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Macbeth: The Real King Behind Shakespeare's Tragedy | The Real Macbeth (2021x38)

Air date: Dec 11, 2021

Tony Robinson takes a look at the facts behind the myth of Shakespeare's Macbeth, and finds a quite different character and story to that created by the 'Bard of Avon'. The original and real King Macbeth lived in the 11th century and reigned from 1040 to 1057.