{"product_id":"the-tragedy-of-macbeth","title":"The Tragedy of Macbeth","description":"\u003cp\u003eDark and violent, Macbeth is also the most theatrically spectacular of Shakespeare's tragedies. Indeed, for 250 years - until early this century - it was performed with grand operatic additions set to baroque music. In his introduction Nicholas Brooke relates the play's chaning fortunes to changes within society and the theatre and investigates the sources of its enduring appeal.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eHe examines its many layers of illusion and interprets its linguistic turns and echoes, arguing that the earliest surviving text is an adaptation, perhaps carried out by Shakespeare himself in collaboration with Thomas Middleton. This fully annotated edition reconsiders textual and staging problems, appraises past and present critical views, and represents a major contribution to our understanding of Macbeth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\nPublished: in UK in 2008\u003cbr\u003e\nPublisher: Oxford University Press\u003cbr\u003e\nPages: 249\u003cbr\u003e\nLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003e\nISBN 13: 9780199535835\u003cbr\u003e\nISBN 10: 0199535833\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"William Shakespeare, Nicholas Brooke (EDT)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32777852452967,"sku":null,"price":11.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0282\/6066\/3399\/products\/0199535833_93bb4418-431b-4576-83fe-24447013b8bc.jpg?v=1601545831","url":"https:\/\/www.shakespeareandsons.com\/products\/the-tragedy-of-macbeth","provider":"Shakespeare \u0026 Sons Buchhandel GmbH","version":"1.0","type":"link"}