Shakespeare contemplates his next play.....

....should it be something romantic, like Romeo and Juliet?

Instead he decides on Macbeth....

....enter the witches!

Our story begins at the end of a long battle......

.... that Macbeth and his soldiers have done.

On the way home from the battle, Macbeth encounters.....

.... the three witches.

They foetal his future - that one day he will be King of Scotland.

Macbeth begins to dream about the possibility of being king....

He writes to his wife about his strange encounter with the witches.....

She is far more ambitious than him, so plants the idea of killing King Duncan.

King Duncan visits Macbeth - a perfect time to kill him!

Macbeth has second thoughts, but Lady Macbeth encourages him....until he gives way to temptation!

Night falls - King Duncan retires to bed.

"Is this a dagger I see before me, its handle in my hand"

Macbeth gives way to temptation and kills King Duncan.

His wife covers up the murder, pointing the finger at two servants.

As the guards rush to capture them, Macbeth kills them to keep his secret safe.

Macbeth and his wife become King & Queen of Scotland.

Macbeth worries that his best friend Banquo may suspect him, so hires two men to kill him.

Lady Macbeth begins to feel guilty.

Banquo is killed, but his son escapes.

Macbeth and his wife hold a banquet to celebrate becoming king and queen.

During it Macbeth sees the ghost of Banquo.

Out of nowhere a Ghostbuster arrives!!

Lady Macbeth calms her husband, but everyone has seen how troubled he is.

Macbeth is now suspicious of everyone, so returns to the witches to see if they can tell him more about his future.

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They warn him of Macduff, but say he won't be killed by a man born from a woman's womb, so he feels safe and reassured.

However, he decides to kill Macduff's family.

Meanwhile people are worried about Lady Macbeth.

She wanders the corridors of the castle, looking as if she is washing her hands and saying "out damn spot".

More people become suspicious about Macbeth's actions and King Duncan and Banquo's deaths.

The doctor tries to explain to Macbeth that his wife is very ill.

Then things start to go badly wrong for Macbeth.

His servant tells him that Lady Macbeth id DEAD!

He is heartbroken!

"I can't live, if living is without you!"

Macbeth is under attack.

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He is finally killed by Macduff, who was ripped from his mother's stomach, so the witches' prophecy did come true.

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