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Lady Macbeth, Lines 33b-38a
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Act 3,
Scene 4
Lines 33b-38a

Lady Macbeth performs a speech from Act 3, Scene 4 of myShakespeare's Macbeth. 

Lady Macbeth

                                              My royal lord,
You do not give the cheer. The feast is sold
That is not often vouched, while 'tis a-making,
'Tis given with welcome. To feed were best at home.
From thence the sauce to meat is ceremony;
Meeting were bare without it.

Macbeth

Lennox

[The ghost of Banquo enters and sits in Macbeth's place]

Macbeth

Ross

Macbeth

Lennox

Macbeth

Lennox

[Macbeth sees the ghost]

Macbeth

Lords

Macbeth

Ross

Lady Macbeth

Macbeth

Lady Macbeth

Macbeth

[Ghost of Banquo vanishes]

Lady Macbeth

Macbeth

Lady Macbeth

Macbeth

Lady Macbeth

Macbeth

Lords

[Re-enter ghost of Banquo]

Macbeth

Lady Macbeth

Macbeth

[Ghost of Banquo vanishes]

Lady Macbeth

Macbeth

Ross

Lady Macbeth

Lennox

Lady Macbeth

[Exit all but Macbeth and Lady Macbeth]

Macbeth

Lady Macbeth

Macbeth

Lady Macbeth

Macbeth

Lady Macbeth

Macbeth

[Exit]