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3. The Myth of the Witches
Episode 3 of 5
Boiling up trouble for the would-be king in their cauldron, how did the witches become part of the myth? Stars Liam Brennan.
Three witches boil up trouble for the would-be king in their cauldron on the heath.
This is one of the most famous and familiar dramatic images from Shakespeare's Macbeth.
But the witches didn't exist in the real Macbeth's time - so how and why did they become part of the myth?
Liam Brennan stars as Macbeth.
With members of The National Theatre of Scotland:
Fiona Watson
Alex Woolf
David Munro
Nick Aitchison
Molly Rorke
Producer: Pennie Latin
First broadcast on 麻豆社 Radio 4 in August 2007.
Last on
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09:30
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