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Macbeth 1

A dark, rainy day in Scotland, long ago. Returning

from battle, Macbeth and his friend Banquo meet

Macbeth    William Shakespeare

three witches. ‘Macbeth, the king!’ they say, but
Macbeth is not a king, he is just a simple soldier.
Macbeth and Banquo cannot forget the witches’
words. Soon Macbeth is king, but his wife walks in
her sleep at night, and dreams of blood. What lies
in the future for Banquo? And how many people
must die before Scotland finds peace once more?

Text adaptation by Alistair McCallum

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 DOMINOES
Series Editors: Bill Bowler and Sue Parminter

Macbeth
William Shakespeare

Text adaptation by Alistair McCallum

William Shakespeare (1564–1616) was born and grew up in

Stratford-upon-Avon. At the age of twenty-five, he left his wife
and children in Stratford, moved to London, and started working
as an actor and writer at the Globe Theatre. Shakespeare
wrote more than thirty plays, and some fine poetry, too. He
wrote Macbeth in about 1606 and he perhaps wrote a play
about Scotland because the Scottish King James was the new
King of England at this time and he came from the family of
Banquo in this story. Shakespeare’s plays are still famous all
over the world today, and for many people he is the greatest
writer in English. Another Shakespeare story, The Tempest, is
also available as a Domino.

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 ACTIVITIES
Before Reading
1 Here are some of the people in the story of Macbeth. Who is good and who is bad,
do you think? Write G (good) or B (bad).

a Macbeth, a soldier b L ady Macbeth, c B

 anquo, Macbeth’s d Fleance, Banquo’s
Macbeth’s wife friend son

2 At the end of the story, only one of these people is alive. Who?
3 Match the information about the King and Queen of England in Shakespeare’s time.

Elizabeth I James I

a . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .’s parents were Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn.

b . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . was King from 1603 to 1625.
c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . wasn’t married.
d . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . was Queen from 1559 to 1603.
e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . had three sons and five daughters.
f . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . was very popular in England.
g . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . was from Scotland.

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 Chapter 1 M Soldier, general, king
It was a cold, dark, rainy day in Scotland a thousand years
ago. Three witches waited. witch a woman
‘What is going to happen, sisters?’ who can fly
through the sky
‘We are going to meet someone.’ and do bad things

‘Who are we going to meet, sisters?’ battle when

soldiers from
‘Macbeth.’ different
countries fight
‘When are we going to meet him?’ king the most
‘After the battle.’ important man
in a country
M soldier a person
who fights for his
‘Who can help us?’ said Duncan, King of Scotland. ‘The or her country
King of Norway wants to take our country. His soldiers camp a place
where soldiers
are here, and they’re killing my men.’ stay for a short
time
Duncan waited for many hours in his camp to hear about
blood this is red;
the battle. Things were very bad. Duncan was afraid. you see it when
you cut your hand
Suddenly a Scottish soldier ran into the camp and came
lord an
in front of the king. He was tired and dirty from the battle, important man
from a good
and there was blood on his face. ‘My lord,’ he cried. ‘The family
Norwegian general is dead! The Norwegian soldiers are general a very
important person
running away! Scotland is free once again.’ in an army

The Norwegian
general is dead!

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 ‘That’s wonderful,’ said King Duncan. ‘Who killed their
general?’
‘His name is Macbeth, and he’s the best soldier in
Scotland.’
M
Macbeth was tired. He walked slowly to King Duncan’s
camp with his friend Banquo.
‘What a long battle!’ said Macbeth.
‘A lot of our friends are dead,’ said Banquo, ‘but the
Norwegian soldiers are going home. And they’re never
coming back!’
Suddenly they saw the three witches in front of them.
‘Who are you? What are you doing?’ asked Banquo.
They didn’t speak to him, but they looked at Macbeth.
‘Macbeth!’ cried the witches.
‘What!? How do you know my name?’ he asked.
They spoke again, all at the same time: ‘Macbeth, the
soldier! Macbeth, the general! Macbeth, the king!’
‘General? King? What are these women talking about?’
Macbeth asked Banquo. ‘I’m a soldier – nothing more!’
‘Is this true?’ Banquo asked them. ‘Can you see into the
future? Speak to me! What can you tell me?’
The witches looked at him. ‘Banquo, the father of
kings!’
‘Who are you?’ asked Macbeth. ‘Tell us more!’ But
suddenly the witches weren’t there! Macbeth and Banquo
looked here and there, but they could see nobody.
‘Perhaps they were witches?’ said Macbeth.
future what is
going to happen Banquo laughed. ‘Or perhaps we are tired after the battle
imagine to think and we imagined them,’ he answered.
M

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 King Duncan was very happy when Macbeth and Banquo
arrived at his camp.
‘Well done, my brave friends! Macbeth, I want to say
thank you, from everyone in Scotland. Macbeth, you are
now the general of the Scottish army.’
Everyone was excited. ‘Macbeth, the bravest man in
Scotland!’ they cried.
But Macbeth and Banquo stood quietly and thought
about the three witches’ words. Macbeth the soldier!
Macbeth the general! Macbeth the king!
M
At Macbeth’s home, his wife, Lady Macbeth, waited, day
after day. But one day a letter arrived. It was a long letter
from her husband.

After the battle, Banquo and I met three women. They

were witches, and they can see into the future! ‘You’re
going to be a general,’ they told me – and they were
right! Next, they said: ‘Macbeth, you’re going to be king!’
I can’t stop thinking about it!

Lady Macbeth was excited. Her husband . . . King of

Scotland! ‘I want to be Queen of Scotland,’ she thought.
‘The witches are right. My husband is going to be king.
brave not afraid
Nothing can stop us!’ She began reading again: army a number
of soldiers
word a thing that
King Duncan is coming to stay with us soon! His son you say or write
Malcolm is coming too, and Banquo, and Macduff. We lady an
important woman
must be ready . . . from a good
family
queen the wife
Lady Macbeth cried excitedly. ‘King Duncan! In our house? of a king

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 Macbeth Good! He’s king now, but things are going to change.
wasn’t happy. Scotland is going to have a new king!’
M
When Macbeth came home, his wife began to talk about
their future. ‘We’re going to be rich and happy,’ she said,
‘when you are king.’
But Macbeth wasn’t happy. ‘What are you talking
about?’ he cried. ‘How can I be king? Scotland has a king!’
‘Listen. You’re a soldier, and you often kill men in
battles,’ said his wife. ‘King Duncan is coming here
tonight.’
‘What are you saying?’ asked Macbeth.
‘You must be brave. Remember the witches: you are
going to be king. Duncan must die here in our house.
What’s the matter? Are you afraid?’
M
That evening King Duncan arrived at Macbeth’s house
with his son Malcolm, and with Banquo.
‘What a beautiful house!’ said King Duncan.
‘Yes, my lord, and the garden is wonderful too,’ said
Banquo.
It was a sunny afternoon, and the king and Banquo
walked slowly past the trees and flowers to Macbeth’s door.
Lady Macbeth came out of the house. ‘Thank you for
visiting us, my lord. We’re very happy to see you.’

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 ‘Lady Macbeth!’ said the king warmly. ‘How are you?
And where is your husband, the general? Is he well?’
Lady Macbeth smiled. ‘Yes, my lord. He is waiting to
meet you. Please, come in.’
‘He is a brave man, you know,’ said King Duncan. ‘He
killed many of our enemies. Scotland is free once more –
and we must thank your husband for that!’
M
In the evening, everyone had dinner. They all sat at a big
table – the king, Malcolm, Macbeth and his wife, Banquo,
and all their friends. Everyone ate, drank wine, talked and
laughed. But Macbeth left the room early. His wife came
out to find him.
‘I can’t do it,’ said Macbeth. ‘I can’t kill Duncan. He’s our
king, and a good man. Let’s forget about it.’
‘What!’ cried Lady Macbeth angrily. ‘Remember the
witches! You are going to be king! Do you want to wait for
years and years? Are you a man? Or are you afraid?’
‘Of course I’m not afraid. But things can always go
wrong! enemy people
who are not
‘Nothing can go wrong. Listen. Duncan has two friends of your
country
servants. Tonight, I’m going to give them a lot of wine.
wine a red or
When they’re sleeping, you can go into Duncan’s room. white drink; when
you drink a lot
You must use their knives. Do you understand?’ you feel happy
and sleepy
‘Yes . . . and we can put blood on his servants’ hands!’
servant a person
said Macbeth. who works for
someone rich
‘That’s right,’ said Lady Macbeth. ‘And what are people
bell a metal
going to think when they find the dead king tomorrow? thing that makes
a noise when you
His servants killed him, of course, not you! Now, you see move it
the bell over there; tonight, when everything is ready, I’m ring (past rang)
to make a noise
going to ring it. Be brave, my husband!’ with a bell

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 ACTIVITIES
1 Well done, 2
Reading Check Macbeth,
my brave friends! the king!
What do they say?

a A Scottish soldier says to King Duncan: 4 3 Speak to 4 My lord,

b The witches say to Macbeth: me! What can you
tell me? the Norwegian
c Macbeth says to the witches: general is
d Banquo says to the witches: dead!
5 Thank you
e King Duncan says to Macbeth and Banquo:
for visiting us,
f Lady Macbeth says to King Duncan: my lord. 6 What!?
g Macbeth says to his wife:
How do you know
h Lady Macbeth says to her husband: 7 Are you a man?
my name?
Or are you afraid?
8
Word Work I can’t do it.

1 These words don’t match the pictures. Correct them.

a blood b wine c soldier

. . . . camp
........... ............... ...............

d camp e bell f witch

............... ............... ...............

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 ACTIVITIES
2 Use the letters to make words from Chapter 1. Then write the sentences.

a In the eltabt, Macbeth kills the Norwegian raengel.

. .In
. . . . .the
. . . . . battle,
. . . . . . . . . . Macbeth
. . . . . . . . . . . . . kills
. . . . . .the
. . . . . Norwegian
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .general.
...............
b Macbeth is a soldier in the Scottish yamr. The Norwegian soldiers are his sineeme.

............................................................................
c ‘Did we see three sctiwhe and hear their drows? Or did we menigia them?’

............................................................................
d ‘When the bell girns, go into ginK Duncan’s room.’

............................................................................
e ‘His avrssetn are sleeping. Be vaber!’

............................................................................

Guess What
What happens in the next chapter?
Tick the boxes.

a In the night, Macbeth goes into

Duncan’s room. What happens?
1 Duncan cries for help.
2 Duncan’s servants wake up.
3 Macbeth kills Duncan.

b In the morning, what happens to

Duncan’s servants?
1 They run away.
2 Macbeth kills them.
3 Banquo asks them a lot
of questions.

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 Chapter 2 M Murder in the night
It was late at night. It was dark in the house, but Macbeth
wasn’t in bed. He was downstairs. Suddenly he heard a
noise. ‘Who’s there?’ he called.
‘It’s me,’ answered Banquo. ‘It’s late, and I’m going to
bed.’
‘Me too,’ said Macbeth.
‘Do you remember those three women? They called you
a general – and a king.’
‘Which women? Oh, those three . . . no, I never think
about them.’
‘Good. It’s best to forget about them. Goodnight,
Macbeth.’
‘Goodnight, Banquo.’
M
It was after midnight. Everyone in the house was in bed,
but downstairs Macbeth waited and waited.
‘I can see something,’ he thought. ‘Is it a dagger? It’s
there, in front of my eyes!’ He put his hand out. ‘I can see
it, but I can’t take it in my hand! What’s happening? Am I
imagining things?’
Suddenly he heard a noise. It was the bell!
‘No more words,’ he thought. ‘It’s time to do it. Duncan
must die!’
M
Lady Macbeth was in her room. ‘Everything is going well,’
she thought. ‘Duncan’s servants are sleeping because they
drank a lot of wine. Their daggers are on the table, so my
husband can find them . . .’
dagger a knife
for killing people Suddenly Macbeth came into the room. In his hands

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 In his hands
were the two
daggers.

were the two daggers. There was blood on them.

‘I can hear voices,’ he said quietly. ‘People are talking.
Listen! Someone is crying “Murder!”. Can you hear?’
‘No, I can’t. You’re imagining things! There are no
voices. Everyone is sleeping,’ said Lady Macbeth. Then she
saw the servants’ daggers in Macbeth’s hands.
‘Why are you carrying those?’ she asked angrily. ‘Take
them back to Duncan’s room, and put them next to his
servants! Why did you forget?’
voice you use
Macbeth didn’t move. ‘I’m not going back,’ he said. this to speak

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 ‘Give them to me, then,’ said his wife. ‘Why are you
afraid? Duncan is dead. He can’t hurt us now!’ She took
the daggers and went quickly to Duncan’s room.
After some time Lady Macbeth came back to her room.
‘The servants have blood on their hands and faces now,’
she said to her husband. ‘So they are the king’s killers, of
course. Not us. Everyone’s going to think that.’
Just then, they heard a noise. It was a loud knock. There
was someone at the front door! Macbeth was afraid, and
he couldn’t move or speak. There was another knock, and
another.
‘Come on!’ said Lady Macbeth. ‘We must wash our
hands. Our servant can go to the door.’
M
Macbeth’s servant opened the door. The visitor was
Macduff. He was a soldier, and one of Duncan’s friends.
‘Good morning, sir,’ said the servant. ‘Everyone is
sleeping, I think. Shall I wake the general?’
Just then, Macbeth came downstairs.
hurt (past hurt)
to do something ‘Macbeth! Good morning, my friend,’ said Macduff. ‘King
bad to someone
Duncan wants to see me today. He asked me to call early in
knock the noise
when someone the morning. Is the king upstairs?’
hits a door
‘Yes, he is. He’s sleeping, I think. Shall I go and wake
wash to make
something clean him?’ asked Macbeth.
sir you say this
when you talk to a
‘No, that’s all right. Can you take me to his room?’
rich or important The two men went upstairs to the king’s room, and
man
wake (past Macduff went in.
woke) to stop
sleeping
At once Macduff came out of the room again, and his
terrible very bad face was white. ‘This is terrible, terrible! The king is dead!
murder the time It’s murder!’
when a murderer
kills someone ‘The king? Dead?’ said Macbeth. ‘No! It isn’t true!’

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 ‘Go in, and look. I cannot tell you more,’ answered
Macduff.
Then he began to call. ‘Wake up! Get out of bed,
everyone! Banquo! Malcolm! There’s a murderer in the
house!’
Doors opened, people came out of their rooms, and
everybody began talking at the same time.
Lady Macbeth came out of her room. ‘What’s the matter?
Why is there all this noise?’ she asked.
‘My lady, I have terrible news,’ said Macduff. ‘Our king –
your father, Malcolm – he’s dead. Someone murdered him
in the night.’
‘Oh, no!’ cried Banquo. ‘Is it true? Who killed him?’
‘I don’t know,’ said Macduff. ‘His servants, perhaps.
There’s blood on their hands, and on their daggers. I
wanted to talk to them, but I couldn’t wake them.’
Just then, Macbeth came out of Duncan’s room. ‘Those
servants were murderers. But they’re never going to hurt
anyone again. I killed them!’
‘Why did you do that?’ asked Macduff angrily. ‘Now we
can’t ask them any questions. How can we learn the truth
about the king’s murder now?’
‘I’m sorry,’ said Macbeth. ‘I was angry. You must
understand! Who can stop and think when a terrible
murder happens? They murdered our king, our wonderful
news when
king, and so I killed them . . .’ someone tells
you something
Suddenly Lady Macbeth cried out and fainted. that is new
‘Carry the lady to her room,’ said Banquo. ‘Listen, truth what
is true
everyone. Later this morning, when we are ready, we must faint to fall
all meet and talk about this terrible news. We must be down suddenly
because you
careful. Scotland has new enemies!’ are ill, or afraid

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 ACTIVITIES
Reading Check
Correct six more mistakes in this summary of Chapter 2.
Banquo
Downstairs, late at night, Macbeth meets Malcolm. They talk about the two witches.

Banquo goes to bed, and Macbeth waits downstairs. Suddenly Macbeth sees the bell – it’s

time to go to King Duncan’s room. Duncan’s servants are sleeping because Lady Macbeth

gave them a lot of coffee. Macbeth kills the queen using the servants’ daggers. Later,

Macduff comes to the house. He is one of Duncan’s enemies. When he sees the king’s

dead body, he calls: ‘Get out of bed, everyone! There’s a murderer in the house!’ After

that, Banquo kills the servants. How can they learn the truth about the murder now?

Word Work
1 Find words in the bell to
complete the sentences.

fa i
nt si r n e w s h u r tvo ice

a Excuse me, ……….sir . Can I see your passport?

b I can’t hear the teacher. Her ………. is very quiet.
c That man looks very white. He’s ill. I think he’s going to ………. .
d What happened yesterday? I didn’t hear the ………. on the radio this morning.
e Don’t sit on the cat! You’re going to ………. it.
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 ACTIVITIES
2 Find words from Chapter 2 to complete the sentences. Write the words in
the crossword.

a He killed a man because he was angry. He’s a m _u r _d_ _e _r _e _r .

b Macbeth kills Duncan with his servants’ d _ _ _ _ _ _ .
c There’s someone at the door. I heard a k _ _ _ _ on it.
d It’s very cold and it’s raining. The weather is t _ _ _ _ _ _ _ today
e Breakfast is ready. Can you w _ _ _ the children?
f Did you break that window? Don’t tell me any stories now. Tell the t _ _ _ _!
g All my shirts are dirty. I must w _ _ _ them.

a m u r d e r e r
b
c
d
e
f
g

3 Who is not going to be the father of kings? Read the blue squares and write
his name. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .

Guess What
What happens in the next chapter? Tick the boxes.
a King Duncan’s son Malcolm . . .
1 is the new King of Scotland.
2 kills Macbeth.
3 leaves Macbeth’s house.

b Banquo thinks that . . . murdered the king.

1 Malcolm
2 Macbeth
3 Macduff
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 PROJECTS
Project A Diaries
1 This is a page from Macbeth’s diary. He wrote it the day after King Duncan’s
murder. Read it and answer the questions below.

Thursday

I did a terrible thing last night.

In the evening, I waited downstairs. My wife
gave the king’s servants a lot of wine before
they went to bed. When my wife rang the bell,
I went upstairs to the king’s bedroom. His
servants were in bed. They didn’t wake up,
because the wine was very strong. Their
daggers were on the table next to their beds. I
took the daggers and walked to the king’s bed.
And then I killed the king! Later I killed
his servants, too. Everyone is going to think
they are the murderers. But I’m worried about
Banquo. Perhaps he knows the truth!

a Where did Macbeth wait in the evening?

b Who rang the bell?
c Where did Macbeth go?
d Where were Duncan’s servants?
e Where were their daggers?
f Who did Macbeth kill first?
g Who did he kill later?
h Who is Macbeth worried about and why?

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 PROJECTS
2 The same day, Lady Macbeth writes in her secret diary. Use the words below to
complete her sentences.

Late last night, my husband went into

When he came back and spoke to me, I
because he had the servants’ two daggers
He was afraid and didn’t want to go back, so I
and went to the king’s room. I left the daggers
and put blood on their hands and faces. I wasn’t
Later, we washed our hands. Nobody is going to
My husband is going to be king, and I’m going to
We have a wonderful future. The three witches

to ok th e d agg er s
be Queen. ne xt to th e se rva nt s.

afraid.
were right! th e kin g’ s roo m.

wa s an g ry kno w the tru th. .

in h is h a n d s

3 Write Macduff’s diary for the same day. Use these words.

go wake friend king dead

murder kill servants faint

le.
ed at Macbeth’s cast
That morning I arriv
At the door I met

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 GRAMMAR
GRAMMAR CHECK
Imperatives
We use the infinitive without to for affirmative imperatives. We use imperatives to
give instructions or orders.
Take the daggers back to Duncan’s room. Be brave, my husband!
We also use imperatives to give invitations or offers.
Come and eat with us! Come and sit down.
Negative imperatives start with do not or don’t + infinitive without to.
Don’t fight me, Macduff. Don’t be afraid.

1 Lady Macbeth is talking to her husband before he kills King Duncan. Choose the
correct word or words to complete the sentences.
a Kill/Don’t kill Duncan, and then you can be king!
b Worry/Don’t worry – you’re a strong, brave soldier.
c Listen/Don’t listen for the bell. I’m going to ring it later.
d Go/Don’t go into Duncan’s room when the servants are
sleeping.
e Make/Don’t make a noise when you open the door.
f Be/Don’t be quiet. We don’t want people to hear.
g Use/Don’t use your knife. Find the servants’ knives.
h Put/Don’t put blood on the servants’ hands.

2 Complete each sentence with a verb from the box in the affirmative or negative
imperative.

cut give listen look run speak

Listen to us. We can see into the future,’ said the witches.
a ‘ ……………
b ‘…………… the daggers to me,’ said Lady Macbeth. ‘I’m going to put them next to
the servants.’
c ‘…………… Fleance. They want to kill you!’ said Banquo.
d ‘…………… at me, Banquo, with those terrible eyes!’ said Macbeth.
e ‘…………… a branch from a tree and carry it in front of you,’ said Malcolm.
f ‘…………… to me, Macbeth. Be quiet! Let’s fight,’ said Macduff.

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GRAMMAR CHECK
Past Simple: affirmative
With regular verbs we usually add –d or –ed to the infinitive without to.
Just then two men arrived at the castle. Macbeth’s servant opened the door.
With regular verbs that end in consonant + –y we change y to i and add –ed.
carry – Macbeth carried two daggers.
Some verbs are irregular. You must learn their past forms.
fight – The two men fought angrily.

3 Write the Past Simple of these verbs.

a want wanted
…………… g meet ……………
b arrive …………… h open ……………
c cry …………… i read ……………
d feel …………… j say ……………
e fight …………… k speak ……………
f kill …………… l write ……………

4 Do you remember Chapter 1 of Macbeth? Use the verbs

from Exercise 3 to complete the text.
wanted to take Scotland from
The Norwegian king a) ……………
King Duncan. But the famous soldier Macbeth b) ……………
bravely against the Norwegian army and c) …………… their
general in battle.
After the bloody battle, Macbeth and his friend Banquo
d) …………… three witches. These women e) …………… to the young men for a
short time and f) …………… some very strange things to them.
Days later, Macbeth g) …………… a long letter to his wife all about the witches and
about his future. When the letter h) ……………, Lady Macbeth, i) …………… it
quickly and j) …………… it again and again. She k) …………… very excited. ‘My
husband is going to be king!’ she l) …………… happily.

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DOMINOES
Macbeth 1

A dark, rainy day in Scotland, long ago. Returning

from battle, Macbeth and his friend Banquo meet

Macbeth    William Shakespeare

three witches. ‘Macbeth, the king!’ they say, but
Macbeth is not a king, he is just a simple soldier.
Macbeth and Banquo cannot forget the witches’
words. Soon Macbeth is king, but his wife walks in
her sleep at night, and dreams of blood. What lies
in the future for Banquo? And how many people
must die before Scotland finds peace once more?

Text adaptation by Alistair McCallum

Cover image courtesy of Columbia Pictures (still from
‘The Tragedy of Macbeth’ ©1971, renewed 1999, Columbia
Pictures Industries, Inc.)
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Series Editors: Bill Bowler and Sue Parminter
Word count 5,581
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Macbeth
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