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Shakespeare plays MACBETH, King of Scotland

Illustration: Shakespeare plays Macbeth dressed in a plain green kilt; he looks grimly into the middle-distance

Macbeth, knowing his end is near, ruminates on the futility of human existence.
Macbeth, Act 5 Scene 5

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