内容简介
ThisisadetailedaccountofthetheatrehistoryofShakespeare'sMacbethfrom1607tothepresentday.Theshortestofthetragedies,Macbethiscompressed,complexandambiguousandhasbeenvariouslyinterpreted.TheIntroductiondescribesmajorproductionsandperformersincludingDavidGarrick,SarahSiddons,HenryIrving,EllenTerryandLaurenceOlivier.SarahSiddons,thegreatestLadyMacbeth,portrayedherasaruthlesslyambitiouswomanwhodominatedherhusband.Irving,ontheotherhand,sawMacbethas'abloody-mindedvillain',unlikehiswife,playedbyEllenTerry,whowasgentleanddevoted.IanMcKellenandJudiDench,inthemostsuccessfulproductionofthelastcentury,wereunitedintheirambitionandpursuitofevil.AdetailedcommentaryalongsidetheNewCambridgeShakespearetextoftheplaydescribeshowspecificepisodesandpassageshavebeeninterpretedinthetheatre.
作者简介
SimonGreavesisawriter,illustratorandyurtmaker.BeforecreatingtheShakespeareComicBookSeries,hewasapart-timeteacher,houserenovator,fulltimedadandisakeencyclist.Heismarriedwithtwogrown-upchildren.PrevioustoShakespeareComicBooks,hewroteaseriesofbooksongrammarandpunctuationforHarperCollinsandEnglishasaForeignLanguagetitlesforOrientPress.--Thistextreferstoanoutofprintorunavailableeditionofthistitle.