The Tragedy of MacBeth,9780192834171

The Tragedy of MacBeth

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Edition: Reprint
ISBN13: 9780192834171
ISBN10: 0192834177
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1998-06-11
Publisher(s): Oxford University Press
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Summary

Unique features include an extensive overview of Shakespeare's life, world, and theater by the general editor of Signet Classic Shakespeare series, plus a special introduction to the play by the editor Sylvan Barnet, Tufts University. It also contains comprehensive stage and screen history of notable actors, directors, and productions of "Macbeth, " then and now.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations
xi
Introduction
1(82)
1. Illusion
1(6)
2. Language
7(15)
3. Baroque Drama
22(12)
4. Staging
34(15)
5. Text
49(8)
(i) Lineation
50(1)
(ii) Act 3, Scene 5-Act 4, Scene 1
51(4)
(iii) The Brevity of Macbeth
55(2)
6. Middleton and the Revision of Macbeth
57(2)
7. Dates
59(7)
(i) The Original Play
59(5)
(ii) The Revised Version
64(2)
8. Sources
66(17)
(i) Chronicles
67(4)
(ii) Stuart Politics
71(5)
(iii) Classical Ladies
76(2)
(iv) Weird Sisters
78(1)
(v) Devil Porters
79(4)
Editorial Procedures
83(8)
Abbreviations and References
87(4)
MACBETH
91(122)
APPENDIX A Lineation 213(12)
APPENDIX B Musical Additions 225(9)
APPENDIX C Macbeth at the Globe, 1611 234(3)
Index 237

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