BACKGROUND TO MACBETH:
RESEARCH ACTIVITY
General Information:
Shakespeare Resource Centre
What are the Fates? The Norns? Who was/is Hecate?
Three Witches (from Wikipedia)
The Norns (from Wikipedia)
The Scottish/Classical Hybrid Witches in Macbeth
Hecate
Shakespeare on line
Witchcraft in Elizabethan England:
Elizabethan Witchcraft and Witches
Witches in Scotland during Shakespeare’s time:
The Historical Context of Macbeth
National Library of Scotland
National Library of Scotland Scottish Witch Hunts
National Library of Scotland James VI
National Library of Scotland. Witches in Scottish literature
National Library of Scotland. The context of the Scottish Witch Hunts
Shakespeare’s Historical Sources for Macbeth:
Shakespeare Online. Historical Sources for Macbeth
Theatre History. Historical Sources of Macbeth
The Historical Context of Macbeth
Performance of Macbeth:
Macbeth. Play by William Shakespeare
Kinglear.org. Macbeth Performance History
Chronology of plays by William Shakespeare
King James VI of Scotland and King James I of England and Witchcraft:
Witches and King James
Scotland's History. North Berwick Witch Trials
Scotland's History. James VI and I
A Brief History of Witchcraft Persecutions before Salem