Macbeth in performance Performance and adaptation before 1800įurther variations: Kurosawa, Polanski, Ninagawa 'What do you mean?': the languages of Macbeth Prospect of belief: witches, women, and mediated knowledge Master of his time: 'doubly redoubled strokes' List of abbreviations and conventions Introduction Macbeth in legend, Macbeth in history Topical Macbeth Occasional Macbeth Documents (New Cambridge Shakespeare) Includes bibliographical references ISBN o 521 22340 7 (hardback) - ISBN O 521 29455 x (paperback) 1. First published 1997 Reprinted 1998, 1999 Printed in the United Kingdom at the University Press, Cambridge A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress Cataloguing in Publication data Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Subject to statutory exception and to the provisions of relevant collective licensing agreements, no reproduction of any part may take place without the written permission of Cambridge University Press. The Edinburgh Building, Cambridge CB2 2RU, UK 40 West 20th Street, New York, NY 10011-4211, USA 10 Stamford Road, Oakleigh, Melbourne 3166, Australia Ruiz de Alarcôn 13, 28014 Madrid, Spain © Cambridge University Press 1997 This book is in copyright. The Pitt Building, Trumpington Street, Cambridge, United Kingdom CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS PUBLISHED BY THE PRESS SYNDICATE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE BRAUNMULLER University of California, Los Angeles Irace The Taming of a Shrew, edited by Stephen Roy MillerĮdited by A. Halio The First Quarto of King Richard III, edited by Peter Davison The First Quarto of Hamlet, edited by Kathleen O. The First Quarto of King Lear, edited by Jay L. Blakemore Evans The Taming of the Shrew, edited by Ann Thompson Titus Andronicus, edited by Alan Hughes Twelfth Night, edited by Elizabeth Story Donno The Two Gentlemen of Verona, edited by Kurt Schlueter THE EARLY QUARTOS Blakemore Evans The Sonnets, edited by G. Mares Othello, edited by Norman Sanders The Poems, edited by John Roe Romeo and Juliet, edited by G. Foakes Much Ado About Nothing, edited by F. Mahood The Merry Wives of Windsor, edited by David Crane A Midsummer Night s Dream, edited by R. Halio King Richard II, edited by Andrew Gurr Measure for Measure, edited by Brian Gibbons The Merchant of Venice, edited by M. Beaurline The Tragedy of King Lear, edited by Jay L. Dorsch Hamlet, edited by Philip Edwards Julius Caesar, edited by Marvin Spevack The First Part of King Henry IV, edited by Herbert Weil and Judith Weil The Second Part of King Henry IV, edited by Giorgio Melchiori King Henry V, edited by Andrew Gurr The First Part of King Henry VI, edited by Michael Hattaway The Second Part of King Henry VI, edited by Michael Hattaway The Third Part of King Henry VI, edited by Michael Hattaway King Henry VIII, edited by John Margeson King John, edited by L. THE NEW CAMBRIDGE SHAKESPEARE All's Well That Ends Well, edited by Russell Fraser Antony and Cleopatra, edited by David Bevington The Comedy of Errors, edited by T. Appendixes contain additional text and accompanying music. Several possible new sources are suggested, and the presence of Thomas Middleton's writing in the play is proposed. A wellillustrated account of the play in performance examines several cinematic versions, such as those by Kurosawa and Roman Polanski, and other dramatic adaptations. It treats such celebrated issues as whether the Witches compel Macbeth to murder whether Lady Macbeth is herself in some sense a witch whether Banquo is Macbeth's accomplice in crime and what criticism is levelled against Macduff. #Hark a vagrant macbeth fullA full and accessible introduction studies the immediate theatrical and political contexts of Macbeth's composition, especially the Gunpowder Plot and the contemporary account of an early performance at the Globe. MACBETH This is the most extensively annotated edition of Macbeth currently available, offering a thorough reconsideration of one of Shakespeare's most popular plays. From 1990 to 1994 the General Editor was Brian Gibbons and the Associate General Editors were A. Braunmuller, University of California, Los Angeles From the publication of the first volumes in 1984 the General Editor of the New Cambridge Shakespeare was Philip Brockbank and the Associate General Editors were Brian Gibbons and Robin Hood. THE NEW CAMBRIDGE S H A K E S P E A R E GENERAL EDITOR: Brian Gibbons, University of Munster ASSOCIATE GENERAL EDITOR: A.
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