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Gu Wuwei's 1916 play The Usurper of State Power adapted both Macbeth and Hamlet as a parody of contemporary events in China. [13] Dev Virahsawmy's Zeneral Macbeff, first performed in 1982, adapted the story to the local Creole and to the Mauritian political situation. [14] He later translated Macbeth itself into Mauritian creole, as Trazedji ...
Shakespeare's Biblical Knowledge and Use of the Book of Common Prayer as Exemplified in the Plays of the First Folio Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1935; reprinted Octagon Books, 1970. Pearce, Joseph. Through Shakespeare's Eyes: Seeing the Catholic Presence in the Plays San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 2010. Rees, James.
Ill Met by Moonlight, 1950 book by W. Stanley Moss (II.i) Ill Met by Moonlight, 1957 film adaptation of Moss's book, by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger (II.i) Ill Met by Moonlight, 1994 film by S. P. Somtow (II.i) "Ill Met by Moonlight", 1996 episode of Gargoyles (II.i) Night and Silence by Seanan McGuire (II.ii) Bottom's Dream by Arno ...
Scholars have identified 20,000 pieces of music linked to Shakespeare's works, including Felix Mendelssohn's overture and incidental music for A Midsummer Night's Dream and Sergei Prokofiev's ballet Romeo and Juliet. His work has inspired several operas, among them Giuseppe Verdi's Macbeth, Otello and Falstaff, whose critical standing compares ...
The Tragedy of Macbeth, often shortened to Macbeth (/ m ə k ˈ b ɛ θ /), is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, estimated to have been first performed in 1606. [ a ] It dramatises the physically violent and damaging psychological effects of political ambitions and power.
Macbeth: Thomas Middleton may have adapted Shakespeare's tragedy by introducing act 3 scene 5 – featuring Hecate and the three witches, and a song which also features in Middleton's The Witch – and the Hecate passages in act 4 scene 1. [11]
Romeo and Juliet: William Shakespeare: The Dire Straits songs makes use of certain aspects of Shakespeare's play, as well as elements of some of the play's stage and screen adaptations. It also purposely diverges from the play's plot and characterizations in certain respects (such as Juliet's reaction to being approached by Romeo). [179] "Rusty ...
For example, the first recorded performance of Romeo and Juliet was not until 1662, yet it is known the play was performed in Shakespeare's lifetime. [1] At best, the performance history of a play establishes only the terminus ante quem of its composition.