Macbeth and Banquo meet the Witches . The play begins with Macbeth and Banquo as friends, returning from fighting together for King Duncan. On their journey home they meet three witches, ...

A Macbeth That Believes in Witches. Ethan Hawke in a tragedy more horror story than cautionary tale. Macbeth LCT 10-13 404 Macbeth, by William Shakespeare, ...

The witches serve as the catalyst of Macbeth’s great tragedy. They appear to Macbeth (Washington) and his friend Banquo (Bertie Carvel) after the two men successfully lead King Duncan’s army ...

The witches prophesy that Macbeth will be given the aristocratic title of Thane of Cawdor and King of Scotland. Banquo’s descendants will be kings. Soon after, Macbeth is named Thane of Cawdor.

What’s happening: The witches make three prophecies: Macbeth will be lord, then king. And that while his friend Banquo will not rule, he will sire a line of kings.

Macduff is Macbeth’s childhood friend and fellow police officer. The three witches who tell Macbeth and Banquo the prophecy in the original are prostitutes who work for Hecate.

Denzel Washington takes on the title character in Joel Coen's Bard-based film, The Tragedy of Macbeth, with murder-minded Lady Macbeth played by Coen's wife, Frances McDormand.

Oh, and Macbeth smokes a pipe with the witches as they put a spell on him. If you think about it, which may not be advisable, this gets him off the hook for all the slaughter. I suspect ...