Macbeth

Scottish general Macbeth receives a prophecy from a trio of witches that one day he will become King of Scotland. He is spurred on by his cunning wife, Lady Macbeth, and, consumed by ambition, he murders King Duncan and takes the throne for himself.

Haunted by his bloody deed and the witches' prophecies, Macbeth becomes a tyrannical ruler as he is forced to commit more murders to protect himself.

There follows a downward spiral into madness as the usurping couple find they cannot escape their doom.