Macbeth

ACT I · 1/28

Macbeth

ACT I

¹MACBETH by William Shakespeare Contents Scene III. ²The same. ³A Park or Lawn, with a gate leading to the Palace. ⁴Dramatis Personæ DUNCAN, King of Scotland. ⁵MALCOLM, his Son. ⁶DONALBAIN, his Son. ⁷MACBETH, General in the King’s Army. ⁸BANQUO, General in the King’s Army. ⁹MACDUFF, Nobleman of Scotland. ¹⁰LENNOX, Nobleman of Scotland. ¹¹ROSS, Nobleman of Scotland. ¹²MENTEITH, Nobleman of Scotland. ¹³ANGUS, Nobleman of Scotland. ¹⁴CAITHNESS, Nobleman of Scotland. ¹⁵FLEANCE, Son to Banquo. ¹⁶SIWARD, Earl of Northumberland, General of the English Forces. ¹⁷YOUNG SIWARD, his Son. ¹⁸SEYTON, an Officer attending on Macbeth. ¹⁹BOY, Son to Macduff. ²⁰An English Doctor. ²¹A Scottish Doctor. ²²A Soldier. ²³A Porter. ²⁴An Old Man. ²⁵LADY MACBETH. ²⁶LADY MACDUFF. ²⁷Gentlewoman attending on Lady Macbeth. ²⁸HECATE, and three Witches. ²⁹Lords, Gentlemen, Officers, Soldiers, Murderers, Attendants and Messengers. ³⁰The Ghost of Banquo and several other Apparitions. ³¹SCENE: In the end of the Fourth Act, in England; through the rest of the Play, in Scotland; and chiefly at Macbeth’s Castle.

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