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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... vanished immediatlie out of their sight . This was reputed at the first but some vaine fantasticall illusion by Mackbeth and Banquho .... But after- wards the common opinion was , that these women were either the weird sisters , that is ...
... vanish . Banquo and Macbeth discuss their experience and question its reality . Ross and Angus enter . Ross greets Macbeth from Duncan as " Thane of Cawdor . " Banquo attributes the prophecy to " the Devill " and warns Macbeth about the ...
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 |