Macbeth: A Guide to the PlayThough written nearly 400 years ago, Shakespeare's Macbeth continues to capture the interest of modern audiences. Laden with political intrigue, supernatural elements, and complex psychological issues, Macbeth is a play of contemporary relevance, despite its tale of witches and ancient Scottish kings. While the play reflects seventeenth-century theological and political concerns, it also explores enduring themes, such as fate and free will, appearance and reality, order and disorder, ambition and obedience, and madness and sanity. Macbeth has been staged countless times, and it has also been produced for film and television. Numerous editions of the play exist, it is one of the most widely taught dramatic works, and scholars have written an enormous amount of criticism about it. This reference book is a comprehensive guide to the play. |
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... Macbeth reports that the King is coming and purposes to leave in the morning . Lady Macbeth predicts that " never , / Shall sunne that Morrow see . " She counsels Macbeth to " looke like th'innocent flower , / But be the Serpent under't ...
... Lady in Waiting who has asked that the Doctor observe Lady Macbeth . Lady Macbeth is conducting an unconscious play - within - a - play in which the suspicions of all of Scotland are confirmed . Claudius looked at the nightmare of his ...
... Macbeth mimed watching Lady Macbeth being carried off . This was skillfully done but did not interpret the moment . Constantly we admired the actors ' technique , but often at the cost of our grasp of the dramatic issues . Given the ...
Contents
Critical Approaches | 117 |
The Play in Performance | 139 |
Selected Bibliography | 199 |
Copyright | |
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Shakespeare's Visual Theatre: Staging the Personified Characters Frederick Kiefer Limited preview - 2003 |