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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      16 August 2019
      17 June 2004
      ISBN:
      9781316563960
      9780521495622
      9780521534826
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316563960
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.521kg, 244 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.39kg, 244 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Literary Texts, British Theatre, Drama, Theatre, Performance Studies
      Series:
      Shakespeare in Production
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    Subjects:
    Literary Texts, British Theatre, Drama, Theatre, Performance Studies
    Series:
    Shakespeare in Production
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    This is a detailed account of the theatre history of Shakespeare's Macbeth from 1607 to the present day. The shortest of the tragedies, Macbeth is compressed, complex and ambiguous and has been variously interpreted. The Introduction describes major productions and performers including David Garrick, Sarah Siddons, Henry Irving, Ellen Terry and Laurence Olivier. Sarah Siddons, the greatest Lady Macbeth, portrayed her as a ruthlessly ambitious woman who dominated her husband. Irving, on the other hand, saw Macbeth as 'a bloody-minded villain', unlike his wife, played by Ellen Terry, who was gentle and devoted. Ian McKellen and Judi Dench, in the most successful production of the last century, were united in their ambition and pursuit of evil. A detailed commentary alongside the New Cambridge Shakespeare text of the play describes how specific episodes and passages have been interpreted in the theatre.

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    ‘I cannot recommend too highly the whole series (a bargain at £16.99 for each play) to all theatre lovers, theatregoers, theatre practitioners, and anybody who enjoys Shakespeare.’

    Robert Tanitch Source: What's on in London

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