Macbeth: The Podcast

Our ShakespeareNerdsTM share important historical context and discuss the major themes of Macbeth to help enrich your understanding of the play. With Doug Scholz-Carlson (GRSF Artistic Director, Macbeth Podcast Director & Actor), Victoria Nassif (Actor) and Victoria Teague (Dramaturg & Text Coach).

• Act 5 Scene 1 - A Doctor and Gentlewoman observe Lady Macbeth sleepwalking

• Act 5 Scene 2 - Malcolm, Siward and Macduff lead the English forces into Scotland

• Act 5 Scene 3 - Macbeth refuses to fear the approaching English army

• Act 5 Scene 4 - Malcolm makes a plan

• Act 5 Scene 5 - Macbeth receives some news about his wife

• Act 5 Scenes 6-9 - The battle

• Act 5 Scene 10 - Macbeth meets Macduff

• Act 5 Scene 11 - After the battle

• Act 3 Scene 5 - The Witches meet with Hecate

• Act 3 Scene 6 - Lennox and Ross discuss the state of things in Scotland

• Act 4 Scene 1 - The Witches prepare to meet Macbeth

• Act 4 Scene 2 - Lady Macduff resents her husband's sudden departure to England

• Act 4 scene 3 - in England, Macduff meets Duncan's son, Malcolm

• Act 2 Scene 4 - Ross and Lennox discuss strange happenings in nature

• Act 3 Scene 1 - Macbeth's coronation

• Act 3 Scene 2 - Lady Macbeth tries to connect with her husband before the banquet

• Act 3 Scene 3 - Banquo and Fleance meet some strangers

• Act 3 Scene 4 - The banquet

• Act 1 Scene 6 - King Duncan arrives at Macbeth's castle, greeted by Lady Macbeth

• Act 1 Scene 7 - Macbeth has doubts about the plan

• Act 2 Scene 1 - Banquo and his son Fleance are met by Macbeth

• Act 2 Scene 2 - Lady Macbeth waits as Macbeth does the deed

• Act 2 Scene 3 - A porter hears knocking at the gates of Macbeth's castle

• Act 1 Scene 1 - The witches appear on the Scottish moors and plan to meet Macbeth

• Act 1 Scene 2 - King Duncan meets a wounded soldier on the battlefield

• Act 1 Scene 3 - Macbeth and Banquo encounter the witches on the battlefield

• Act 1 Scene 4 - King Duncan, at his royal palace, names Malcolm as his heir

• Act 1 Scene 5 - At Macbeth's castle, Lady Macbeth reads a letter from her husband

Take a deeper dive into the way Shakespeare uses language and verse in Macbeth with some of GRSF's resident ShakespeareNerdsTM: Doug Scholz-Carlson (Artistic Director), Victoria Nassif (Actor) and Victoria Teague (Dramaturg & Text Coach).