Macbeth, Lady

Macbeth, Lady,
ambitious wife of Macbeth in Shakespeare's play; a favourite role among 18th- and 19th-cent. actresses, for example Mrs Siddons . L. C. Knights 's essay ‘How many children had Lady Macbeth?’ ( 1933 ) is a teasing riposte to the sort of biographical speculation favoured by A. C. Bradley .