MACBETH
The Play:
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written in 1605 |
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the witches and supernatural theme to the play was to please King James, who was a Scot and liked the idea of witchcraft |
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it is thought to be bad luck to say the name of the play while it is being performed; it is simply known to the actors as "The Scottish Play" |
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there is thought to be a curse hovering over the play; there have been multiple fires and injuries over the course of its performances. |
Links:
Macbeth **Good Page!**
The Ultimate Macbeth Quiz
Books: From
Vera Bracken Library (Medicine Hat College, Albrta): Essays
on Shakespeare William Empson Call no: PR 2976 E554 1986 Macbeth:
texts and contexts Edited by William C. Carroll Call
no: Shakespeare:
Modern Essays in Criticism Edited by Leonard
Call no: PR 2976 E554 1967 Prefaces
to Shakespeare Harley Granville-Barker Call
no: PR 2976 G674 1974 Back
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