[DOC] [TLE] Macbeth - Wikipedia [PAR] Macbeth is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, thought to have been first 
performed in 1606. It dramatises the damaging physical and psychological 
effects of political ambition on those who seek power for its own sake. Of all the 
plays that Shakespeare wrote during the reign of James I, who was ... The play 
opens amidst thunder and lightning, and the Three Witches decide... [DOC] [TLE] Pantomime - Wikipedia [PAR] Pantomime (informally panto) is a type of musical comedy stage production, 
designed for family entertainment. It was developed in England and is still 
performed there, generally during the ... The Roman pantomime drew upon the 
Greek tragedy and other Greek genres from its ..... Often a wicked wizard, witch or 
demon. [DOC] [TLE] The First Actresses - Explore - National Portrait Gallery [PAR] This led to the censorship of plays performed in licensed theatres. ... Full-length 
portraits representing actresses as the classical muses of tragedy or comedy ... or 
acting within a well-known play, became popular during the eighteenth century. 
... many successful singers and dancers retired from the stage after marriage. [DOC] [TLE] Music in Shakespeare's Plays | Shakespeare, William | Britannica.com [PAR] They involved from two to five characters, were sung to popular melodies (such 
as ... To what sorts of characters did Shakespeare assign most of the singing? ... 
were so popular that they were greatly expanded in Restoration revivals of the 
play. ... with the possible exception of the witches' dances from Macbeth, which 
are... [DOC] [TLE] The Music to "Macbeth" - Saratoga Shakespeare Company [PAR] Jun 17, 2014 ... clear that a major element in this popularity is the musical spectacle of ... One 
version of the witch music became the entrenched ... but also the songs in Act II 
added by Davenant during the Restoration, indicating ... interpolate the songs 
and dances into Shakespeare's play, which ... singing and dancing. [DOC] [TLE] Conventions of Song in Restoration Tragedy - JStor [PAR] Function of the Songs in Shakespeare's Plays," Shakespeare Studies (Madison,. 
1916), pp. ... Songs from the Restoration Theater (Princeton, 1934); A. J. Walker, 
Popular Songs and. Broadside ... Machines, Scenes, Opera's, Musick, Dancing, 
Singing: .... and the song "Oh love if e'er thou'lt ease a heart" is sung within, while. [DOC] [TLE] Synopsis of Macbeth - Shakespeare Theatre Company [PAR] predictions of the three witches, Macbeth arrives to find her already ... Malcolm is 
restored to the throne. ... These problems became more apparent after King 
James I of Scotland .... king by performing a play, The Tragedy of Gowrie, based 
on an episode from his life. .... of popularity during the reign of James I in the 
early. [DOC] [TLE] sir william d'avenant's so-called improvements of macbeth - SEDERI [PAR] during the Restoration period andin the eighteenth century. Two approaches .... 
The Tragedy of Macbeth, alter'd by Sir William Davenant; being dressed in all it's
... [DOC] [TLE] Wm. Shakespeare in America [PAR] No Shakespearean play was immune to this sort of mutilation. The Comedy .... 
Shakespeare was popular entertainment in nineteenth-century America. ... 
During the first two-thirds of the nineteenth century, the play may have been the 
thing, but it was not the only thing. ... In Act 4th-A Solemn incantation & dance of 
Witches. [DOC] [TLE] KING LEAR .ORG - Macbeth Performance History [PAR] The boy actor playing Lady Macbeth became ill and an understudy was needed. 
... play into semi-musical in 1663 and the witches became dancers and singers. 
... Garrick restored some of Shakespeare's original text, but also added some of 
his own. ... Theatre as a glamorous domestic tragedy directed by Glen Byam 
Shaw. [DOC] [TLE] Staging Shakespeare: A 400 Year Romance | English Heritage [PAR] In the 400 years since William Shakespeare died his plays have been ... 
Restoration dramatists turned increasingly to spectacular scenery, costumes and 
individual performances to make Shakespeare more popular for their age. ... and 
a Macbeth without the

Question: During the Restoration, it became popular for singers & dancers to play the witches in this tragedy
Answer: Macbeth