Macbeth is a play by William Shakespeare that tells the story of a Scottish nobleman called Macbeth. At the start of the play, Banquo is Macbeth’s friend and is also a general in King Duncan’s army.

Archaeologists have challenged a long-held claim that a picturesque tree-lined avenue near Fort William was a ceremonial route to a clan stronghold. The avenue running through woodland near Fort ...

Banquo’s ghost haunts Macbeth (Sir Patrick Stewart) at a dinner party. Lady Macbeth (Kate Fleetwood) tries to remain in control of her husband’s delusions and the festivities. Thou canst not say I did ...

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In Act 3, scene 4, Macbeth causes chaos at a celebratory banquet at his castle when he suddenly starts to behave very oddly indeed. Everything starts quite normally. The guests are greeted and they ...

Funny how fate goes. You can miss immortality by a hair. Maybe that already happened to you, sucker. Consider. Had it been Lord Banquo who personally encountered the treacherous Macdonwald on the ...

No matter how much they revise, students can never predict what’s going to be on an exam paper despite discussions around what is “unlikely” or “likely” to come up. And that’s exactly what happened ...

Archaeologists have challenged a 150-year-old myth that a tree-lined avenue near Fort William with links to Shakespeare's Macbeth was a ceremonial route to a clan stronghold. Did you know with a ...

Of course Macbeth is a Coen brothers movie. The Scottish play is essentially a caper: A criminal plot is hatched and executed, kind of like in Raising Arizona or Fargo. As in The Ladykillers — ...