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scottish history

 

 

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content and design by Valeri Lantz-Gefroh, Lauren Garlick & Petra Lammers
SUNY - Stony Brook

Theater Department, SUNY Stony Brook

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

from puppets to sitcom stars...

a brief glimpse at macbeth in performance

 

Federal Theater Project

WPA - Macbeth Read reviews, view costume designs, or enjoy the many photographs of the historical and controversial stage event directed by Orson Welles.

http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/today/jul25.html

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Shakespeare Marionette Company


Find vivid images of the marionette characters used by this UK-based puppet theater to perform "A Midsummer's Night Dream" and "Macbeth."


http://www.marionette.com/

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RSC Macbeth on stage in Stratford theatre

ticket buying and theater guide Royal Shakespeare Company Macbeth London and Stratford theatre performances. London west end theater guide with ticket buying information along with up to date news on london west end theatre including seating plans, theatre shops, theater awards.

http://www.albemarle-london.com/rsc-macbeth.html

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Kelsey Grammer and Diana Venora in Macbeth Variety:

MACBETH.(Review) / (theater review) (COLONIAL THEATER; 1,516 SEATS; $68.50 TOP) www.findarticles.com

http://www.findarticles.com/cf0/m1312/2379/62685402/p1/article.jhtml

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Performance Review

Zen Zen Zo's Macbeth Adapted from William Shakespeare

Seibu Kodo, Kyoto University, Kyoto Japan, 1995

http://www.press.jhu.edu/demo/theatrejournal/48.1prshakespeare04.html

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Another! A Macbeth

Presented by The State Theatre Company

http://www.statetheatercompany.com/

 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A Brief History

 

King Malcolm II reigned from 1005 to 1034. One of his 3 daughters, Bethoc, married Crinan, the secular hereditary Abbot of Dunkeld. Through her, the Abbot's son, Duncan, was installed by Malcolm as the King of Cumbria in 1018. After Malcolm II was murdered at Glamis, Duncan killed his opponents and seized the throne as Duncan I. His first cousins, Macbeth and Thorfinn the Raven Feeder (the Norwegian Earl of Orkney) united to advance Macbeth's claim to the throne through his mother, another daughter of Malcolm II. Duncan reigned from 1034 until he was defeated in battle and killed by Macbeth in August 1040. Scotland was then ruled by Thorfinn in the northern districts and Macbeth in the southern districts.

Additional Historical background...

Macbeth - Famous Scots

http://www.tartans.com/articles/famscots/macbethking.html

The History of Scottish Royalty

http://w3.one.net/~afraser/misc/scotland/history/

Legends - Shakespeares Stories - Macbeth

http://www.legends.dm.net/shakespeare/macbeth.html