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Oct 2021
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104. Macbeth

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Something wicked this way comes. Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook take a deep dive into the real history of Scotland’s most notorious king. Was he really the murderous man of Shakespeare’s writing? Plus the boys examine the play for its insight into the politics of the time in which it was written. And we discover Dominic’s missed vocation.


A Goalhanger Films & Left Peg Media production

Produced by Joey McCarthy

Exec Producer Tony Pastor


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