In Character: Shakespeare's 'Macbeth'

Portraits of actors and actresses portraying characters from Shakespeare's 'Macbeth'.

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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
NPG D22012

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
NPG D22320

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
NPG D22321

John Henderson ('Mr. Henderson in the Character of Macbeth')
by and published by John Jones, after George Romney
published 1 December 1787
NPG D35690

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
NPG D36753

John George Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham ('Macbeth')
by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by Alfred Ducôte, published by Thomas McLean
published 20 December 1833
NPG D41227

Henry Thomas Betty as Macbeth
by F. Onwhyn, printed by Hurst, published by Joseph Onwhyn
circa 1844-1854
NPG D41914

Sir Johnston Forbes-Robertson as Macbeth
by Baron Adolph de Meyer
published 21 September 1898
NPG x193450

Ellen Terry as Lady Macbeth
replica by John Singer Sargent
1906, based on a work of 1889
NPG 2273

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