Macbeth : the text of Macbeth, the actors' gallery, sources and contexts, criticism, afterlives, resources / William Shakespeare ; edited by Robert S. Miola, Loyola University in Maryland.
| Author/creator | Shakespeare, William author. |
| Other author | Miola, Robert S., editor. |
| Format | Book |
| Edition | Third edition. |
| Publication | New York, NY : W. W. Norton & Company, [2025] |
| Copyright Date | ©2025 |
| Description | lii, 369 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Norton critical edition Norton critical edition. ^A538572 |
| Contents | Introduction -- The mythic Macbeth: classics and Christianity -- The Scottish play: race and nation -- Afterlives: Scottish; African American; Feminist -- The text of Macbeth -- Textual notes -- The actors' gallery -- Letter (1762) / David Garrick -- Dramatic miscellanies (1783) / Thomas Davies -- From Garrick's Macbeth (1761) / David Garrick -- [On playing Lady Macbeth] (1834) / Sarah Siddons -- Notes on Siddons's Lady Macbeth (1809) / G. J. Bell -- Letter (1849) / Edwin Forrest -- Reminiscences (1849) / William Macready -- [Interview on the 1936 Voodoo production and the 1948 Macbeth film] (1976) / Orson Welles -- Interviews (2001) / Antony Sher and Harriet Walter -- Stewart Interview (2010) / Patrick Stewart and Kate Fleetwood -- Fleetwood Interview (2011) / Patrick Stewart and Kate Fleetwood -- Interview on The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021) / Denzel Washington, Frances McDormand, Joel Coen, and others -- Sources -- [The slaughter of the holy innocents and the death of Herod] (fourteenth century) / N-Town Cycle - From Medea (first century, trans. 1581) / Seneca -- From Hercules Furens (first century, trans. 1581) / Seneca -- From Agamemnon (first century, trans. 1581) / Seneca -- From Chronicles (1587) / Raphael Holinshed -- Contexts -- Debate on witchcraft -- The discovery of witchcraft (1584) / Reginald Scot -- News from Scotland (1591) / King James I of England -- Daemonology (1597) / King James I of England -- Debate on tyrannicide -- An homily against disobedience and willful rebellion (1570) / Church of England -- [A defense of disobedience and tyrannicide] (1599) / Juan de Mariana -- Debate on equivocation -- A treatise of equivocation (before 1606) / Henry Garnet -- Arraignment of Henry Garnet, S.J. (1606) / Sir Edward Coke -- Debate on the union of Scotland and England -- [A proclamation concerning the King Majesty's title, King of Great Britain] (1604) / King James I of England -- His Majesty's speech to both the Houses of Parliament (1607) / King James I of England -- [Letter to His Majesty] (1607) / The Parliament of Scotland -- Criticism -- [Eyewitness account of Macbeth] (1611) / Simon Forman -- Miscellaneous observations on the tragedy of Macbeth (1745) / Samuel Johnson -- [On Macbeth] (1808-19) / Samuel Taylor Coleridge -- "Stands Scotland where it did?": the location of Macbeth on film (2004) / Peter Holland -- Macbeth and Middleton (2014) / Gary Taylor -- The witch in history (1996) / Diane Purkiss -- Subjects to the King's divorce (2003) / Olga L. Valbuena -- Archipelagic Macbeth (2010) / John Kerrigan -- Decolonizing the Shakespeare film in twenty-first century adaptations of Macbeth (2025) / Courtney Lehmann -- Afterlives -- Macbeth (1674) / William Davenant -- Macbeth travesties (1820-66) -- uMabatha (1996) / Welcome Msomi -- Dunsinane (2010) / David Greig. |
| Abstract | "This Norton Critical Edition includes: the First Folio (1623) text of Macbeth, with updated and expanded footnotes and introductory materials by Robert S. Miola; illustrations from a wide range of adaptations, including modern stage and film productions; 'The Actors' Gallery,' collecting reflections from actors and actresses about their roles in major productions of Macbeth from the eighteenth to twenty-first centuries; sources and contexts highlighting early texts that influenced Shakespeare and that range in topics from witchcraft to regicide, with a brand-new category on the union of Scotland and England; nine selections - four new to the Third Edition - of literary and theatrical criticism; a revised 'Afterlives' section, featuring four examples of how Macbeth continues to be reimagined beyond the Folio; and an annotated list of online and print resources." -- Adapted from publisher's description. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 363-369). |
| Genre/form | tragedies. |
| Genre/form | Tragedies (Drama) |
| Genre/form | Tragédies. |
| ISBN | 9781324044376 (paperback) |
| ISBN | 1324044373 (paperback) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | PR2823 .A2 M56 2025 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |