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Source: BBC Radio 4 "Afternoon Reading" Thursday

Roundup

11-17-05

Holinshed's Macbeth [15min]

Shakespeare found the bloody story of Macbeth in Raphael Holinshed's Chronicles of England, Scotland and Wales. Shakespeare scholar Dr Carol Rutter introduces the source that inspired Shakespeare play. Abridged by Gordon House, read by Stephen Boxer.

Read entire article at BBC Radio 4 "Afternoon Reading" Thursday