Collection
Status
Available
Description
Classic Literature. Drama. Fiction. HTML: Macbeth is Shakespeare's shortest tragedy and one of his best-known plays. Often referred to as an archetypal tale, it warns against lust for power and the betrayal of friends. Shakespeare based the play loosely on a King Macbeth of Scotland. The play is traditionally considered "cursed", and thus many actors refer to it as "The Scottish Play" to avoid naming it..
Publication
New York : Penguin Books, 2000.
ISBN
0140714782 / 9780140714784
Pages
xlvi; 98
Language
Original language
English
Original publication date
c. 1606 (Play)
1623 (Folio)