Thursday 27 January 2011

Macbeth by William Shakespeare (Writen around 1606)


DUNCAN: king of Scotland.
MALCOLM& DONALBAIN: his sons.
MACBETH & BANQUO: generals of the king’s army.
MACDUFF, LENNOX, ROSS, MENTEITH, ANGUS and CAITHNESS: noblemen 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.
(Son:Boy, son to Macduff)
(Doctor:An English Doctor)
(Doctor:A Scotch Doctor.)
A Soldier.
A Porter.
An Old Man
LADY MACBETH:
LADY MACDUFF:
 (Gentlewoman:Gentlewoman attending on Lady Macbeth.)
HECATE:
Three Witches.
     (First Witch:)
     (Second Witch:)
     (Third Witch:)
Apparitions.
     (First Apparition:)
     (Second Apparition:)
     (Third Apparition:)
Lords, Gentlemen, Officers, Soldiers, Murderers,
Attendants, and Messengers.
(Lord:)
(Sergeant:)
(Servant:)
(First Murderer:)
(Second Murderer:)
(Third Murderer:)
(Messenger:)

Friday 21 January 2011

Act 1, Scene 1

ACT I  SCENE I A desert place. Thunder and lightning.
[Thunder and lightning. Enter three Witches]

First Witch

When shall we three meet again
In thunder, lightning, or in rain?
Second WitchWhen the hurlyburly's done,
When the battle's lost and won.
Third WitchThat will be ere the set of sun.5
First WitchWhere the place?
Second WitchUpon the heath.
Third WitchThere to meet with Macbeth.
First WitchI come, graymalkin!
Second WitchPaddock calls.10
Third WitchAnon!
ALLFair is foul, and foul is fair:
Hover through the fog and filthy air.
[Exeunt]