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Old character in theatre played Macbeth at last (3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

edh

'old character' is the definition.
(edh was a letter in Old English)

'theatre played macbeth at last' is the wordplay.
'at last' indicates one should take the final letters.
The final letters of 'theatre played macbeth' are 'EDH'.

'in' is the link.

(Another definition for edh that I've seen is " old letter?".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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