He ultimately achieves this through murder, with the support of his wife Lady Macbeth. The sleepwalking scene in which she cries “Out, damned spot” is one of the best-known phrases in Shakespeare.

One example is the following line, spoken by Lady Macbeth in Act 5, scene 1. Out, damned spot! Out, I say!.. Yet who would have thought the old man to have had so much blood in him? The imagined ...

When we first meet Lady Macbeth in Macbeth, one of Shakespeare’s best-known and often-staged tragedies, she seems designed to steal the show. Her speeches are riveting, her emotions keyed up and ...

In Cold Spring, Haldane director Martha Mechalakos chose "Macbeth," having staged "Romeo ... to wash it from her hands. "The 'out damned spot' scene, her descent into madness, is the most fun ...