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Macbeth Remixed: The Myth of the Witches

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The Myth of the Witches

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How did the three witches become part of the Macbeth myth?

Boiling up trouble for the would-be king in their cauldron, how did the witches become part of the myth? Stars Liam Brennan.

The three witches boiling up trouble for the would-be king in their cauldron on the heath 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.

Producer: Pennie Latin 

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2007

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