Macbeth: Modern English Version Side-By-Side with Full Original Text (Shakespeare Made Easy)

by WilliamShakespeare (Author), Alan Durband (Editor), William Shakespeare (Author), William Shakespeare (Author)

• Used

  Paperback
  1985

  $3.54

• Used

  Paperback
  2001

  $3.54

  The Oxford School Shakespeare series aims to helps students understand and enjoy Shakespeare's plays. As well as the complete and unabridged text, each play in the series has an extensive range of students' notes. These include detailed and clear explanations of difficult words and passages, a synopsis of the plot, summaries of individual scenes, and notes on the main characters. Also included is a wide range of questions and activities for work in class, together with the historical background to Shakespeare's England, a brief biography of Shakespeare, and a complete list of his plays. For this new edition, the text of the play, the notes, and the introductory matter have all been revised so as to make them clearer and more accessible. In addition, the entire text of the book has been redesigned and reset to make it easier to read. The illustrations have been completely redrawn, and photographs of recent stage production have been included.

• Used

  Hardcover
  1994

  $3.54

  In addition to the complete text of Macbeth, this book includes: activities; a synopsis at the beginning of each act; notes opposite the text; photographs showing various productions of each play; an introduction which places Shakespeare in context; and ideas for Key Stage 3.

• New

  Paperback
  2009

  $13.85

  This is the first edition of Macbeth to be developed by and for the RSC, the world's leading Shakespeare theatre company and it includes unique material to help the reader understand and enjoy Shakespeare on the stage as well as on the page. It is illustrated with photographs of classic and unusual performances. Outstanding on-page notes explain words and phrases unfamiliar to a modern audience, including the slang, political references and bawdy humour often ignored or censored in competing editions. The book includes scene-by-scene summary, offering an easily understandable way into the play; presents a completely new introduction by Jonathan Bate, exploring the text and critical debates around it; contains a summary of the play's performance history, at the RSC and elsewhere; and features interviews with important Shakespearean directors Rupert Goold, Gregory Doran and Trevor Nunn discussing key productions at the RSC.