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  2. Cultural references to Macbeth - Wikipedia

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    The earliest known film Macbeth was 1905's American short Death Scene From Macbeth, and short versions were produced in Italy in 1909 and France in 1910.Two notable early versions are lost: Ludwig Landmann produced a 47-minute version in Germany in 1913, and D. W. Griffith produced a 1916 version in America featuring the noted stage actor Herbert Beerbohm Tree.

  3. What's done is done - Wikipedia

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    What's done is done. " What's done is done " is an idiom in English, usually meaning something along the line of: the consequence of a situation is now out of your control, that is, "there's no changing the past, so learn from it and move on." The expression uses the word "done" in the sense of "finished" or "settled", a usage which dates back ...

  4. Macbeth (Verdi) - Wikipedia

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    Macbeth ( Italian pronunciation: [ˈmakbet; makˈbɛt]) [ 1] is an opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi, with an Italian libretto by Francesco Maria Piave and additions by Andrea Maffei, based on William Shakespeare 's play of the same name. Written for the Teatro della Pergola in Florence, Macbeth was Verdi's tenth opera and premiered on 14 ...

  5. Timon of Athens - Wikipedia

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    Major motifs in Timon include dogs, [clarification needed] breath, [clarification needed] gold (from act IV on), and "use" (in the sense of usury). One of the most common emendations of the play is the Poet's line "Our Poesie Is as a Gowne, which uses From whence 'tis nourisht", to "our poesy is as a gum, which oozes from whence 'tis nourished ...

  6. Macbeth - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  7. String Quartet No. 8 (Shostakovich) - Wikipedia

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    The first movement opens with the DSCH motif, Shostakovich's musical signature. This theme can also be heard in his Cello Concerto No. 1, Symphony No. 10, Violin Concerto No. 1, Symphony No. 15, and Piano Sonata No. 2. The motif is used in every movement of this quartet, and is the basis of the faster theme of the third movement.

  8. List of songs that retell a work of literature - Wikipedia

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    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.

  9. Muddle Instead of Music - Wikipedia

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    Muddle Instead of Music. " Muddle Instead of Music: On the Opera Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District " (Russian: Сумбур вместо музыки – Об опере «Леди Макбет Мценского уезда») is an editorial that appeared in the Soviet newspaper Pravda on 28 January 1936. The unsigned article condemned ...