Macbeth

Synopsis: The CD-ROM includes: a complete and fully searchable text of the play, synchronised with dramatisations of key scenes and speeches; a synopsis of the play; lists of key characters and explanations of their roles; literary criticism of the text; scholarly essays featuring modern perspectives on Macbeth (Marxist, feminist, psychoanalytic, deconstructionist, structuralist); excerpts from A. C. Bradley’s lecture series ‘Shakespearean Tragedy’; extracts from Holinshed’s Chronicles; a facsimile of the First Folio edition of the text; a clickable word glossary with accurate modern definitions of words no longer in common use; a bibliography of critical works; a history of Macbeth in performance; and Internet links to Web sites devoted to Shakespearean scholarship. Dr Robert Smallwood from the Shakespeare Centre and Professor Stanley Wells from the Shakespeare Institute offer onscreen commentary.
Series: Interactive Shakespeare Library
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Multimedia
Year of release: 1997

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