Macbeth

by Shakespeare, William (Author)

• ISBN13: 9780451526779
• ISBN10: 0451526775
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Trade Book
• Copyright: 1998-04-01
• Publisher: PENGUIN

Summary

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.

Table of Contents

Introduction
A Note on the Text
The Text of Macbeth	p. 1
The Slaughter of the Holy Innocents and the Death of Herod	p. 85
Medea	p. 94
Duff and Duncan	p. 98
An Attack on Free Will	p. 115
A Defense of Free Will	p. 123
The Discovery of Witchcraft	p. 131
News from Scotland	p. 138
An Homily against Disobedience and Willful Rebellion	p. 148
A Defense of Disobedience and Tyrannicide	p. 154
A Treatise on Equivocation	p. 159
Macbeth	p. 161
uMabatha	p. 185
Eyewitness Account of Macbeth, 1611	p. 205
Miscellaneous Observations on the Tragedy of Macbeth	p. 206
The Genius of Shakespeare	p. 211
On David Garrick's and Hannah Pritchard's Eighteenth-Century Performances	p. 216
On Macbeth	p. 217
Characters in Macbeth	p. 220
On the Knocking at the Gate in Macbeth	p. 229
On Playing Lady Macbeth	p. 232
The Tragedy of Macbeth	p. 237
Image and Symbol in Macbeth	p. 254
Two Scenes from Macbeth	p. 266
Culture, Character, and Conscience in Shakespeare	p. 282
Escaping the Matrix: The Construction of Masculinity in Macbeth	p. 293
'What do you mean?': The Languages of Macbeth	p. 316
Macbeth	p. 328
Macbeth and the Antic Round	p. 342
"Stands Scotland Where It Did?": The Location of Macbeth on Film	p. 357
Selected Bibliography	p. 381
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