Macbeth - Softcover

Muir, Kenneth

 
9780174434665: Macbeth

Synopsis

Unique features include an extensive overview of Shakespeare's life, world, and theater by the general editor of Signet Classic Shakespeare series, plus a special introduction to the play by the editor Sylvan Barnet, Tufts University. It also contains comprehensive stage and screen history of notable actors, directors, and productions of "Macbeth", then and now.

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An exciting new edition of the complete works of Shakespeare with these features: Illustrated with photographs from New York Shakespeare Festival productions, vivid readable readable introductions for each play by noted scholar David Bevington, a lively personal foreword by Joseph Papp, an insightful essay on the play in performance, modern spelling and pronunciation, up-to-date annotated bibliographies, and convenient listing of key passages.

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Multi award-winning actor Alan Cumming delivers a virtuoso performance playing every role in this bold presentation of Shakespeare's chilling tale of desire, ambition, and the supernatural. This radical reimagining of Shakespeare's Scottish play is set in a psychiatric unit, focusing on a solitary patient who is channelling the story of Macbeth, inhabited in turn by each of the characters.

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