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62) Macbeth's niece
Author
Pub. Date
c2008
Description
A young Scottish lass in mediaeval times is caught up in the politics, shameful travesties and the heart-melting trials of a beautiful, young girl's life.
Author
Pub. Date
[1994]
Description
The author tells the story of how Shakespeare conceived and wrote one of his greatest plays. He shows us the sources Shakespeare used and aquaints us with the actors who formed his troupe. We see the economic worries that plagued them, and watch the performance being mounted.
Author
Pub. Date
[2007]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 10
Description
When her father betrays the Scottish king and is hung as a traitor, Lady Mary's future is bleak after she loses her only true protector and ends up locked away in the tower by the powerful and deadly Lord and lady Macbeth.
Pub. Date
2008.
Description
Based in a fictional Canadian town where legendary theatrical madman Geoffrey Tennant returns to the New Burbage Theatre Festival, the site of his greatest triumph and most humiliating failure, to assume the Artistic Directorship after the sudden death of his mentor, Oliver Welles. When Geoffrey arrives he finds that Oliver is still there, in spirit anyway, and with his guidance (and often in spite of it) Geoffrey attempts to reconcile with his past...
70) Macbeth
Author
Pub. Date
[1982]
Description
An adaptation of the tragedy of prophecy and royal murder set in medieval Scotland.
72) Macbeth
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2020.
Formats
Description
"When three witches tell the ruthless warrior Macbeth that he is destined to be King of Scotland, it sparks off a series of tragic events.... William Shakespeare's saga of ruthless ambition is retold with simplified dialogue in this vividly illustrated version of one of his most powerful plays"--back cover.
73) Macbeth
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2018]
Description
Set in the 1970s in a run-down, industrial town, a police force struggles to shed an incessant drug problem. Duncan, the chief of police, is idealistic and visionary, a dream to the townspeople, but a nightmare for criminals. The drug trade is ruled by two drug lords, one of whom, a master of manipulation named Hecate, has connections with the highest in power, and plans to use them to get his way.
74) Macbeth
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2005, c2004
Description
A retelling of Macbeth, his fears, suspicions, pride, ambitions, and his eventual demise.
75) Macbeth
Author
Series
Pub. Date
c2013
Description
"Three witches predict that Lord Macbeth will become King of Scotland--and then lose the throne. The first prediction quickly comes true--but what fate awaits Lord and Lady Macbeth in this tale of ambition, power, and deceit?"--P. [4] of cover.
77) The antihero
Author
Series
Pub. Date
c2016
Description
This title examines the role and theme of the antihero archetype in Macbeth, Wuthering Heights, Notes from Underground, and Native Son. It features four analysis papers that consider the antihero theme, each using different critical lenses, writing techniques, or aspects of the theme. Critical thinking questions, sidebars highlighting and explaining each thesis and argument, and other possible approaches for analysis help students understand the mechanics...
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
Formats
Description
"Macbeth, a general in the king's army, is returning from battle when he comes upon three witches who tell him that one day he'll be king. At first Macbeth dismisses their predictions, but an evil seed takes root in his mind, and soon he is convinced and impatient. At the urging of his wife, he resolves to take the throne by the most direct path: a dagger in the heart of King Duncan. But 'blood will have blood,' and when others grow suspicious of...
Series
slings and arrows volume 2
Pub. Date
2006.
Description
Based in a fictional Canadian town where legendary theatrical madman Geoffrey Tennant returns to the New Burbage Theatre Festival, the site of his greatest triumph and most humiliating failure, to assume the Artistic Directorship after the sudden death of his mentor, Oliver Welles. When Geoffrey arrives he finds that Oliver is still there, in spirit anyway, and with his guidance (and often in spite of it) Geoffrey attempts to reconcile with his past...
Author
Pub. Date
2014
Description
With the lovely Priscilla Halburton-Smythe away in London, Lochdubh Constable Hamish Macbeth pines for company during the long Scottish winter. He gets his wish -- and more -- when a troupe of flashy, urbane filmmakers clamors into the nearby town of Drim. Before long bedlam erupts around their make-believe mystery ...and culminates in the sudden appearance of one very real corpse.