Macbeth: Third Series (The Arden Shakespeare Third Series) - Hardcover

Shakespeare, William

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1904271405 ISBN 13: 9781904271406

Publisher: The Arden Shakespeare, 2015

Synopsis

Macbeth is one of Shakespeare's most performed and studied tragedies. This major new Arden edition offers students detailed on-page commentary notes highlighting meaning and theatrical ideas and themes, as well as an illustrated, lengthy introduction setting the play in its historical, theatrical and critical context and outlining the recent debates about Middleton's possible co-authorship of some scenes.

A comprehensive and informative edition ideal for students and teachers seeking to explore the play in depth, whether in the classroom or on the stage.

About this title

Book Description:

A major new edition of one of Shakespeare's greatest and most enduring tragedies, including a highly detailed and illustrated introduction by leading Shakespeare scholars, as well as on-page commentary and textual notes.

From the Back Cover:

One of the great Shakespearean tragedies, Macbeth is a dark and bloody drama of ambition, murder, guilt, and revenge. Prompted by the prophecies of three mysterious witches and goaded by his ambitious wife, the Scottish thane Macbeth murders Duncan, King of Scotland, in order to succeed him on the throne. This foul deed soon entangles the conscience-stricken nobleman in a web of treachery, deceit, and more murders, which ultimately spells his doom. Set amid the gloomy castles and lonely heaths of medieval Scotland, Macbeth paints a striking dramatic portrait of a man of honor and integrity destroyed by a fatal character flaw and the tortures of a guilty imagination.

About this edition

• Publisher: The Arden Shakespeare
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1904271405
• ISBN 13: 9781904271406
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 408
• Editor: Clark Sandra, Mason Pamela