| This is the most extensively annotated edition of Macbeth currently available, offering a thorough reconsideration of one of Shakespeare's most popular plays. A full and accessible introduction studies the immediate theatrical and political contexts of Macbeth's composition and treats such celebrated issues as whether the Witches compel Macbeth to murder and whether Lady Macbeth is herself a witch. An extensive, well-illustrated account of the play in performance examines several cinematic versions, such as those by Kurosawa and Roman Polanski, and other dramatic adaptations. | |||
Table of contents : Cover......Page 1 Copyright page......Page 6 Contents......Page 7 List of Illustrations......Page 9 Acknowledgements......Page 11 1 Shakespeare's plays......Page 13 2 Editions, adaptations, other works of reference, and periodicals......Page 14 Introduction......Page 25 Macbeth in legend, Macbeth in history......Page 26 Topical Macbeth......Page 29 Occasional Macbeth......Page 32 Documents......Page 37 Succession, time, and families......Page 39 Master of his time: 'doubly redoubled strokes'......Page 47 Prospect of belief: witches, women, and mediated knowledge......Page 53 'What do you mean?': the languages of Macbeth......Page 67 Macbeth in performance......Page 80 Performance and adaptation before 1800......Page 81 Later stagings and versions......Page 91 Further variations: Kurosawa, Polanski, Ninagawa......Page 108 Macbeth in the mind and in performance: Act 4, Scene 3......Page 112 Map: Scotland, showing place names mentioned in the text of Macbeth......Page 118 Note on the text......Page 119 Note on the Commentary......Page 121 List of characters......Page 124 1......Page 126 2......Page 127 3......Page 133 4......Page 142 5......Page 146 6......Page 152 7......Page 155 1......Page 161 2......Page 166 3......Page 172 4......Page 181 1......Page 184 2......Page 193 3......Page 197 4......Page 199 5......Page 208 6......Page 210 1......Page 213 2......Page 223 3......Page 228 1......Page 240 2......Page 244 3......Page 246 4......Page 250 5......Page 251 7......Page 255 8......Page 257 9......Page 260 1.3......Page 263 2.3......Page 265 3.2......Page 266 4.1......Page 267 5.3......Page 268 General editorial procedures......Page 269 Copy for the Folio......Page 271 Scene division in the Folio......Page 272 Compositors and the printing of the Folio......Page 274 Lineation in the Folio......Page 275 Thomas Middleton's contribution to the Folio......Page 279 Revision in the Folio......Page 283 Appendix 1: Casting Macbeth......Page 288 Appendix 2: Additional text and music......Page 292 Appendix 3: Relineation of the Folio......Page 299 Reading list......Page 303 |
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