00
inception: 1606-00-00
title: Macbeth
first line: When shall we three meet againe?
last line: It is a peerelesse Kinsman.
number of parts of this work: 5

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Contents

Plot
Act I
Act II
Act III
Act IV
Act V
Characters
Sources for the play
Date and text
Themes and motifs
As a tragedy of character
As a tragedy of moral order
As a poetic tragedy
Witchcraft and evil
Superstition and "The Scottish Play"
Performance history
Shakespeare's day to the Interregnum
Restoration and eighteenth century
Nineteenth century
20th century to present
Operas
See also
Notes
References
Sources
Editions of ''Macbeth''
Secondary sources
External links

The Tragedy of Macbeth, often shortened to Macbeth (), is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, estimated to have been first performed in 1606. It dramatises the physically violent and damaging psychological effects of political ambitions and power. It was first published in the Folio of 1623, possibly from a prompt book, and is Shakespeare's shortest tragedy. Scholars believe Macbeth, of all the plays that Shakespeare wrote during the reign of King James I, contains the most allusions to James, patron of Shakespeare's acting company.