Macbeth
Sign in to saveupright=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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Key facts
- 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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28 sectionsContents
- 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
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.
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.