E4: The Macbeth Curse

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Jan 28, 2021•20 min•Season 1Ep. 4

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Episode description

Drew invites his favorite techies, Katie and Reed, to talk about how the play Macbeth became cursed in the first place.

Sources:

"The Curse of Macbeth: Is It More than Superstition?" Penguin, 18 Oct. 2018,
     www.penguin.co.uk/articles/2018/oct/
     the-curse-and-superstition-of-shakespeare-s-macbeth.html. Accessed 21 Jan.
     2021.

"The Curse of the Scottish Play." Royal Shakespeare Company, www.rsc.org.uk/
macbeth/about-the-play/the-scottish-play. Accessed 21 Jan. 2021.

Lyman, David. "This Show Is so Cursed, You Can't Even Call It by Name."
Cincinatti Enquirer, 28 May 2019, www.cincinnati.com/story/entertainment/
theater/2019/03/27/macbeth-superstitions-history-and-removal-scottish-curse/
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Sherman, Mara. "The Macbeth Curse: Myth or Reality?" Santa Cruz Shakespeare, 31
July 2015, www.santacruzshakespeare.org/the-macbeth-curse-myth-or-reality/.
Accessed 21 Jan. 2021.

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