The Complete Macbeth: An Annotated Edition Of The Shakespeare Play

Of the five major Shakespearean tragedies—Hamlet, Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, King Lear, and Othello—Macbeth is in some ways the most accessible. For one it is the shortest. For another the witches continue to attract audiences just as they did during Elizabethan times. In addition he cinematographic approach of the last act—cutting easily from scene to scene—works as well as it did in Shakespeare’s time. Thus, the play is a natural to introduce students to the Shakespeare canon. Probably it...