Macbeth: Arden Performance Editions

Name: Macbeth: Arden Performance Editions
Rating: 3.891978609625669 (935 reviews)
Author: William Shakespeare
ISBN: 9781514630587

by William Shakespeare, Roma Gill

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(935 ratings)

176 pages938 editions2003Simon & SchusterISBN 9781514630587

Drama

Adventurousdarktensemediumfastchallengingdarkmedium

About this book

The play concerns a trusted general who secretly lusts for power. Encouraged by the prophecies of three witches and urged on by his ambitious wife Macbeth commits regicide. Left fearful and superstitious by this desperate act he is driven to a spiralling course of murder and outrage, almost inevitably culminating in his own death. One of Shakespeare’s most popular tragedies, Macbeth is ostensibly based on the Scottish king although the story represented in the play bears no relation to historical fact as the true King Macbeth was well respected by his contemporaries. This book includes the hero Macbeth becoming more and more evil after he gets told his "destiny" by the witches and becomes greedy with power.

Publication Details

Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: 2003
Pages: 176
ISBN: 9781514630587
Language: en
Editions: 938

About William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare was an English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon". His surviving works, including some collaborations, consist of 38 plays,[c] 154 sonnets, two long narrative poems, and several other poems. His plays have been translated into every major living language and are performed more often than those of any other playwright. He has invented over 1700 words some of which are common. ([Source][1].) [1]:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Shakespeare Looking for the '[First Folio](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL362289W/Plays)'?