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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... Night . ' 99 Lady Macbeth enters . " Nought's had , all's spent , " she says . " Better to be that which we destroy , / Than by destruction dwell in doubtfull joy . " She tells Macbeth that " what's done is done . " He replies that his ...
... Night strangles the travailing Lampe : Is't Nights predominance , or the Dayes shame , That Darkeness does the face of Earth intombe , When Living Light should kisse it ? Andrews reads " travailing Lampe " with the emphasis on lamp ...
... Nights / Free from our Feasts , and Banquets bloody knives ; / Do faithful Homage , and receive free Honors , / All which we pine for now . " " When night returns [ to Scotland ] , " asserts Paul Jorgensen , " it will be a natural night ...
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 |