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Banquo and Macbeth start as friends and fellow warriors, but the Witches’ predictions cause tension in their relationship. After the murder of King Duncan, Banquo becomes suspicious of Macbeth.
Banquo's ghost haunts Macbeth (Sir Patrick Stewart) at a dinner party. Lady Macbeth (Kate Fleetwood) tries to remain in control of her husband's delusions and the festivities.
‘I, Banquo’ revisits Macbeth via new perspective in electrifying show at Chicago Shakespeare Anchored by Dan Waller in a tour-de-force performance, “I, Banquo,” creates a thrilling ...
Macbeth commissions two desperate men to kill Banquo but a third mysteriously appears when it’s time to do the job. He says that he’s been sent by Macbeth but reveals little else.
Van Horn’s Banquo, by contrast, provided the deep weight, the gravitas of a principled man who recognizes the true danger of Macbeth as a ruthless rival; Banquo must attempt the all but ...
Additionally, Macbeth’s former colleague Banquo perished in a hired-assassin-related incident, leading some critics of the king to lay the violence at his feet, calling it “a direct ...
When Banquo is eventually butchered, he is murdered in plain sight, cut down in a crowded railroad car. His executioners know that in Macbeth’s police state no-one will dare intervene. They don’t.
Fiennes’ Macbeth is an old warrior, battle-hardened yet weary of spirit. Banquo (Steffan Rhodri), his loyal buddy on the field, seems even older.
Macbeth, fearing that Banquo’s descendants will preempt him, has Banquo killed. When Macduff (Aaron Blanco), one of the dead king’s loyalists joins Duncan’s older son, ...
Had it been Lord Banquo who personally encountered the treacherous Macdonwald on the battlefield and split his body from ear to ear, rather than his best pal Macbeth getting that juicy retail ...