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Inspired by 'Macbeth'; this sculpture is the eighth in a series of sculptures designed for the Great Garden at New Place.

Shakespeare's New Place

Stratford-upon-Avon

Title

Macbeth

Date

c. 2006

Medium

bronze

Accession number

STRST : SBT 2007-19

Acquisition method

gift from the Newington-Cropsey Foundation

Work type

Statue

Signature/marks description

Inscription description

rear: MACBETH / She should have died hereafter / There would have been a time for such a word / To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow / Creeps in this petty pace from day to day / To the last syllable of recorded time / And all our yesterdays have lighted fools / The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle! / Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player / That struts and frets his hour upon the stage / And then is heard no more: it is a tale / Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, / Signifying nothing / Macbeth Act 5, scene 5

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