In the play Macbeth, how does Birnam Wood come to Dunsinane?
Actually, it is more a play on the sounds. The Irish mercenaries who are aiding the Scottish rebellion because of the Welsch funding from the Royal (British) interests set MacBeth’s firewood on fire at Dunsinane: the soliders do bring some dry wood from Birnam Wood, which fails at first, because it is not alight. Thusly “Burn’em Wood” comes to “Dunsinane”, in the manner that the Irish accent is imitated by the English at the time of Shakespeare’s Globe (early 1600; MacBeth was written for James I, who seriously dug Witchcraft, the Occult, and the Irish: who were the uber-mysterious and a combo of Occultists) Will Stutely, the clown in Shakespeare’s troupe, routinely played the characters with accents.
