C onsidered to be one of the last Gaelic kings, the real Macbeth MacFindlaech wasn’t the murderous, terrible character of ...

Banquo is noble and loyal to King Duncan and, unlike Macbeth, does not contemplate acting on the Witches’ predictions. In Act 3, scene 1, however, he does seem to have ambitious thoughts.

Photograph of Jack Carter (Macbeth), Kenneth Renwick (Second Murderer) and George Nixon (First Murderer) in the Federal Theatre Project production of Macbeth at the Lafayette Theatre, Harlem.