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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... Speaking Pictures ( Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press , 1974 ) , 132-37 ; Richard S. Ide , " The Theater of the Mind : An Essay on Macbeth , " ELH 42 ( 1975 ) : 338-61 ; Frederic B. Tromly , " Macbeth and His Porter , " SQ 26 ...
... the dead shal be raised up . " Matthew , speaking of the Second Com- ing , says , " And he shal send his Angels with a great sounde of a trumpet " ( 24 : 30 ) . Macbeth and Lady Macbeth both command , " Let there 62 Macbeth.
... speaking they tempt him to commit crimes for which he is to assume full moral responsibility , a respon- sibility so complete that it will be not only for doing but also for forming the thought of doing , each criminal deed ” ( 81 ) ...
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 |