tragedy

Macbeth

c. 1606

Ambition and guilt corrupt a Scottish general into a tyrant.

Start reading — Act 1, Scene 1 →

Scenes

Act 1

1.1 An open Place. 1.2 A Camp near Forres. 1.3 A heath. 1.4 Forres. A Room in the Palace. 1.5 Inverness. A Room in Macbeth’s Castle. 1.6 The same. Before the Castle. 1.7 The same. A Lobby in the Castle.

Act 2

2.1 Inverness. Court within the Castle. 2.2 The same. 2.3 The same. 2.4 The same. Without the Castle.

Act 3

3.1 Forres. A Room in the Palace. 3.2 The same. Another Room in the Palace. 3.3 The same. A Park or Lawn, with a gate leading to the Palace. 3.4 The same. A Room of state in the Palace. 3.5 The heath. 3.6 Forres. A Room in the Palace.

Act 4

4.1 A dark Cave. In the middle, a Cauldron Boiling. 4.2 Fife. A Room in Macduff’s Castle. 4.3 England. Before the King’s Palace.

Act 5

5.1 Dunsinane. A Room in the Castle. 5.2 The Country near Dunsinane. 5.3 Dunsinane. A Room in the Castle. 5.4 Country near Dunsinane: a Wood in view. 5.5 Dunsinane. Within the castle. 5.6 The same. A Plain before the Castle. 5.7 The same. Another part of the Plain. 5.8 The same. Another part of the field.

Dramatis personæ

DUNCAN King of Scotland.
MALCOLM his Son.
DONALBAIN his Son.
MACBETH General in the King’s Army.
BANQUO General in the King’s Army.
MACDUFF Nobleman of Scotland.
LENNOX Nobleman of Scotland.
ROSS Nobleman of Scotland.
MENTEITH Nobleman of Scotland.
ANGUS Nobleman of Scotland.
CAITHNESS Nobleman of Scotland.
FLEANCE Son to Banquo.
SIWARD Earl of Northumberland, General of the English Forces.
YOUNG SIWARD his Son.
SEYTON an Officer attending on Macbeth.
BOY Son to Macduff.
HECATE and three Witches.