Bernice W. Kliman is Professor Emeritus at Nassau Community College, State University of New York

• Series editors' prefaceAcknowledgementsIntroduction1. The protagonists and the production1606–1623Davenant and BettertonDavid GarrickSarah SiddonsMacready and Forrest2. Operatic Macbeth: What we could still learn from VerdiConical hats and broomsticksThinking about MacbethPerformance as representation: Metaphor v. mimesis3 The protagonists: Chiasmus interpretation on stageLaurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh directed by Glen Byam Shaw4. The protagonists: Chiasmus interpretations on televisionMaurice Evans and Judith Anderson directed by George SchaeferEric Porter and Janet Suzman directed by John GorrieNicol Williamson and Jane Lapotaire directed by Jack Gold5. The production: Visionary directors on stage and screenOrson Welles' 1936 'Voodoo' 'Macbeth' and its reincarnation on filmTrevor Nunn's production with Ian McKellan and Judi DenchRon Daniels's ensemble productionNinagawa Macbeth: Fusion of Japanese and Western theatrical styles – Paul A. S. Harvey and Bernice W. Kliman6. The production: Visionary directors on filmAkira Kurosawa's 'Throne of Blood'Roman PolanskiEpilogueAppendixBibliographyIndex