Macbeth Second edition [Paperback]

This title explores the myriad decisions directors and actors make to produce a version of Shakespeare's play. It's full discussions of eighteen productions from the UK, Italy, Japan and the US empower readers to appreciate the many choices Shakespeare's text supports.

Series editors' preface

Acknowledgements

Introduction

1. The protagonists and the production

1606-1623

Davenant and Betterton

David Garrick

Sarah Siddons

Macready and Forrest

2. Operatic Macbeth: What we could still learn from Verdi

Conical hats and broomsticks

Thinking about Macbeth

Performance as representation: Metaphor v. mimesis

3 The protagonists: Chiasmus interpretation on stage

Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh directed by Glen Byam Shaw

4. The protagonists: Chiasmus interpretations on television

Maurice Evans and Judith Anderson directed by George Schaefer

Eric Porter and Janet Suzman directed by John Gorrie

Nicol Williamson and Jane Lapotaire directed by Jack Gold

5. The production: Visionary directors on stage and screen

Orson Welles' 1936 'Voodoo' 'Macbeth' and its reincarnation on film

Trevor Nunn's production with Ian McKellan and Judi Dench

Ron Daniels's ensemble production

Ninagawa Macbeth: Fusion of Japanese and Western theatrical styles - Paul A. S. Harvey and Bernice W. Kliman

6. The production: Visionary directors on film

Akira Kurosawa's 'Throne of Blood'

Roman Polanski

Epilogue

Appendix

Bibliography

Index

Bernice W. Kliman is Professor Emeritus at Nassau Community College, State University of New York