F*ckShakespeare

Episode 55: Malcolm's Fig Leaf, Macbeth Act 5


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That is... forest. 😁 

Since Act 5 goes back and forth from the Scottish to the English, we thought we'd just lump those English scenes in together here and tell you a bit about that invading army. Did you know that Siward was Malcolm's grandfather? That must have made some of those Scottish lords a bit uncomfortable, no? To think their future king was half English? But the listening King James was a similar hybrid. Context is everything.

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