Macbeth at the Loft - No Equivocation Before ‘Macbeth’, the word equivocation appeared only once in Shakespeare’s plays, when Hamlet tells Horatio: ‘We must speak by the card, or equivocation will undo us’.  The Gunpowder Plot and the focus on Catholic testimonies brought this word to the forefront of Jacobean minds. When Macbeth and Banquo... Continue Reading →