Macbeth: The State of Play

The Series Editors are Professor Ann Thompson, King's College London and Professor Lena Orlin, Georgetown University. Ann Thompson is a Professor of English and Director of the London Shakespeare Centre, King's College London. She is a General Editor of the Arden Shakespeare Third Series. Lena Orlin is Chief Executive of the Shakespeare Association of America.

• INTRODUCTIONAnn ThompsonTHE TEXT AND ITS STATUSNotes and Queries Concerning the Text of MacbethAnthony B. DawsonDwelling ‘in doubtful joy’: Macbeth and the Aesthetics of DisappointmentBrett GamboaHISTORY AND TOPICALITY Politic Bodies in MacbethDermot Cavanagh‘To crown my thoughts with acts’: Prophecy and Prescription in MacbethDebapriya SarkarLady Macbeth, First Ladies and the Arab Spring: The Performance of Power on the Twenty-First Century StageKevin A. QuarmbyCRITICAL APPROACHES AND CLOSE READING‘A walking shadow’: Place, Perception and Disorientation in MacbethDarlene FarabeeCookery and Witchcraft in MacbethGeraldo U. de SousaThe Language of MacbethJonathan Hope and Michael WitmoreADAPTATION AND AFTERLIFEThe Shapes of Macbeth: The Staged TextSandra ClarkRaising the Violence while Lowering the Stakes: Geoffrey Wright’s Screen Adaptation of MacbethPhilippa SheppardThe Butcher and the Text: Adaptation, Theatricality and the ‘Shakespea(Re)-Told’ MacbethRamona Wray