In Character: Shakespeare's 'Macbeth'
Portraits of actors and actresses portraying characters from Shakespeare's 'Macbeth'.
Sir Henry Irving as Macbeth
by Harry Furniss
after 1875
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William Charles Macready as Macbeth
published by Martin Skelt, published by Benjamin Skelt
1820s-1830s
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Charles John Kean as Macbeth
by Richard James Lane, printed by M & N Hanhart, published by John Mitchell, after Alfred Edward Chalon
published 1 October 1840
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John Philip Kemble as Macbeth
by Richard James Lane, printed by Charles Joseph Hullmandel, published by Joseph Dickinson, after John Boaden
published 1 October 1826
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John Philip Kemble as Penruddock
by Richard James Lane, printed by Charles Joseph Hullmandel, published by Joseph Dickinson, after John Boaden
published 1 October 1826
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John Henderson ('Mr. Henderson in the Character of Macbeth')
by and published by John Jones, after George Romney
published 1 December 1787
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Charles John Kean as Macbeth
by Richard James Lane, printed by M & N Hanhart, published by John Mitchell, after Alfred Edward Chalon
published 1 October 1840
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John George Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham ('Macbeth')
by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by Alfred Ducôte, published by Thomas McLean
published 20 December 1833
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Henry Thomas Betty as Macbeth
by F. Onwhyn, printed by Hurst, published by Joseph Onwhyn
circa 1844-1854
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Sir Johnston Forbes-Robertson as Macbeth
by Baron Adolph de Meyer
published 21 September 1898
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Ellen Terry as Lady Macbeth
replica by John Singer Sargent
1906, based on a work of 1889
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Ellen Terry as Lady Macbeth in 'Macbeth'
by Window & Grove
1888, published 1906
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Violet Vanbrugh (Violet Augusta Mary Barnes) as Lady Macbeth in 'Macbeth'
by Lallie Charles, published by Hudson & Kearns Ltd
20 June 1911, published 1912
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Sarah Smith as Lady Macbeth in 'Macbeth'
by Richard James Lane, printed by Jérémie Graf, published by John Mitchell
published December 1839
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Ellen Terry as Lady Macbeth in 'Macbeth'
by Window & Grove
1888
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Ellen Terry as Lady Macbeth in 'Macbeth'
by Window & Grove, published by J. Beagles & Co
1900s (1888)
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Ellen Terry as Lady Macbeth in 'Macbeth'
by Window & Grove
1888
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Lillah McCarthy as Lady Macbeth in 'Macbeth'
by Unknown photographer
1895
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The Three Witches from Macbeth (Elizabeth Lamb, Viscountess Melbourne; Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire; Anne Seymour Damer)
by Daniel Gardner
1775
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Drinkwater Meadows; John Howard Payne; George John Bennett as the witches in 'Macbeth'
by Richard James Lane, printed by Jérémie Graf, published by John Mitchell
published 1 December 1838
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Scene from Macbeth - Banquo's Ghost
by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by Alfred Ducôte, published by Thomas McLean
published 3 December 1838
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