MacbethCambridge University Press, 24.07.1997 - 280 Seiten One of Shakespeare's greatest, but also bloodiest tragedies, was written around 1605/06. Many have seen the story of Macbeth's murder and usurpation of the legitimate Scottish King Duncan as having obvious connection to contemporary issues regarding King James I (James VI of Scotland), and the Gunpowder Plot of 1605. King James was particularly fascinated with witchcraft, so the appearance of the witches chanting "Fair is foul, and foul is fair" at the opening of the play seemed particularly topical, as was Macbeth's betrayal of Banquo, from whom James claimed direct descent. However, the play is clearly far more than a piece of royal entertainment. It is also a fast-moving and dramatically satisfying piece of theatre. Macbeth's existential struggle between loyalty to his King and his "Vaulting ambition" is fascinating to watch, as his is struggle with Lady Macbeth, and her own terrifying refusal of her maternal role. The play shows an intensification of Shakespeare's interest in mothers and their effect upon ruling masculinity, and also contains some of the most memorable speeches in the entire canon, including Macbeth's reflections that ultimately life "is a tale / Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, / Signifying nothing". |
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... history Topical Macbeth Occasional Macbeth page vii ix xi I 2 5 8 Documents 13 Macbeth in the mind 15 Succession , time , and families 15 Master of his time : ' doubly redoubled strokes ' 23 Prospect of belief : witches , women , and ...
... history Topical Macbeth Occasional Macbeth page vii ix xi I 2 5 8 Documents 13 Macbeth in the mind 15 Succession , time , and families 15 Master of his time : ' doubly redoubled strokes ' 23 Prospect of belief : witches , women , and ...
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... History of the Kings of England ( 1677 ) , p . 514 13 David Garrick as Macbeth and Mrs Pritchard as Lady Macbeth . Watercolour by Henry Fuseli ( Heinrich Füssli ) , c . 1766 14 William Charles Macready as Macbeth 15 Adelaide Ristori as ...
... History of the Kings of England ( 1677 ) , p . 514 13 David Garrick as Macbeth and Mrs Pritchard as Lady Macbeth . Watercolour by Henry Fuseli ( Heinrich Füssli ) , c . 1766 14 William Charles Macready as Macbeth 15 Adelaide Ristori as ...
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... History , 3rd edn , 1975 British Broadcasting Corporation Thomas Dekker , The Belman of London ( 1608 ) , in Oliphant Smeaton ( ed . ) , ' The Guls Hornbook ' and ' The Belman of London ' , 1904 David Bevington , Action is Eloquence ...
... History , 3rd edn , 1975 British Broadcasting Corporation Thomas Dekker , The Belman of London ( 1608 ) , in Oliphant Smeaton ( ed . ) , ' The Guls Hornbook ' and ' The Belman of London ' , 1904 David Bevington , Action is Eloquence ...
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... Historical Review ELH : A Journal of English Literary History English Language Notes English Literary Renaissance Barbara Everett , Young Hamlet : Essays on Shakespeare's Tragedies , 1989 Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies , Histories ...
... Historical Review ELH : A Journal of English Literary History English Language Notes English Literary Renaissance Barbara Everett , Young Hamlet : Essays on Shakespeare's Tragedies , 1989 Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies , Histories ...
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... Historical , and Explanatory Notes on Shakespeare , 2 vols . , 1754 Macbeth , ed . Jay L. Halio , 1972 ( Fountainwell ... History of Ideas The Plays of William Shakespeare , ed . Samuel Johnson , 8 vols . , 1765 , VI Emrys Jones , The ...
... Historical , and Explanatory Notes on Shakespeare , 2 vols . , 1754 Macbeth , ed . Jay L. Halio , 1972 ( Fountainwell ... History of Ideas The Plays of William Shakespeare , ed . Samuel Johnson , 8 vols . , 1765 , VI Emrys Jones , The ...
Inhalt
Macbeth in legend Macbeth in history | 2 |
Topical Macbeth | 5 |
Occasional Macbeth | 8 |
Documents | 13 |
Macbeth in the mind | 15 |
doubly redoubled strokes | 23 |
witches women and mediated knowledge | 29 |
the languages of Macbeth | 43 |
Act 4 Scene 3 | 88 |
Note on the text | 95 |
Note on the Commentary | 97 |
List of characters | 100 |
THE PLAY | 102 |
Supplementary notes | 239 |
Textual analysis | 245 |
Casting Macbeth | 264 |
Macbeth in performance | 56 |
Performance and adaption before 1800 | 57 |
Later stagings and versions | 67 |
Kurosawa Polanski Ninagawa | 84 |
Additional text and music | 268 |
Relineation of the Folio | 275 |
Reading list | 279 |
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