Macbeth: Second EditionIn this expanded analysis of Macbeth in performance, Bernice W. Kliman examines a number of major productions of the play on stage and screen, inviting the reader to contemplate and compare directors' and actors' choices for what is arguably Shakespeare's most compelling play. Kliman's in-depth analysis of Orson Welles's 1948 film version as well as his earlier stage production, Roman Polanski's famous film, and several different television versions from America and Britain offers an invaluable guide to the most prominent performances across a range of media. She also considers Yukio Ninagawa's staging, which provides an exciting and novel Japanese perspective on the play for Western audiences. |
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Contents
The protagonists and the production | 1 |
Davenant and Betterton | 16 |
David Garrick | 23 |
Sarah Siddons | 28 |
Macready and Forrest | 39 |
Operatic Macbeths what we could still learn from Verdi | 44 |
Thinking about Macbeth | 48 |
Metaphor versus mimesis | 54 |
Trevor Nunns production with Ian McKellen and Judi Dench | 127 |
Ron Danielss 1999 ensemble production | 147 |
fusion of Japanese and Western theatrical styles | 159 |
The production visionary directors on film | 183 |
Roman Polanski | 190 |
Making Macbeth wholly evil | 217 |
Notes | 220 |
Some significant twentiethcentury productions of Macbeth | 222 |
The protagonists chiasmus interpretations on stage | 62 |
The protagonists chiasmus interpretations on television | 80 |
Maurice Evans and Judith Anderson directed by George Schaefer | 81 |
Eric Porter and Janet Suzman directed by John Gorrie | 89 |
Nicol Williamson and Jane Lapotaire directed by Jack Gold | 101 |
The production visionary directors on stage and screen | 112 |
Major actors and staff in the twentiethcentury productions discussed | 223 |
Some significant recordings of Verdis Macbeth | 227 |
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