Macbeth
From ZuluNotes - Free Leaving Cert Notes
Macbeth is among the most famous of William Shakespeare's plays, as well as his shortest surviving tragedy. It is frequently performed at professional and community theatres around the world. The play, loosely based upon the historical account of King Macbeth of Scotland by Raphael Holinshed and the Scottish philosopher Hector Boece, is often seen as an archetypal tale of the dangers of the lust for power and betrayal of friends.
It was most recently on the Leaving Cert English paper in 2003 as the single text, but has often been on the list of texts for The comparative
