Macbeth
Macbeth
Series:
Real author:
William Shakespeare
Editor:
John Wilders, Worcester College, Oxford
Published:
June 2004
Availability:
Available
Format:
Paperback
ISBN:
9780521534826
$51.00
USDPaperback
$130.00
USD
Hardback
The shortest of Shakespeare's tragedies, Macbeth is compressed, complex and ambiguous and has been interpreted in various ways. This Introduction describes major productions and performers that include David Garrick, Sarah Siddons, Henry Irving, Ellen Terry and Laurence Olivier. A detailed commentary accompanying the play's text describes how specific episodes and passages have been interpreted in the theater.
- A detailed account, arranged chronologically, of the major productions and performances, including films
- The account starts from 1607 and comes right up to 2001
- A commentary accompanying the NCS text, describes the ways in which actors and directors have interpreted specific passages
Reviews & endorsements
'I cannot recommend too highly the whole series (a bargain at £16.99 for each play) to all theatre lovers, theatregoers, theatre practitioners, and anybody who enjoys Shakespeare.' Robert Tanitch, What's on in London
Product details
June 2004Paperback
9780521534826
244 pages
227 × 154 × 15 mm
0.39kg
12 b/w illus.
Available
Table of Contents
- List of illustrations
- Series editor's preface
- Acknowledgements
- List of productions
- Introduction
- Macbeth and commentary
- Bibliography
- Index.
