Penguin Classics: Macbeth

'Stars, hide your fires, Let not light see my black and deep desires'

Promised a golden future as ruler of Scotland by supernatural forces, Macbeth, spurred on by his wife, murders the king to ensure his ambitions come true. But he soon learns the meaning of terror - killing once, he must kill again and again, while the dead return to haunt him. A blood-soaked drama of murder, madness and the uncanny, Macbeth is an anatomy of fear and a bleak portrayal of what some will do to achieve their desires.