question: What year was the play written in which the Third Murderer appears?
answer: 1606
context: Title: Andria (Machiavelli)
  Passage: Andria is the first play written by Niccolò Machiavelli, published in the period 1517-1520.  It is a translation of a play written by the Latin comedy writer Terence, who had originally taken it from the Greek dramatist Menander.  It is one of the examples of Machiavelli as a comedy writer, along with "The Mandrake" and the "Clizia".  The play has been considered by some scholars semi-autobiographical.
  Title: Poor Murderer
  Passage: Poor Murderer is a play written by Pavel Kohout that premiered at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre on Broadway on 20 October 1976 and closed on 2 January 1977 after 87 performances.
  Title: Third Murderer
  Passage: The Third Murderer is a character in William Shakespeare's tragedy "Macbeth" (1606).  He appears in one scene (3.3), joining the First and Second Murderers to assassinate Banquo and Fleance, at the orders of Macbeth.
  Title: Banquo
  Passage: Lord Banquo , the Thane of Lochaber, is a character in William Shakespeare's 1606 play "Macbeth".  In the play, he is at first an ally to Macbeth (both are generals in the King's army) and they are together when they meet the Three Witches.  After prophesying that Macbeth will become king, the witches tell Banquo that he will not be king himself, but that his descendants will be.  Later, Macbeth in his lust for power sees Banquo as a threat and has him murdered; Banquo's son, Fleance, escapes.  Banquo's ghost returns in a later scene, causing Macbeth to react with alarm during a public feast.
  Title: The Frighteners
  Passage: The Frighteners is a 1996 New Zealand-American horror comedy film directed by Peter Jackson and co-written with his wife, Fran Walsh.  The film stars Michael J. Fox, Trini Alvarado, Peter Dobson, John Astin, Dee Wallace Stone, Jeffrey Combs, R. Lee Ermey and Jake Busey.  "The Frighteners" tells the story of Frank Bannister (Fox), an architect who develops psychic abilities allowing him to see, hear, and communicate with ghosts after his wife's murder.  He initially uses his new abilities to befriend ghosts, whom he sends to haunt people so that he can charge them handsome fees for ""exorcising"" the ghosts.  However, the spirit of a mass murderer appears able to attack the living and the dead, posing as the ghost of the Grim Reaper, prompting Frank to investigate the supernatural presence.
  Title: Horrible Histories: The Mad Millennium
  Passage: The Mad Millennium is a Horrible Histories musical play written by Terry Deary and first performed in 1999.  The play is about 7 kids in a history lesson with a new history teacher and their only hope is to race through the centuries.  It is the only HH play written into a published book - "The Mad Millennium: A Play by Terry Deary".
  Title: The Capeman
  Passage: The Capeman is a musical play written by Paul Simon and Derek Walcott based on the life of convicted murderer Salvador Agrón.  The play opened at the Marquis Theatre in 1998 to poor reviews and had an initial run of 68 performances.
  Title: Murderer, the Hope of Women
  Passage: Murderer, the Hope of Women is a short Expressionist play written by the painter Oskar Kokoschka.  It focuses more on the actions and appearances of its characters than on their dialogue.  Its performance was received with much criticism, as it was a break from classical drama and part of the modernist avant-garde movement in German culture.
  Title: Murderer (play)
  Passage: Murderer is a 1975 comedy/thriller play written by Anthony Shaffer.  Set in Dorset, England, the play tells the story of Norman Bartholomew, a painter who is obsessed with famous murderers of the past.  He takes great pleasure in recreating their crimes, and hopes to one day join their ranks by performing a murder of his own.
  Title: The Face at the Window (play)
  Passage: The Face at the Window is a melodramatic detective play written by F. Brooke Warren and first produced in 1897.  Set in Paris, its villain is a serial killer named Le Loup, who precedes his killings with a loud wolf-howl.  He is pursued by the master detective Paul Gouffet.  In an iconic scene, Gouffet causes a dead victim to complete the act of writing his murderer's name by passing an electric current through the arm muscles.A movie was made based on this book in 1939 directed by George King.  A London performance in February 2002 was reported to last almost three hours and was accorded a most unflattering review.
citations: Banquo Third Murderer