Macbeth (character)
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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
Third Murderer
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The Third Murderer is a character in William Shakespeare's tragedy Macbeth. He appears in one scene, joining the First and Second Murderers to assassinate Banquo and Fleance, at the orders of Macbeth.
Illustration of the three murderers from the 1830 French book Galerie de Shakspeare
Macbeth recruiting the first two murderers, in a 1936 Harlem production of the play