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Macbeth

2nd Edition

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Part of The New Cambridge Shakespeare

  • Date Published: November 2008
  • availability: In stock
  • format: Paperback
  • isbn: 9780521680981

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  • The New Cambridge Shakespeare appeals to students worldwide for its up-to-date scholarship and emphasis on performance. The series features line-by-line commentaries and textual notes on the plays and poems. Introductions are regularly refreshed with accounts of new critical, stage and screen interpretations. This second edition of Macbeth provides a thorough reconsideration of one of Shakespeare's most popular plays. In his introduction, A. R. Braunmuller explores Macbeth's immediate theatrical and political contexts, particularly the Gunpowder Plot, and addresses such celebrated questions as: do the Witches compel Macbeth to murder; is Lady Macbeth herself in some sense a witch; is Macduff morally culpable? A new and well-illustrated account of the play in performance examines several cinematic versions, such as those by Kurosawa and Roman Polanski, as well as other dramatic adaptations. Several possible new sources are suggested and the presence of Thomas Middleton's writing in the play is also proposed.

    • Updated edition, containing a brand-new introductory section on recent performances and adaptations
    • Extensively and accessibly annotated
    • Macbeth widely studied at upper school and undergraduate level
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    'This updated edition of Macbeth reveals thorough research, it is conscientiously annotated, and it appears a superb tool for researchers and students involved in Shakespeare scholarship.' Year's Work in English Studies

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    Product details

    • Edition: 2nd Edition
    • Date Published: November 2008
    • format: Paperback
    • isbn: 9780521680981
    • length: 318 pages
    • dimensions: 228 x 152 x 15 mm
    • weight: 0.5kg
    • contains: 19 b/w illus. 1 map
    • availability: In stock
  • Table of Contents

    Introduction: Macbeth in legend, Macbeth in history
    Macbeth in the mind
    Macbeth in performance
    Macbeth in the mind and in performance
    Recent performances and adaptations
    Note on the text
    List of characters
    The play
    Supplementary notes
    Textual analysis
    Appendixes:
    1. Casting Macbeth
    2. Additional text and music
    3. Relineation of the Folio
    Reading list.

  • Instructors have used or reviewed this title for the following courses

    • Print Artifacts & Literature
    • Sciences of Human Nature
    • Theatre History 1
    • Topics in Shakespeare
  • Author

    William Shakespeare

    Editor

    A. R. Braunmuller, University of California, Los Angeles

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