Lady Macduff

Lady Macduff
Macbeth character
Peggy Webber (right) as Lady Macduff in Orson Welles' film adaptation Macbeth (1948 film)
Created byWilliam Shakespeare
In-universe information
SpouseMacduff
ChildrenSon (name unknown)

Lady Macduff is a character in William Shakespeare's Macbeth. She is married to Lord Macduff, the Thane of Fife. Her appearance in the play is brief: she and her son are introduced in Act IV Scene II, a climactic scene that ends with both of them being murdered on Macbeth's orders. Though Lady Macduff's appearance is limited to this scene, her role in the play is quite significant. Later playwrights, William Davenant especially, expanded her role in adaptation and in performance.