3Nov

The idea of a man’s life being no more than a brief appearance on a stage is something that fascinated Shakespeare.
Macbeth sees his life in that way – you strut about and stress on the stage but all those passions and, indeed, everything you do in life, is meaningless, as at the end of that you just disappear.
Like an actor anguishing on the stage over the trials of life, with great passion, and then, after the performance, just going home to resume his normal life.