Three witches. A foreboding prophecy.  Thirst for absolute power. William Shakespeare’s classic tale of ambition, love, betrayal, and manipulation tells the bloody story of the quest for power, murder, and its crippling psychological aftereffects. One of Shakespeare’s most produced plays, Macbeth is a terrifying parable about how great people are overtaken by their ambition and destroyed by the power of their own success that will have you sitting on the edge of your seat.