
Macbeth
Staged: the origins of YA's greatest tropes
William Shakespeare(Author)
Puffin (Publisher)
Published on 14. March 2024
Book
Paperback/Softback
224 pages
978-0-241-68207-4 (ISBN)
Description
With a foreword by Kat Delacorte, author of With Fire in Their Blood
'It will have blood, they say: blood will have blood'
On a bleak, stormy night in Scotland, three witches prophesy: Macbeth will be a lord twice-over and Macbeth will be king; but Banquo's sons will also be kings.
When the witches' predictions start to come true, the ambitious Lady Macbeth vows to help her husband become King of Scotland and hold on to the throne - by any means necessary. But as the pursuit of power leads them down a dark and bloody path, the Macbeths soon begin to unravel.
Macbeth is Shakespeare's famously blood-soaked tale of greed and prophecy so powerful that superstitions about the curse of 'The Scottish Play' continue to this day.
Discover STAGED, a limited collection of Shakespeare's unabridged plays that celebrates the genius of the Bard and the tropes that continue to delight YA readers to this day.
Explore the rest of the STAGED collection:
As You Like It - With a foreword by Talia Hibbert
Hamlet - With a foreword by Faridah Abike-Iyimide
Macbeth - With a foreword by Kat Delacorte
A Midsummer Night's Dream - With a foreword by Becky Albertalli
Much Ado About Nothing - With a foreword by Holly Bourne
Romeo and Juliet - With a foreword by Jennifer Niven
Julius Caesar - With a foreword by Simon James Green
King Lear - With a foreword by Manjeet Mann
The Merchant of Venice - With a foreword by Lev Rosen
Othello - With a foreword by Malorie Blackman
The Tempest - With a foreword by Katherine Webber
Twelfth Night - With a foreword by Bea Fitzgerald
'It will have blood, they say: blood will have blood'
On a bleak, stormy night in Scotland, three witches prophesy: Macbeth will be a lord twice-over and Macbeth will be king; but Banquo's sons will also be kings.
When the witches' predictions start to come true, the ambitious Lady Macbeth vows to help her husband become King of Scotland and hold on to the throne - by any means necessary. But as the pursuit of power leads them down a dark and bloody path, the Macbeths soon begin to unravel.
Macbeth is Shakespeare's famously blood-soaked tale of greed and prophecy so powerful that superstitions about the curse of 'The Scottish Play' continue to this day.
Discover STAGED, a limited collection of Shakespeare's unabridged plays that celebrates the genius of the Bard and the tropes that continue to delight YA readers to this day.
Explore the rest of the STAGED collection:
As You Like It - With a foreword by Talia Hibbert
Hamlet - With a foreword by Faridah Abike-Iyimide
Macbeth - With a foreword by Kat Delacorte
A Midsummer Night's Dream - With a foreword by Becky Albertalli
Much Ado About Nothing - With a foreword by Holly Bourne
Romeo and Juliet - With a foreword by Jennifer Niven
Julius Caesar - With a foreword by Simon James Green
King Lear - With a foreword by Manjeet Mann
The Merchant of Venice - With a foreword by Lev Rosen
Othello - With a foreword by Malorie Blackman
The Tempest - With a foreword by Katherine Webber
Twelfth Night - With a foreword by Bea Fitzgerald
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Penguin Random House Children's UK
Target group
Young adult
Interest Age: From 13 to 17 years
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 194 mm
Width: 125 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
162 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-241-68207-4 (9780241682074)
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03/2024
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William Shakespeare was born to John Shakespeare and Mary Arden in late April 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon. He wrote about 38 plays (the precise number is uncertain), many of which are regarded as the most exceptional works of drama ever produced, including Romeo and Juliet (1595), Henry V (1599), Hamlet (1601), Othello (1604), King Lear (1606) and Macbeth (1606), as well as a collection of 154 sonnets, which number among the most profound and influential love poetry in English. Shakespeare died in Stratford in 1616.