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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... engage in hand - to - hand fighting ; that is left to Macduff ... there is no suggestion that Malcolm is a warrior , wants to be , or is expected to be . ( quoted in Brown 1982 , 233 ) He is , then , his father's son , dealing in ...
... engage most subversively with the official culture of their time " ( 1992 , 122 ) . If Turner means that Macbeth does not , finally , support the static hierarchy of " the Elizabethan World Picture , " that is true . If , however , as ...
... engaged in a tug - of - war as they wrestled with uneasy slumber . As Macbeth struggled with the image of Banquo for the red robe of kingship during the Apparitions Scene , the lights suddenly came up , showing Macbeth tossing in ...
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 |