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Macbeth (also known as The Tragedy of Macbeth or Roman Polanski's Film of Macbeth) is a 1971 historical drama film directed by Roman Polanski, and co-written by Polanski and Kenneth Tynan. A film adaptation of William Shakespeare 's tragedy of the same name, it tells the story of the Highland lord who becomes King of Scotland through treachery ...
uMabatha is a 1970 play written by South African playwright Welcome Msomi. [ 1] It is an adaptation of Shakespeare 's Macbeth set in the Zulu Kingdom during the early 19th century, and details how Mabatha overthrows Dangane . Described as Msomi's "most famous" work, [ 2] uMabatha was written when Msomi was a student at the University of Natal ...
Throne of Blood ( Japanese: 蜘蛛巣城, Hepburn: Kumonosu-jō, lit. 'The Spider Web Castle') is a 1957 Japanese jidaigeki film co-written, produced, edited, and directed by Akira Kurosawa, with special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya. The film transposes the plot of English dramatist William Shakespeare 's play Macbeth (1606) from Medieval Scotland ...
Maqbool (India, 2004) is a Macbeth adaptation set in the Mumbai underworld. Vishal Bhardwaj, director; Irfan Khan as Mian Maqbool (the Macbeth character) Tabu as Nimmi (the Lady Macbeth character) ShakespeaRe-Told Macbeth (United Kingdom, TV, 2005) is a modern adaptation by Peter Moffat, set in a Glasgow restaurant. James McAvoy as Joe Macbeth
Macbeth. (2015 film) Macbeth is a 2015 epic historical drama film directed by Justin Kurzel and written for the screen by Todd Louiso, Jacob Koskoff, and Michael Lesslie, based on William Shakespeare 's eponymous play. [ 6] The film stars Michael Fassbender in the title role and Marion Cotillard as Lady Macbeth, with Paddy Considine, Sean ...
The Black Halo is a concept album based on Faust, Part Two. It is a follow-up to Epica, which was based on Faust, Part One. All 30 tracks are related to Lovecraft or his work. Based on aspects of the works of Moorcock, including Elric and Jerry Cornelius.
The Merchant of Venice. The Merchant of Venice is a play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1596 and 1598. A merchant in Venice named Antonio defaults on a large loan taken out on behalf of his dear friend, Bassanio, and provided by a Jewish moneylender, Shylock, with seemingly inevitable fatal consequences.
Macbeth, Act I, Scene IV Macbeth is an anomaly among Shakespeare's tragedies in certain critical ways. It is short: more than a thousand lines shorter than Othello and King Lear, and only slightly more than half as long as Hamlet. This brevity has suggested to many critics that the received version is based on a heavily cut source, perhaps a prompt-book for a particular performance. This would ...