Three Witches poor women dabbling in witchcraft living off the countryside of Scotland with their children. While they appear amidst battles and make strangely accurate prophecies, they do not manifest anything supernatural otherwise. "Come and Go", a short play written in 1965 by Samuel Beckett, recalls the Three Witches. The play features only three characters, all women, named Flo, Vi, and Ru. The opening line: “When did we three last meet?” recalls the “When shall we three meet again?” of "Macbeth": Act 1, Scene 1. "The Third Witch", a 2001 novel written by Rebecca Reisert, tells the story of the play through
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