Macbeth
There will always be a gap between the perceptions of twentieth-century readers and the attitudes of Shakespeare's audience, but in a play like Macbeth, where so much seems to depend on the supernatural, the gap is bound to be wider.
The subjects covered in the following pages include:
See also:
- A modern text of Macbeth.
- An old-spelling text of Folio 1.
A list of book facsimiles
that contain Macbeth.
- The essential facts about the play.*
Ed Frielander's site dedicated to Macbeth.
Footnotes
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Summary: facts about Macbeth
Written:1604-07
First published: in the Folio (1623).
First mention:Simon Forman saw a performance at the Globe in 1611.Source:Raphael Holinshed'sChronicles of England Scotland, and Ireland (1587). See the illustration in Holinshed of Macbeth's meeting with the witches.