Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play Michael Fassbender & Marion Cotillard star in this adaptation of Shakespeare&s tragedy After three witches foretell that Scottish nobleman Macbeth (Fassbender) will be king he becomes obssessed by the idea Encouraged by his wife Lady Macbeth (Cotillard) his ambition becomes all-consuming & he kills the reigning monarch King Duncan (David Thewlis) But Macbeth becomes a tyrannical ruler filled with anxiety over who he can trust The cast also

Includes:: Elizabeth Debicki Sean Harris Paddy Considine & David Hayman

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Thoroughly updated editions to meet the needs of the Key Stage 3 & GCSE classrooms Enhanced accessibility for all students with clear navigation through the texts spacious page design & new activities Br&-new support & activities to match the new GCSE English 2010 curriculum Durable hardback editions for longevity ...

Fully updated to meet the needs of the 2010 GCSE specifications Exclusive awarding-body specific support to help students realise their full potential The most accessible texts with supportive notes activities & advice to engage students Reamins the best value for your money available ...

No Fear Shakespeare gives you the complete text of Macbeth on the left-hand page side-by-side with an easy-to-understand translation on the right Each No Fear Shakespeare contains The complete text of the original play A line-by-line translation that puts Shakespeare into everyday language A complete list of characters with descriptions Plenty of helpful commentary Shakespeare's classic tale of witches murder & madness" Double double toil & trouble; Fire burn & caldron bubble Fillet of a fenny snake In the caldron boil & bake; Eye of newt & toe of frog Wool of bat & tongue of dog Adder's fork & blind-worm's sting Lizard's leg & howlet's wing For a charm of powerful trouble Like a hell-broth boil & bubble Double double toil & trouble; Fire burn & caldron bubble Cool it with a baboon's blood Then the charm is firm & good" Macbeth IVi 10-19; 35-38 ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play Jason Connery stars as the ill-fated Thane of Cawdor in this adaptation of Shakespeare&s classic tragedy Warrior generals Macbeth (Connery) & his colleague Banquo (Graham Mc Tavish) are rewarded well for their exploits in battle by King Duncan but the prophecy of three witches makes Macbeth lust for further glory Encouraged by his wife (Helen Baxendale) he secretly murders Duncan seizing the throne for himself However Macbeth&s new-found power is soured by guilt over his bloody deed & further murders follow as he attempts to cover his tracks ...

This is a new title in Young Reading Series Two which is aimed at children whose reading ability & confidence allows them to tackle longer & more complex stories It presents Shakespeare's classic tale of madness & murder treachery & witchcraft retold for a younger audience It is developed in consultation with Alison Kelly who is a senior lecturer in education & an early reading specialist from Roehampton University ...

Edited introduced & annotated by Cedric Watts Professor of English Literature University of Sussex Shakespeare's Macbeth is one of the greatest tragic dramas the world has known Macbeth himself a brave warrior is fatally impelled by supernatural forces by his proud wife & by his own burgeoning ambition As he embarks on his murderous course to gain & retain the crown of Scotland we see the appalling emotional & psychological effects on both Lady Macbeth & himself The cruel ironies of their destiny are conveyed in poetry of unsurpassed power In the theatre this tragedy remains perennially engrossing ...

The New Cambridge Shakespeare appeals to students worldwide for its up-to-date scholarship & emphasis on performance The series features line-by-line commentaries & textual notes on the plays & poems Introductions are regularly refreshed with accounts of new critical stage & screen interpretations This second edition of Macbeth provides a thorough reconsideration of one of Shakespeare's most popular plays In his introduction A R Braunmuller explores Macbeth's immediate theatrical & political contexts particularly the Gunpowder Plot & addresses such celebrated questions as do the Witches compel Macbeth to murder; is Lady Macbeth herself in some sense a witch; is Macduff morally culpable? A new & well-illustrated account of the play in performance examines several cinematic versions such as those by Kurosawa & Roman Polanski as well as other dramatic adaptations Several possible new sources are suggested & the presence of Thomas Middleton's writing in the play is also proposed ...

What he hears will change everything Egged on by his wife he decides to kill in order to gain the Scottish crown How many people will have to die in Macbeth's pursuit of power? With armies ghosts & magic against him will Macbeth survive in this tale of greed & betrayal? Getting the crown is one thing
- keeping it is quite another
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An enhanced larger-format edition of the Cambridge School Shakespeare plays extensively rewritten expanded & produced in an attractive new design An active approach to classroom Shakespeare enables students to inhabit Shakespeare's imaginative world in accessible & creative ways Students are encouraged to share Shakespeare's love of language interest in character & sense of theatre Substantially revised & extended in full colour classroom activities are thematically organised in distinctive ' Stagecraft' ' Write about it' ' Language in the play' ' Characters' & ' Themes' features Extended glossaries are aligned with the play text for easy reference Expanded endnotes include extensive essay-writing guidance for ' Macbeth' & Shakespeare

Includes:: rich exciting colour photos of performances of ' Macbeth' from around the world

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