Macbeth • Salzburg Festival 2023

macbeth  MACBETH My husband! MACBETH I have done the deed Didst thou not hear a noise? LADY MACBETH I heard the owl scream and the crickets cry Did not you speak Macbeth is the story of a man who is pursued by his doubts As a remedy for his inner tribulation, he seeks to find in the signs around him revelations from

Edited, introduced and annotated by Cedric Watts, , , Emeritus Professor of English, University of Sussex Shakespeare's Macbeth is one of the  ACT I Scotland Macbeth and Banquo, leaders of the Scottish army, meet a group of witches who prophesy the future They address Macbeth as Thane of Cawdor and

Macbeth was the king of Scots from 1040, the legend of whose life was the basis of Shakespeare's Macbeth He was probably a grandson of King Mac Bethad mac Findláich or MacBeth as he is known in English, the Mormaer of Moray, claimed the throne on his own behalf and that of his wife Grauch, and after