After Lady Macbeth she played Desdemona in Othello , Rosalind in As You Like It , Ophelia and Volumnia , all with great success . In Queen Catherine she discovered a role that was almost as well adapted to her acting powers as that of Lady Macbeth . After Lady Macbeth she played Desdemona , Rosalind , Ophelia and Volumnia , all with great success ; but it was as Queen Catherine in Henry VIII that she discovered a part almost as well adapted to her acting powers as that of Lady Macbeth .