Macbeth (Shakespeare in Performance) [Paperback]

Bernice W. Kliman (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1996 | Series: Shakespeare in Performance

An exciting new edition of the complete works of Shakespeare with these features: Illustrated with photographs from New York Shakespeare Festival productions, vivid readable readable introductions for each play by noted scholar David Bevington, a lively personal foreword by Joseph Papp, an insightful essay on the play in performance, modern spelling and pronunciation, up-to-date annotated bibliographies, and convenient listing of key passages.

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"The body of criticism covering aspects of Shakespeare in performance continues to grow apace and MUP's admirable series makes a significant contribution..."--Notes and Queries

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About the Author

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

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Product Details

• Paperback: 162 pages
• Publisher: Manchester Univ Pr (January 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0719027322
• ISBN-13: 978-0719027321
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.2 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,204,817 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars This is an excellent book., April 8, 1999

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Hard to believe some of the students who reviewed this book have so missed the point. This is an overview of performance trends in MACBETH through the centuries. It is well organized, informative, and very clearly presented. Different eras understood the play in different ways. Kliman makes clear how they understood it and so made the performance choices that did. It is not just a glimpse at MACBETH, but at the world since the play was written. Her scholarship is throuough and well documented. She has made good sense of productions that are difficult to recreate or are burried in legend, like the Laurence Olivier of 1955. I can't imagine a better handling of the material given the goals of the author. I have nothing but respect for this book.