GUIZOT: Euvres Complètes de Shakespeare (Septième Édition, 1868) MICHEL: Euvres Complètes de Shakespeare. Précédée de la Vie de Shake- LACROIX: Histoire de l'Influence de Shakespeare sur le Théâtre Français 1851 1855 1856 1859 1860 1862 1864 1865 1866 1869 * On the outside paper cover this 'Vie de Shakespeare' is said to be 'par Woodsworth,' ED. VICTOR HUGO: William Shakespeare LAMARTINE: Shakespeare et son Euvre TAINE: Littérature Anglaise GUIZOT: Shakespeare et son Temps (Nouvelle Édition). . SIWARD, earl of Northumberland, general of the English forces. Young SIWARD, his son. SEYTON, an officer attending on Macbeth. Boy, son to Macduff. An English Doctor. A Scotch Doctor. A Sergeant. A Porter. An Old Man. Lady MACBETH. Lady MACDUFF. Gentlewoman, attending on Lady Macbeth. HECATE. Three Witches. Apparitions. Lords, Gentlemen, Officers, Soldiers, Murderers, Attendants, and Messengers. SCENE: Scotland: England. 1 As given by Dyce. First given by Rowe. om. Ff. 2 Macbeth] Macbeth, his Cousin and General of his Forces, Cap. 845 Lennox, Menteith, Caithness] Lenox, Menteth, Cathness in all eds. before Dyce's. ༡ Siton] Theob. i. Gentlewoman...] Capell. Gentlewomen... Rowe, +. 2 THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH. ACT I. SCENE I. A desert place. Thunder and lightning. Enter three Witches. First Witch. When shall we three meet again In thunder, lightning, or in rain? ACT I. SCENE 1.] Actus Primus. Scœna Prima. Ff. A desert place.] An open Heath. Rowe +. An open place. Theob. Warb. Johns. om. Ff. A Cross-way. Cap. 1, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9. First, Sec., Third Witch] 1, 2, 3. Ff. 1. again] Han. again? FF againe? FF2. 2. or] and Han. Cap. Jen. Scene i.] SEYMOUR. The witches seem to be introduced for no other purpose than to tell us they are to meet again; and as I cannot discover any advantage resulting from such anticipation, but on the contrary, think it injurious, I conclude the scene is not genuine. COLERIDGE (p. 241). The true reason for the first appearance of the Witches is to strike the key-note of the character of the whole drama. C. A. BROWN (p. 147). Less study, less experience in human nature, less mental acquirements of every kind, I conceive, were employed on Macbeth, wonderfully as the whole character is displayed before us, than on those imaginary creations, the three weird sisters who haunt his steps, and prey upon his very being. SCHMIDT (p. 436). The witches should not be visible when the curtain rises, but should glide in like ghosts. I-II. When...air] DELIUS. This metre (namely Trochaics of four accents, intermixed here and there with Iambics) Sh. has elsewhere used to mark the language of supernatural creatures, as in Temp. and Mid. N. D. 2. or] JENNENS. The question is not which of the three they should meet in, but when they should meet for their incantations. |