macbeth

ACT 1 ACT 2 ACT 3 ACT 4 ACT 5

scene —> 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 totl

Macbeth 57 18 4 49 47 41 37 122 46 113 79 61 46 10 26 756

Lady Macbeth 81 11 45 51 6 3 18 41 25 281
Malcolm 7 10 13 147 11 7 2 20 217
Macduff 40 14 91 3 2 11 20 181
Ross 18 16 27 6 19 41 10 138
Banquo 44 2 8 25 13 20 5 117
1 Wyrd Sister
st
6 36 2 35 79
Lennox 3 21 8 33 6 7 78
King Duncan 15 38 18 71
Porter 46 46
Scottish Doctor 36 9 45
3 Wyrd Sister
rd
5 14 28 47
2 Wyrd Sister
nd
6 12 26 44
Lady Macduff 44 44
Captain 38 38
Hecate 34 13 47
1st Murderer 10 11 6 4 31
Serv/Msgr/Sold. 5 1 2 10 3 1 9 32
Old Siward 6 3 6 12 27
Gentlewoman 26 26
Random Lord 22 23
Angus 13 9 22
Son of Macduff 21 21
2 Murderer
nd
8 8 16
Menteith 10 2 12
Caithness 11 11
Young Siward 4 7 11
Old Man 11 11
Donalbain 8 8
3 Murderer
rd
8 8
Seton 3 2 5
2nd Apparition 5 5
3rd Apparition 5 5
English Doctor 5 5
1st Apparition 3 3
Fleance, son 2 2

lines per scene 13 81 180 68 90 37 94 74 92 180 53 162 66 32 174 36 53 175 98 284 87 37 76 27 57 12 36 86

lines per act 563 399 523 557 418 2460

Stage directions 3 7 27 12 7 5 5 12 14 24 4 17 8 8 38 4 2 23 10 12 5 4 21 4 9 6 13 17 321

The vertical numbers don’t necessarily add up because some characters, such as the
Wyrd Sisters, speak lines in unison, yet each Wyrd Sister’s lines are counted individually.

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