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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... Inside this place , where " the Heavens breath / Smells wooingly , " where birds nest as if Inverness were a " Temple , " murder- ous plots hatch . Lady Macbeth's greetings partake of a certain sincerity . Duncan is her benefactor ...
... inside and outside himself " ( 108 ) . However , the " production lacked ... a sense of chaos , both internal and exter- nal , and a sense of damnation - ritual and reflection seemed to insulate this Macbeth from the ultimate despair ...
... inside the outer parenthesis that encap- sulates the event of a live production of one of Shakespeare's scripts . Other arresting moments in this production included Banquo's soliloquy ( " Thou hast it now " ) , which was delivered ...
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 |