Macbeth (The RSC Shakespeare) - Softcover

Rasmussen, Eric

 
9780230576209: Macbeth (The RSC Shakespeare)

Synopsis

From the Royal Shakespeare Company – a modern, definitive edition of Shakespeare’s great drama of ambition, desire and guilt. With an expert introduction by Sir Jonathan Bate, this unique edition presents a historical overview of Macbeth in performance, takes a detailed look at specific productions, and recommends film versions. Included in this edition are three interviews with leading directors – Rupert Goold, Gregory Doran and Trevor Nunn – providing an illuminating insight into the extraordinary variety of interpretations that are possible. This edition also includes an essay on Shakespeare’s career and Elizabethan theatre, and enables the reader to understand the play as it was originally intended – as living theatre to be enjoyed and performed.

Ideal for students, theatre-goers, actors and general readers, the RSC Shakespeare editions offer a fresh, accessible and contemporary approach to reading and rediscovering Shakespeare’s works for the twenty-first century.

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About the Author

Eric Rasmussen is a Professor and Chair of the English department at the University of Nevada, Reno, USA.; JONATHAN BATE is Professor of Shakespeare and Renaissance Literature, University of Warwick, UK.; University of Nevada

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9780230576193: Macbeth (The RSC Shakespeare)

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ISBN 10:  0230576192 ISBN 13:  9780230576193
Publisher: The RSC Shakespeare, 2009
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