THE original Arden Macbeth,edited by Henry Cuningham,firstappeared in 1912.The present edition owes much to its predecessor,many of the notes being used with little or no change;butthere are substantial alterations.The introduction is new;the text(for which Mr Cuningham was not responsible) has been revised,and several hundred small alterations have been made in it--mostof them consisting of a return to the First Folio;nearly all the notescontain alterations,and many are entirely new;and the appendicesare new.There are,in fact,so many alterations that it was notpossible to print from the old stereos.

PREFACE

ABBREVIATIONS

INTRODUCTION

1.Text

2.Date

3.The Porter Scene

4.Interpolations

5.Sources

6.The Play

THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH

APPENDICES

A.Holinshed

B.Buchanan

C.John Leslie

D.Additional Notes (1984)