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Published: 11th March 2004
ISBN: 9780719062292
Number Of Pages: 256
In this expanded analysis of "Macbeth" in performance, Bernice W. Kliman examines a number of major productions of the play on stage and screen, inviting the reader to contemplate and compare directors' and actors' choices for what is arguably Shakespeare's most compelling play. Kliman's in-depth analysis of Orson Welles's 1948 film version as well as his earlier stage production, Roman Polanski's famous film, and several different television versions from America and Britain offers an invaluable guide to the most prominent performances across a range of media. She also considers Yukio Ninagawa's staging, which provides an exciting and novel Japanese perspective on the play for Western audiences.
"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"
| List of illustrations | p. ix |
| Series editors' preface | p. x |
| Acknowledgements | p. xi |
| Introduction | p. xiii |
| The protagonists and the production | p. 1 |
| 1606-23 | p. 1 |
| Davenant and Betterton | p. 16 |
| David Garrick | p. 23 |
| Sarah Siddons | p. 28 |
| Macready and Forrest | p. 39 |
| Operatic Macbeths: what we could still learn from Verdi | p. 44 |
| Conical hats and broomsticks | p. 44 |
| Thinking about Macbeth | p. 48 |
| Performance as representation: Metaphor versus mimesis | p. 54 |
| The protagonists: chiasmus interpretations on stage | p. 62 |
| Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh | p. 62 |
| The protagonists: chiasmus interpretations on television | p. 80 |
| Maurice Evans and Judith Anderson | p. 81 |
| Eric Porter and Janet Suzman | p. 89 |
| Nicol Williamson and Jane Lapotaire | p. 101 |
| The production: visionary directors on stage and screen | p. 112 |
| Orson Welles's 1936 'Voodoo' Macbeth and its reincarnation on film | p. 112 |
| Trevor Nunn's production with Ian McKellen and Judi Dench | p. 127 |
| Ron Daniels's 1999 ensemble production | p. 147 |
| Ninagawa Macbeth: fusion of Japanese and Western theatrical styles | p. 159 |
| The production: visionary directors on film | p. 183 |
| Visual poetry in Akira Kurosawa's Throne of Blood | p. 183 |
| Roman Polanski | p. 190 |
| Epilogue: Making Macbeth wholly evil | p. 217 |
| Notes | p. 220 |
| Appendix | |
| Some significant twentieth-century productions of Macbeth | p. 222 |
| Major actors and staff for the twentieth-century productions discussed | p. 223 |
| Some significant recordings of Verdi's Macbeth | p. 227 |
| Bibliography | p. 229 |
| Index | p. 238 |
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ISBN: 9780719062292
ISBN-10: 0719062292
Series: Shakespeare in Performance
Audience:
Professional
Format:
Paperback
Language:
English
Number Of Pages: 256
Published: 11th March 2004
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Country of Publication: GB
Dimensions (cm): 21.6 x 13.8
x 1.52
Weight (kg): 0.32
Edition Number: 2
Edition Type: Revised
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