The Children of Adam and Eve

He was a commander for King Duncan I, and a chieftain of the Moray
district. After murdering Duncan in 1040, Macbeth claimed the kingdom and
ruled for 17 prosperous years. In 1057 he was killed in Battle by Malcolm
CanMore (1031?-93), a son of Duncan I who was later, as Malcolm III, king
of Scotland.

Macbeth, a tragedy in five acts written by Shakespeare, is based on the
career of King Macbeth. Possibly performed as early as 1606, the play was
first printed in the edition of Shakespeare's Works that was published in
1623 and is known as the First Folio. The principal source used by the
author for this Work was Chronicles of England, Scotland, and Ireland
(1577) by the English chronicler Raphael Holinshed. The tragedy is a
penetrating, concentrated, and harrowing study of ambition. In the
characters of Macbeth and his wife, Lady Macbeth, the play provides two
Strong roles Long regarded as attractive vehicles for the leading actors
of the world. Shakespeare's tragedy also provided the basis for the
libretto of the opera Macbeth (1847) by the Italian composer Giuseppe
Verdi.