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Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player

That struts and frets his hour upon the stage

And then is heard no more.

- Macbeth: V, v

The Text

Complete text at MIT

Download complete text in MS Word -- macbeth.doc (158K) or macbeth.zip (56K).

Searchable online text at The Literature Network

Quizzes

Act I

Act II

Act III

Act IV

Act V

Stage / Film History

Feminism and Roman Polanski's Macbeth

Macbeth - Review of 1999 production with Alec Baldwin and Angela Bassett

Macbeth @ the Internet Movie Database

The Scottish Play - Origins of the superstition

Stage History of Macbeth

The Play that Electrified Harlem -- Orson Welles' 1936 all-black Macbeth

To Strut and Fret Upon the Stage:
Theatrical Interpretation of Sources for Macbeth

Web Sites

Birnam Wood on the Net
Student's Guide to Macbeth resources online.

Bloody Tyrant or Benevolent King: Will the Real Macbeth Please Stand Up? - Catherine Wells

The Cleveland Press Shakespeare Photographs - Macbeth

Critical Essays on Macbeth

Double, Double: A Dual Exploration of Macbeth - Lesson Plan

Enjoying Macbeth, by Ed Friedlander, M.D.
A comprehensive, frank and fascinating Macbeth site.

Freud on the Macbeths
Essay by Sigmund himself.

Glamis Castle - the historically inaccurate setting for the King's murder

Internet Shakespeare Edition - Draft texts of the folio.

Introduction to Macbeth - Ian Johnston

Macbeth: An In-depth Analysis
Annotated text, links, commentary, multimedia links.

Macbeth Paintings

Macbeth - The Truth Behind The Shakespeare Myth

Teacher's Guide to the Signet Edition of Macbeth

Ultimate Guide to Shakespeare's Macbeth
The top 10 Macbeth sites on the Web