Editing Fleance (section)

===Influence===
Fleance's line "The moon is down, I have not heard the clock"<ref name=autogenerated1 /> was the inspiration for the title of [[John Steinbeck]]'s 1942 short novel ''[[The Moon is Down]]''. Fleance's line foreshadows the evil encompassing the kingdom. The book was published just as the United States entered [[World War II]] and signalled the threat of the [[Axis powers]] by outlining the events in a European town occupied by foreign powers. Steinbeck's book became a Broadway play and a film.<ref>Steinbeck, pp. viii–x</ref>

In 2008, Pegasus Books published ''[[The Tragedy of Macbeth Part II]]: The Seed of Banquo'', a play by American author and playwright [[Noah Lukeman]] that endeavoured to pick up where the original Macbeth left off, and to resolve its many loose ends, particularly the prophesied ascension of the seed of Banquo. Written in blank verse, the play was published to critical acclaim.{{CN|date=March 2023}}

Another book published in 2009 by [[Penguin Books]], ''Banquo's Son'', is the first in a trilogy that follows on from the Shakespearean story. The novels are written by New Zealand author and English teacher, [[Tania Roxborogh|T.K. Roxborogh]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.tkroxborogh.com/banquo.htm |title=T. K. Roxborogh: Banquo's Son Trilogy |access-date=6 September 2010 |archive-date=24 May 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100524093544/http://tkroxborogh.com/banquo.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>