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Book SynopsisThe Series Editors are Professor Ann Thompson, King's College London and Professor Lena Orlin, Georgetown University. Ann Thompson is a Professor of English and Director of the London Shakespeare Centre, King's College London. She is a General Editor of the Arden Shakespeare Third Series. Lena Orlin is Chief Executive of the Shakespeare Association of America.
Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION Ann Thompson THE TEXT AND ITS STATUS Notes and Queries Concerning the Text of
Macbeth Anthony B. Dawson Dwelling ‘in doubtful joy’:
Macbeth and the Aesthetics of Disappointment Brett Gamboa HISTORY AND TOPICALITY Politic Bodies in
Macbeth Dermot Cavanagh ‘To crown my thoughts with acts’: Prophecy and Prescription in
Macbeth Debapriya Sarkar Lady Macbeth, First Ladies and the Arab Spring: The Performance of Power on the Twenty-First Century Stage Kevin A. Quarmby CRITICAL APPROACHES AND CLOSE READING ‘A walking shadow’: Place, Perception and Disorientation in
Macbeth Darlene Farabee Cookery and Witchcraft in
Macbeth Geraldo U. de Sousa The Language of
Macbeth Jonathan Hope and Michael Witmore ADAPTATION AND AFTERLIFE The Shapes of
Macbeth: The Staged Text Sandra Clark Raising the Violence while Lowering the Stakes: Geoffrey Wright’s Screen Adaptation of
Macbeth Philippa Sheppard The Butcher and the Text: Adaptation, Theatricality and the ‘Shakespea(Re)-Told’
Macbeth Ramona Wray
