Macbeth: The DVD Edition (Folger Shakespeare Library)

Macbeth: The DVD Edition (Folger Shakespeare Library)

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<i>Macbeth: The DVD Edition</i> includes everything you've come to expect from the Folger Shakespeare Library editions of Shakespeare's plays -- facing-page explanatory notes, scene-by-scene plot summaries, illustrations from the Folger archives -- combined here with a bonus DVD of a performance of <i>Macbeth</i> recorded before a rapt audience in the Folger's intimate Elizabethan Theatre. Conceived and directed by Teller (of Penn & Teller) and Aaron Posner, this acclaimed production showcases the inventive magic of Teller, who, with Posner, contributes a new foreword to this edition, writing about their vision of the play as a "supernatural horror thriller." <i>Macbeth: The DVD Edition</i> is the perfect volume for those encountering the play for the first time and for those finding brilliant new insights into a classic. <br> <br> <b>THIS DVD EDITION INCLUDES:</b> <br> € DVD of the 2008 Folger Theatre/Two River Theater Company production -- with over 50 minutes of special features, including interviews with the directors, actors, designers, and scholars<br> € Foreword by directors Teller and Aaron Posner on the staging of <i>Macbeth</i><br> € Freshly edited text based on the 1623 First Folio<br> € Full explanatory notes conveniently placed on pages facing the text of the play<br> € A key to the play's famous lines and phrases<br> € An introduction to reading Shakespeare's language in <i>Macbeth</i><br> € Illustrations from the Folger Shakespeare Library's vast holdings of rare books<br> € An essay by Susan Snyder that provides a modern perspective on the play