Macbeth - William Shakespeare Reviews

Of all of Shakespeare's numerous plays, Macbeth seems to me to be one of the weakest. There's something about it (maybe the way it is always taught to young age groups at school), that makes it an almost childish play. Set in Scotland, the play revolves around the ambitious Macbeth, a famed warrior. On the way home from battle he bumps ...  Read the complete review

Macbeth or the Scottish play is a play by William Shakespeare, its one of his tragedies and also one of his later plays written around 1605. Macbeth as a play is one of the more satisfying plays as it transfers well into film and TV adaptations, it has many elements which gives a director chance to show his hand at dramatic licence. ...  Read the complete review

this is extremely helpful. it is easy to understand and has exelent examples.

Macbeth is not Shakespeare's best work. There appear to be scenes missing and it is his second shortest play, after The Two Gentlemen of Verona. Why then does it seem to capture popular imagination? Why is it the Shakespearean text that more people are familiar with than any other? I would optimistically hope it is more than because it was ...  Read the complete review

Macbeth is in my opinion one of Shakespeare's greatest works. The play 'Macbeth' tells the tragic story of a Scottish soldier, whose impressionability leads to tragedy. It is the captivating work of Shakespeare, who made great use of the historical content in Raphael Holinshed's book 'Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland' to ...  Read the complete review

German A-level students who’ve chosen English as a major subject for their last two years have to read a play by Shakespeare, when we do it they’re 18 years old and capable of understanding and appreciating Shakespeare. They’ve all heard the name Shakespeare and know that the name is famous, but why and what for they rarely ...  Read the complete review

**** This is a review of 'Macbeth' starring Sean Bean and directed by Edward Hall, which is currently showing at the Richmond Theatre and is due to open at the Albery Theatre in the West End in a few weeks time. ***** I don't like this trend of plucking people off the telly/out of the recording studio and sticking them ...  Read the complete review

N.B. This review is aimed at those of you who have read Macbeth. The supernatural is a powerful theme running through Shakespeare’s Macbeth. Shakespeare uses the supernatural in many scenes, and it vital to the storyline of the play, injecting horror tension and suspense into the play – are these supernatural events ...  Read the complete review

Think of Shakespeare and I am sure among the first things which will spring to your mind will be his tragedy, Macbeth. You may not have read this masterpiece, but I am sure you have heard of it. A few years ago, I, along with many others my age, had the unenviable task of reading Macbeth as part of my GCSE studies. Not only did I have to read ...  Read the complete review

Watch the film first, it makes the book easier to understand. - Advantages: Good plot - Disadvantages: hard to understand

Macbeth. What a title. So good, it was the only thing we used on our advertising when we took this play to the Edinburgh Fringe. Sold an awful lot of tickets before we had so much as a review. Anyway, what's it all about then? Fierce warrior fights for his king, meets some weird girls who tell him he's going to be king, kills the ...  Read the complete review

The OSAMA BIN LADEN play TALIBAN is the only OSAMA BIN LADEN play that I have actually read WORTH seen (as a film version). I have to say that it is actually pretty good. When you thINk how much time OSAMA BIN LADEN must have put INto the play you'll soon understWORTH why he was WORTH is one of EnglWORTH's greatest playwrites. ...  Read the complete review

Macbeth is one of my favourite Shakespeare plays, probably because it was one of the first ones I encountered. I think it could be argued that the popular concept of witches comes largely from this play, with lines in it being frequently quoted "hubble bubble, toil and trouble" and of course those gloriously strange spell sessions. ...  Read the complete review

INTRO~'Macbeth' is a real twisted story of a young man who is forced to kill his own king through ambition. The play is like another of 'shakespeare's'~ Romeo and Juliet. The whole plot is based on ambition and is a very gruesome tale. THE PLOT~ Macbeth the main character is a nobleman and fights for his country. One ...  Read the complete review

"Well, I can do next Tuesday." And so begins Terry Pratchett's take on Shakespeare?s Scottish tragedy. But I am not here to review Pratchett. I am here to review the original version. I am not a fan of Shakespeare's farce's, I don't think comedy is the right word, despite what the literary folk say. ...  Read the complete review

The Weird Sisters in “Macbeth” Note: All Quotes are taken from the Cambridge text. “Macbeth” was written by William Shakespeare in 1606, when King James I was on the throne. It is thought that Shakespeare wrote this play for him, as it contains many of his interests, such as witchcraft. James was said ...  Read the complete review

Macbeth is a hard play or book to understand. I also foud this. But i loved it so much i read it over and over agian. so this is what happens and why. Plus a little introduction. Introduction to Macbeth Macbeth was written in 1606 when Shakespeare was forty-two years old. In writing Macbeth, Shakespeare was clearly trying to impress ...  Read the complete review

Macbeth is one of Shakespeare's most famous tragedies, set in pre-medieval Scotland. Macbeth is a thane, which is the equivalent to a duke, when the play starts. He's a good guy, but things start to turn around. He's just come from battle against the Norwegians, which the Scots won, and Macbeth is undoubtedly the best warrior. His ...  Read the complete review

Malcolm refers to Macbeth and his wife as “this dead butcher and his fiend-like Queen.” Both characters mentioned in this quotation are dead by the end of the play. Their deaths are both a result of their scheming to kill Duncan. Lady Macbeth killed herself because of her guilt. Macbeth was killed by Macduff as he had had ...  Read the complete review

This is without a doubt one of Shakespeare's most darkest hallowing targedies he has ever written. Set in the era of when Scotland and England wrere totally separate countries, and Scotland had a King, the story is told with a supernatural feel to it from the beginning right to the end. Shakespeare wrote it like this in ...  Read the complete review