Macbeth (Access to Shakespeare) - Softcover

William Shakespeare

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9781885564009: Macbeth (Access to Shakespeare)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1885564007 ISBN 13: 9781885564009
Publisher: Lorenz Educational Press, 2010

Synopsis

This edition offers a new way to read and study Macbeth - without distracting footnotes. A freshly edited version of the original text, incorporating the latest scholarship, appears opposite a modern English translation that parallels the original, line-for-line.

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About the Author

Jonnie Patricia Mobley, Ph.D., editor and translator of the "Access to Shakespeare" series, has taught theatre and drama at Cuesta College in San Luis Obispo, California, and has directed the community theater there.

Because of her extensive theatrical experience, Dr. Mobley is familiar with the hesitation of modern readers to "tackle" Shakespeare. She recognized a great need to make it easier for students and adults alike to understand obscure words and phrases in MACBETH. This, in turn, gave rise to the creation of the translation into contemporary English.

Jonnie Patricia Mobley is also the author of "MANUAL for Macbeth: Original text and facing- pages translation into contemporary English" (ISBN 1885564015), "Play Production Today" (ISBN 0844257753), and "The Dictionary of Theatre and Drama Terms" (ISBN 0844253332).

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Act Four, Scene 1
* Original Version
MACBETH: Time, thou anticipatest my dread exploits.
The flighty purpose never is overtook
Unless the deed go with it. From this moment
The very feelings of my heart shall be
The firstlings of my hand. And even now,
To crown my thoughts with acts, be it thought and done!

* Contemporary Translation (on the facing page in the book)
MACBETH: Time, you intercept my dreadful deeds.
Unless we act on our purpose the moment we think of it,
The chance is lost. From this moment,
The first impulse of my heart shall be
The first impulse of my hand. And even now,
To crown my thoughts with acts, be it thought and be it done!

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Publisher
Lorenz Educational Press
Publication date
2010
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1885564007
ISBN 13 
9781885564009
Binding
Perfect Paperback
Number of pages
185
Editor
Jonnie Patricia Mobley
Rating
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