Macbeth

Synopsis: Combined book and audio CD. The CD includes Orson Welles reciting the ‘tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow’ soliloquy, and Stephen Dillane performing the same speech from the New Cambridge Shakespeare 1998 audio recording. There are performances from Alec Guinness, Simon Russell Beale, Harriet Walter, Fiona Shaw and David Tennant. Photographs includes scenes from the RSC’s 1976 production with Ian McKellen and Judi Dench, Roman Polanski’s MACBETH (1971) and Michael Khan’s 2004-5 production for the Shakespeare Theatre Company. In addition to the playtext, there are articles including ‘In Production: Macbeth through the Years’ by William Proctor Williams, ‘As Performed: By the Royal Shakespeare Company at Stratford-upon-Avon in 1999’ by Gregory Doran, ‘How Dreadful and Things Strange: Macbeth in Popular Culture’ by Douglas Lanier, ‘The Cast Speaks; the 2004-5 Cast from the Shakespeare Theatre Company by Marcia Macaisa, ‘A Voice Coach’s Perspective on Speaking Shakespeare’ by Andrew Wade and ‘In the Age of Shakespeare’ by Thomas Garvey.
Series: Sourcebooks Shakespeare Series, The
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Multimedia
Year of release: 2007

Contributor

Cast

Notes: Each book and CD set includes narration by Derek Jacobi, recordings from actors, more than 20 scenes from different productions to facilitate comparisons, interviews and essays, the full text of the play with glossary and production notes,illustrations of sets, costume designs, and photographs of significant historical performances.
Textual information: Advisory editors are David Bevington and Peter Holland. Series editors are Dominique Raccah and Marie Macaisa. Text editor is Proctor Williams.

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