Cambridge School Shakespeare Macbeth - Softcover

Shakespeare, William

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521606861 ISBN 13: 9780521606868

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2005

Synopsis

This edition of Macbeth is part of the groundbreaking Cambridge School Shakespeare series established by Rex Gibson. Remaining faithful to the series' active approach it treats the play as a script to be acted, explored and enjoyed. As well as the complete script of the play, you will find a variety of classroom-tested activities, an eight-page colour section and a selection of notes including information on characters, performance, history and language.

About this title

From the Publisher:

Are you frustrated by obscure words and unidiomatic phrases in Shakespeare's plays? The new "Access to Shakespeare" series removes the mystery, not the magic, from MACBETH, and makes reading or studying a breeze. This translation of MACBETH into contemporary English -- alongside the original text -- has modernized the difficult passages and expressions which used to make Shakespeare's language such heavy weather.

This unique translation is NOT a literal-minded prose version. It retains the feel and the rhythm of the original, letting you experience the play in the same enjoyable way an Elizabethan audience did. The text is immediately clear to today's readers, making those tedious footnotes unnecessary. You'll find easy-to-follow line numbering, and a glossary of place names and mythological references.

Are you a high school or junior-college student working on an assignment? Do you wish to preview the play before a performance, or are you perhaps learning English as a Second Language? This translation is ideal for you. You will never again hesitate to read THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH because you're mystified by such lines as, "... keep my bosom franchised." The facing page of this edition of MACBETH makes clear what Shakespeare meant, "... keep my conscience free."

The translation reads like a modern book and it's fascinating.

From the Back Cover:

[back cover]
Picture This!
Shakespeare
William Shakespeare’s
Macbeth
They can tempt him.
They can promise him anything,
but the witches cannot do his killing for him.
To get what he wants he will have to murder,
again and again . . .
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About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0521606861
• ISBN 13: 9780521606868
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 192
• Editor: Gibson Rex