Macbeth – William Shakespeare

"By the pricking of my thumbs, Something wicked this way comes."

A Scottish general, Macbeth, receives a prophecy from three witches that he will become King of Scotland. Consumed by ambition and spurred on by his ruthless wife, he murders King Duncan and takes the throne. But his reign is bathed in blood, and he is soon plagued by guilt and paranoia as his tyranny invites destruction.

The 'Scottish Play' is Shakespeare's shortest and darkest tragedy. It is a terrifying study of the damaging physical and psychological effects of political ambition on those who seek power for its own sake. It remains a definitive warning about the corrupting nature of unchecked desire.