King Duncan is a fictional character in Shakespeare's Macbeth. He is the father of two youthful sons, and the victim of a well-plotted regicide in a power grab by his first cousin, and trusted captain
Lady Macbeth at the bedside of King Duncan (Lady Macbeth by George Cattermole, 1850)
Lord Macbeth, the Thane of Glamis and quickly the Thane of Cawdor, is the title character and main protagonist in William Shakespeare's Macbeth. The character is loosely based on the historical king M
Orson Welles (Macbeth) and Jeanette Nolan (Lady Macbeth) in Welles's 1948 film adaptation of the play, Macbeth.
Macbeth sees the ghost of Banquo
Macbeth and the witches by George Romney
Banquo's Ghost by Théodore Chassériau, 1855