MACBETH

FIRST PERFORMANCE: APRIL 1611

GENRE: TRAGEDY

PLAYWRIGHT: WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

MACBETH IS A PLAY WRITTEN BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE. IT IS CONSIDERED ONE OF HIS DARKEST AND MOST POWERFUL TRAGEDIES. SET IN SCOTLAND, THE PLAY DRAMATIZES THE CORROSIVE PSYCHOLOGICAL AND POLITICAL EFFECTS PRODUCED WHEN EVIL IS CHOSEN AS A WAY TO FULLFIL THE AMBITION OF POWER.