September 3, 2009
MACBETH
Written by Shakespeare
Edited by David Bevington and David Scott Kastan
“Fair is foul, and foul is fair. Hover through the fog and filthy air.”
—The Witches, page 5, Act 1, Scene 1
Fun Facts
- In the theater world, there is a myth that the play is cursed and some people will not mention its name aloud, referring to it instead as “The Scottish play”.
- Macbeth is the shortest of Shakespeare’s tragedies leading some to speculate that the modern day version was altered quite a bit from the original.
- Written in the early reign of James I, the Scottish setting is seen as Shakespeare paying homage to his patron.
COMMENTS
Enjoyed your piece about "The Scottish Play" -J.E.Marshall twitter.com@LadyJE