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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... True of the world at large , her complaint is particularly true of Scotland . The Murderers break in and kill her and her son . In the 1995 Strat- ford , Ontario , production , one of Macduff's daughters looked on from downstage . As ...
... true : and yet for all this faith , they bee but Divells , re- maining still in their damnable estate , lacking the verie true Christian faith ... a sure trust and confidence in Gods merciful promises , to be saved from everlasting ...
... true heart knows . He is , as Wills says , " a great counter - witch " ( 1995 , 124 ) , for himself as well as for Macduff . The speech can be played as a grappling with the " King - becoming Graces , " a kind of prelude to kingship ...
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 |