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Macbeth

This title, written by Bernice W. Kliman, examines a number of major productions on stage and screen, providing the reader with an opportunity to compare directors' and actors' choices
Print Book, English, 2004
Manchester University Press ; Distributed exclusively in the USA by Palgrave, Manchester, New York, 2004
Film adaptations
xiv, 242 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
9780719062285, 9780719062292, 0719062284, 0719062292
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Part I: The Protagonists and the Production 1606-1623
Davenant and Betterton
David Garrick
Sarah Siddons
Macready and Forrest
Part II: Operato
Operatic Macbeth: What We Could Still Learn from Verdi
Conical Hats and Broomsticks
Thinking about Macbeth
Performance as Representation: Metaphor V. Mimesis
Part III: The Protagonists: Chiasmus Interpretation on Stage
Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh Directed by Glen Byam Shaw
Part IV: The Protagonists: Chiasmus Interpretations on Television
Maurice Evans and Judith Anderson Directed by George Schaefer
Eric Porter and Janet Suzman Directed by John Gorrie
Nicol Williamson and Jane Lapotaire Directed by Jack Gold
Part V: The Production: Visionary Directors on Stage and Screen
Orson Welles' 1936 Voodoo
Macbeth and Its Reincarnation on Film
Trevor Nunn's Production with Ian McKellan and Judi Dench
Ron Daniels's Ensemble Production
Ninagawa Macbeth: Fusion of Japanese and Western Theatrical Styles (Paul A.S. Harvey and Bernice W. Kliman
Part VI: The Production: Visionary Directors on Film
Akira Kurosawa's Throne of Blood
Roman Polanski
Epilogue
Appendix