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Macbeth

Pronunciation Guide for the 2024 Colorado Shakespeare Festival production

adieu

/əˈdju/

ague

/ˈeɪ̯gju/

alarumed

/əˈlɑːɹəmd/

amen

/ɑˈmɛn/

avaunt

/əˈvɔnt/

aye

4.1 (meaning “ever”)

/eɪ̯/

bade

/bæd/

Banquo

/ˈbæŋkwoʊ̯/

Beelzebub

/biˈɛlzɪbəb/

Bellona

/bəˈloʊ̯nə/

Birnam

/ˈbɝnəm/

brinded

/ˈbɹɪndɪd/

Cawdor

/ˈkɔdɔɚ̯/

chaudron

/t͡ʃɔdɹən/

chough

/t͡ʃʌf/

coign

/kɔɪ̯n/

Colme

/ˈkɒləm/

Colmekill

/ˈkoʊ̯mkɪl/

dolor

/ˈdoʊ̯lɚ/

Donalbain

/ˈdɑnɫ̩ˌbeɪ̯n/

Dunsinane

/ˈdʌnsɪneɪ̯n/

eaten

4.1 (to rhyme with “sweaten”

/ˈɛtn̩/

err

/ɝ/

fillet

/ˈfɪlɪt/

Finel

/ˈfɪnl̩/

Fleance

/ˈfleɪ.əns/

foisons

/ˈfɔɪ̯zənz/

Forres

/ˈfɔɹɪs/

Glamis

/glɑmz/

Golgotha

/ˈgɒlgəθə/

gorgon

/ˈgɔɚ̯gən/

harbinger

/ˈhɑɚ̯bɪnd͡ʒɚ/

Hecate

/ˈhɛkət/

Hyrcan

/ˈhɝkən/

incarnadine

/ɪnˈkɑɚnədaɪ̯n/

Inverness

/ˈɪnvɚˌnɛs/

kerns

/kɝnz/

lave

/leɪ̯v/

liege

/lid͡ʒ/

Macdonwald

/mækˈdɑnəld/

Malcolm

/ˈmæl.kəm/

minutely

5.2 (“every minute”)

/ˈmɪn.ɪt.li/

non pareil

/nɑn.pəˈɹɛl/

parley

/ˈpɑɚli/

perseverence

4.3 (for meter)

/pɚˈsɛvɹəns/

ravin

/rævɪn/

Scone

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Seyton

/ˈsitən/

shoughs

/ʃʌfs/

sirrah

/ˈsɪɹə/

Siward

/ˈsjuwɚd/

Sweno

/ˈswinoʊ̯/

Tarquin

/ˈˈtɑɚkwɪn/

thane

/θeɪ̯n/

weird

“WAYard”

/ˈweɪ.ɚd/