COSTUMES. MACBETH.—First dress: Scarlet plaid vest, kelt, and tartan, cap, feathers, and breast-plate. Second dress: Purple robe, lined with yellow satin, scarlet satin vest, edged with white ermine, aud coronet for the head. Third dress: Kelt, tartan, cap, and armour. MALCOLM.—Scarlet and green plaid vest, kelt, tartan, breast-plate, cap aud fda. thers. KING.—Crimson velvet robe and vest richly embroidered. BANQUO—Green plaid vest, kilt and tartan, breast-plate and cap. MACDUFF.—Ibid. LENOX.—Red and blue—Ibid. ROSSE.—Blue and crimson—Ibid. SIWARD.—scarlet velvet doublet, trunks and clonk, breast-plate, hat and feathers. SEYTON.—Green plaid vest, kelt, and tartan, cap and feathers. PHYSICIAN.—Black velvet doubjet. trunks, cloak, &c. SERJEANT.—Green and red plaid vest, kelt, and tartan, cap, &c. MURDERERS.—Green worsted plaid dresses. LADY MACBETH.—First dress: Black velvet, trimmed with point race, ana plaid sarsnet scarf. Second dress: White satin, trimmed with silver, and scarlet cloth robe, trimmed with ermine and silver; coronet for the bead. Third dress: White muslin morning wrapper, trimmed with lace, and a veil.—Ibid. GENTLEWOMAN.—Green satin dress trimmed with silver, and spangled veil. HECATE.—Blue vest, with stars, shaded by blue gauze, robe of do., and cap' mented with snakes. WITCHES.—Similar, in some respects,.but exceedingly grotesque. EXITS AND ENTRANCES. R. means Right; 1. Left: R. D. Right Door; L. D. Left Door; &. E. Second Entrance; U. E. Upper Entrance; M. D. Middle Door. RELATIVE POSITIONS. • R., means Right; L., Left; C., Centre; R. C., Right of Centre; L. C., Left of Centre. MACBETH. ACT I. Scene I.—The Open Country —Thunder and Lightning. Three Witches discovered. 1st Witch. When shall we three meet again— In thunder, lightning, or in rain? 2d Witch. When the hurly-hurly's done, When the battle's* lost and won. 3d Witch. That will be ere set of sun. 1st Witch. Where the place? 2d Witch. Upon the heath. 3d Witch. There to meet with— 1st Witch. Whom?, 2d Witch. Macbeth. f Noise of a Cat. 1st Witch. I come, Gray-malkin. [Noise of a Toad. 2d Witch. Paddock calls. 1st Witch. Anon. ALL Fair is foul, and foul is fair; Hover through the fog and filthy air. [Thunder and Lightning.—Exeunt severally. Scene II.—The Palace at Fores.—Flourish of Trumpets and Drums, L. Enter King Duncan, Malcolm, Donalbaw, Lenox, K.osse, and Attendants, L., meeting a bleeding OffiCer, R. King, (c.) What bloody man is that? He can report, As seemeth by his plight, of the revolt The newest state. * The war in which Macbeth was engaged. Mal. This is the serjeant, Off. Doubtfully it stood; As two spent swimmers, that do cling together, Carved out his passage, till he faced the slave; King. Oh, valiant cousin! worthy gentleman! Off. Mark, King of Scotland, mark: King. Dismayed not this Off. Yes; As sparrows, eagles; or the hare, the lion.— King. So well thy words become thee, as thy wounds; They smack of honour both :—Go, get him surgeons. [Exeunt Officer and two Attendants, L. Who comes here? Mal. The worthy Thane of Fife. Len. What a haste looks through his eyes! Rosse. So should he look, Enter Macdufp, R. Ring. Whence earnest thou, worthy Thane? Macd. From Fife, great King, King, Great happiness! Macd. That now Sweno, the Norway's king, craves composition ; King. No more that Thane of Cawdor shall deceive Our bosom interest;—Go, pronounce his present death, And with his former titles greet Macbeth. Macd. I'll see it done. [Exeunt Macdvjf'and Lenox, R. King. What he hath lost, noble Macbeth hath won. [Flourish of Trumpets amd Drums —Exeunt, L. Scene III.—A Heath.— Bridge in the background, over the Mountains.—Thunder and Lightning. Enter the Three Witches, meeting. 1st Witch. Where hast thou been, sister? Zd Witch. Killing swine. 3d Witch. Sister, where thou? 1st Witch. A sailor's wife had chesnuts in her lap, And mounched, and mounched, and mounched :—" Give me," quoth I. "Aroint thee, witch!" the rump-fed ronyonf cries. 2d Witch. I'll give thee a wind. "Inclosed in armour of proof. t Begone. j Fat, bulky woman. |