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Macbeth

By William Shakespeare

  • editors: Craig A. Berry, Martin Mueller, and Clifford Wulfman
  • technical editors: Jeffrey Cousens and Bill Parod
  • editorial assistants: Lawrence Berland, Hilary Bina, Katherine Gould, Kreg Segal, Nicholas Terrell

The WordHoard Shakespeare is a joint project of the Perseus Project at Tufts University, The Northwestern University Library, and Northwestern University Academic Technologies. It is derived from The Globe Shakespeare , the one-volume version of the Cambridge Shakespeare , edited by W. G. Clark, J. Glover, and W. A. Wright (1891-3). The Internet Shakespeare editions of the quartos and folios have been consulted to create a modern text that observes as closely as possible the morphological and prosodic practices of the earliest editions. Spellings, especially of contracted and hyphenated forms, have been standardized across the corpus. The text has been fully lemmatized and morphosyntactically tagged.

© 2003. The copyright to The WordHoard Shakespeare is owned jointly by Northwestern University and Tufts University. The WordHoard Shakespeare is provided for free solely for non-commercial use by students, scholars, and the public. Any commercial use or publication of it, in whole or in part, without prior written authorization of the copyright holders is strictly prohibited.

The Wordhoard Shakespeare is derived from, but not identical with, The Globe Shakespeare , the one-volume version of the Cambridge Shakespeare (1891-3) edited by W. G. Clark, J. Glover, and W. A. Wright.

  • Act 1

    • Act 1, Scene 1

      A desert place. Thunder and lightning.

      Speakers: All, First Witch, Second Witch, Third Witch

    • Act 1, Scene 2

      A camp near Forres. Alarum within.

      Speakers: Duncan, Lennox, Malcolm, Ross., Sergeant

    • Act 1, Scene 3

      A heath near Forres. Thunder.

      Speakers: All, Angus, Banquo, First Witch, Macbeth, Ross., Second Witch, Third Witch

    • Act 1, Scene 4

      Forres. The palace. Flourish.

      Speakers: Banquo, Duncan, Macbeth, Malcolm

    • Act 1, Scene 5

      Inverness. Macbeth's castle.

      Speakers: Lady Macbeth, Macbeth, Messenger

    • Act 1, Scene 6

      Before Macbeth's castle. Hautboys and torches.

      Speakers: Banquo, Duncan, Lady Macbeth

    • Act 1, Scene 7

      Macbeth's castle. Hautboys and torches.

      Speakers: Lady Macbeth, Macbeth

  • Act 2

    • Act 2, Scene 1

      Court of Macbeth's castle.

      Speakers: Banquo, Fleance, Macbeth

    • Act 2, Scene 2

      The same.

      Speakers: Lady Macbeth, Macbeth

    • Act 2, Scene 3

      The same. Knocking within.

      Speakers: All, Banquo, Donalbain, Lady Macbeth, Lennox, Macbeth, Macbeth Len, Macduff, Malcolm, Porter

    • Act 2, Scene 4

      Outside Macbeth's castle.

      Speakers: Macduff, Old Man, Ross.

  • Act 3

    • Act 3, Scene 1

      Forres. The palace.

      Speakers: Attendant, Banquo, Both Murderers, First Murderer, Lady Macbeth, Macbeth, Second Murderer

    • Act 3, Scene 2

      The palace.

      Speakers: Lady Macbeth, Macbeth, Servant

    • Act 3, Scene 3

      A park near the palace.

      Speakers: Banquo, First Murderer, Second Murderer, Third Murderer

    • Act 3, Scene 4

      The same. Hall in the palace. A banquet prepared.

      Speakers: Lady Macbeth, Lennox, Lords, Macbeth, Murderer, Ross.

    • Act 3, Scene 5

      A Heath. Thunder.

      Speakers: First Witch, Hecate

    • Act 3, Scene 6

      Forres. The palace.

      Speakers: Lennox, Lord

  • Act 4

    • Act 4, Scene 1

      A cavern. In the middle, a boiling cauldron. Thunder.

      Speakers: All, First Apparition, First Witch, Hecate, Lennox, Macbeth, Second Apparition, Second Witch, Third Apparition, Third Witch

    • Act 4, Scene 2

      Fife. Macduff's castle.

      Speakers: First Murderer, Lady Macduff, Messenger, Ross., Son

    • Act 4, Scene 3

      England. Before the King's palace.

      Speakers: Doctor, Macduff, Malcolm, Ross.

  • Act 5

    • Act 5, Scene 1

      Dunsinane. Ante-room in the castle.

      Speakers: Doctor, Gentlewoman, Lady Macbeth

    • Act 5, Scene 2

      The country near Dunsinane. Drum and colours.

      Speakers: Angus, Caithness, Lennox, Menteith

    • Act 5, Scene 3

      Dunsinane. A room in the castle.

      Speakers: Doctor, Macbeth, Servant, Seyton

    • Act 5, Scene 4

      Country near Birnam mood. Drum and colours.

      Speakers: Macduff, Malcolm, Menteith, Siward, Soldiers

    • Act 5, Scene 5

      Dunsinane. Within the castle.

      Speakers: Macbeth, Messenger, Seyton

    • Act 5, Scene 6

      Dunsinane. Before the castle. Drum and colours.

      Speakers: Macduff, Malcolm, Siward

    • Act 5, Scene 7

      Another part of the field. Alarums.

      Speakers: Macbeth, Macduff, Malcolm, Siward, Young Siward

    • Act 5, Scene 8

      Another part of the field.

      Speakers: All, Macbeth, Macduff, Malcolm, Ross., Siward