Macbeth / edited by A.R. Braunmuller.

By:

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616

Contributor(s):

Braunmuller, A. R, 1945-

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Series: New Cambridge ShakespearePublication details: New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008.Edition: Updated ed.Description: xxi, 297 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.ISBN:

9780521680981

Subject(s):

LOC classification:

PR2823.A2 B73 2008

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.

Summary: 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.

Holdings
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Book	TBS Barcelona	P-EN SHA (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		B05016

Includes bibliographical references.

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.

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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