The Tragedie of Macbeth: A Frankly Annotated First Folio Edition

by William Shakespeare

Overview

As Shakespeare's works are most accessible when viewed as working theatrical playscripts, "The Tragedie of Macbeth: A Frankly Annotated First Folio Edition" preserves the spelling, capitalization, and punctuation of the First Folio of 1623 while at the same time providing the most comprehensive, revelatory, and plainspoken annotation to date. Based on the principle that Shakespeare's plays were written as popular (and not entirely decent) entertainments aimed at an adult (and not overly refined) audience, this no-nonsense and sexually candid text offers performers, scholars, and anyone with an interest in Shakespeare a unique resource to gain valuable insights into the play, the world in which Shakespeare wrote, and the playhouse in which his plays were produced.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780786464791
Publisher:	McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Publication date:	09/26/2012
Edition description:	Annotated
Pages:	434
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.87(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Demitra Papadinis divides her time between New Hampshire and New York City. She is the founder and Producing Artistic Director of the New England Shakespeare Festival and a founding member of New York City’s WildBard! An expert in Unrehearsed Shakespeare/First Folio Cue-Script Technique, she presents workshops and educational programs at schools, colleges, and theatres throughout the country.

Date of Death:

2018

Place of Birth:

Stratford-upon-Avon, United Kingdom

Place of Death:

Stratford-upon-Avon, United Kingdom

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Preface
Introduction
Of Forthright Footnotes (or, putting the “count” back in “country”)
“Filthy Plaies and Enterluds”
Why the First Folio?
What’s Wrong with Editing?
The Importance of Spelling
The Importance of Punctuation
Notes on the Annotation
Abbreviations of Key Reference Works
The Tragedie of Macbeth: First Folio Play-script with Accompanying Annotation
Act I, scene i
Act I, scene ii
Act I, scene iii
Act I, scene iv
Act I, scene v
Act I, scene vi
Act I, scene vii
Act II, scene i
Act II, scene ii
Act II, scene iii
Act II, scene iv
Act III, scene i
Act III, scene ii
Act III, scene iii
Act III, scene iv
Act III, scene v
Act III, scene vi
Act IV, scene i
Act IV, scene ii
Act IV, scene iii
Act V, scene i
Act V, scene ii
Act V, scene iii
Act V, scene iv
Act V, scene v
Act V, scene vi
Act V, scene vii
Textual Preparation
Appendix I (Typographical Errors Corrected)
Appendix II (Stage Directions, Entrances and Exits Emended)
Appendix III (Lineation Emended)
Appendix IV (Character Tags Emended)
Bibliography

Editorial Reviews

this edition of Macbeth displays an intense degree of research, knowledge, and synthesis, which is presented in a relatively novel form and which could be helpful to teachers and dramatists”—The Sixteenth Century Journal: The Journal of Early Modern Studies.

From the Publisher

this edition of Macbeth displays an intense degree of research, knowledge, and synthesis, which is presented in a relatively novel form and which could be helpful to teachers and dramatists

The Sixteenth Century Journal: The Journal of Early Modern Studies