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William Shakespeare, English dramatist, poet, and actor considered by many to be the greatest dramatist of all time. No writer’s living reputation can compare to that of Shakespeare, whose notable plays included the tragedies Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, King Lear, Macbeth, and Othello. He was also known for his sonnets. Macbeth (/ m ə k ˈ b ɛ θ /; full title The Tragedy of Macbeth) is a tragedy by William Shakespeare.It was probably performed first in 1606. It was first published in the Folio of 1623, possibly from a prompt book, and is Shakespeare's shortest tragedy. Macbeth: Study Guide SparkNotes Shakespeare’s play about a Scottish nobleman and his wife who murder their king for his throne charts the extremes of ambition and guilt. First staged in 1606, Macbeth ’s three witches and other dark imagery have entered our collective imagination. Nicol Williamson plays the title role and Jane Lapotaire portrays Lady Macbeth in Jack Gold's production of the Scottish play. After receiving a prophecy of his future kingship from three witches, and coerced by his scheming wife, Macbeth murders King Duncan, but he is increasingly oppressed by the guilt of his crime in this darkest of Shakespearian tragedies. Shakespeare is a free app with the complete works of Shakespeare (41 plays, 154 sonnets and 6 poems, including doubtful works) and a searchable.
Shakespeare For Children Books
You can buy the Arden text of this play from the Amazon.com online bookstore: Macbeth (Arden Shakespeare: Second Series)
Entire play in one page
Act 1, Scene 1: A desert place.
Act 1, Scene 2: A camp near Forres.
Act 1, Scene 3: A heath near Forres.
Act 1, Scene 4: Forres. The palace.
Act 1, Scene 5: Inverness. Macbeth's castle.
Act 1, Scene 6: Before Macbeth's castle.
Act 1, Scene 7: Macbeth's castle.
Act 2, Scene 1: Court of Macbeth's castle.
Act 2, Scene 2: The same.
Act 2, Scene 3: The same.
Act 2, Scene 4: Outside Macbeth's castle.
Act 3, Scene 1: Forres. The palace.
Act 3, Scene 2: The palace.
Act 3, Scene 3: A park near the palace.
Act 3, Scene 4: The same. Hall in the palace.
Act 3, Scene 5: A Heath.
Act 3, Scene 6: Forres. The palace.
Act 4, Scene 1: A cavern. In the middle, a boiling cauldron.
Act 4, Scene 2: Fife. Macduff's castle.
Act 4, Scene 3: England. Before the King's palace.
Act 5, Scene 1: Dunsinane. Ante-room in the castle.
Act 5, Scene 2: The country near Dunsinane.
Act 5, Scene 3: Dunsinane. A room in the castle.
Act 5, Scene 4: Country near Birnam wood.
Act 5, Scene 5: Dunsinane. Within the castle.
Act 5, Scene 6: Dunsinane. Before the castle.
Act 5, Scene 7: Another part of the field.
Act 5, Scene 8: Another part of the field.
Shakespeare Fun & Games
Welcome to the Fun and Games area of Will’s World, hosted by our very own Puck – the mischievous star of A Midsummer Night’s Dream!
Here, you’ll find lots of fun resources to help you liven up your lessons and get students excited about Shakespeare in 2016! Ideal for warm-ups or end of class fun.
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Learn some fascinating facts and idioms with this special Shakespeare infographic from the Macmillan Readers!
Celebratory Infographic
If you’re after a fun and general introduction to Shakespeare, look no further than this infographic!
It features some fascinating facts and an Idioms Quiz to get students thinking and talking about the enduring, everyday relevance of Shakespeare’s language and plays. If you prefer, you can also take the Idioms Quiz online.
Shakespeare’s Characters
Infographics
To accompany each of our brand-new Shakespeare for Life lesson series, we’ll be publishing a fun infographic presenting social media-style profiles of each of the key characters from each play.
Shakespeare Characters
Meet all the stars of our seven Shakespeare Readers in our gallery of characters!
Choose your favourite and then set it as your profile picture to show the world you’re celebrating Shakespeare in 2016!
Shakespeare On Love
Your students will LOVE learning from this new infographic!
Get them talking with six famous quotes about love and learn some unusual terms of endearment.
Shakespeare Name Generator
Have fun with your class and generate your very own Shakespearean names!
Quizzes
Test your knowledge of Shakespeare’s language and plays with our quizzes!
Book or Bard?
Shakespeare Trivia Quiz
Shakespeare Idioms Quiz
Which Shakespeare Character Are You?
Shakespeare For Macbeth
Videos
Charades is a traditional British parlour game in which one person mimes or acts out the title of a book, film, play or song whilst another person or an audience guesses the answer. We’ve got a selection of charades especially for our Shakespeare titles. Can you guess what they are?
Watch our Shakespeare charades!