Macbeth: Third Series (The Arden Shakespeare Third Series) 3rd Edition

absolutely indispensable for script analysis preparing for audition (bummers, didnʻt make it) and lighting design for this classic; director is a stickler for understanding historical, social, literary contexts and themes, and how they apply in modern day society, keeping the story relevant. The Arden Shakespeare has been my go-to for years, and the Third Series does not disappoint.

Any Shakespeare lover should snatch up all available editions of Arden's Shakespeare texts and commentaries. The notes are wonderful, and the prefaces, introductions, and appendixes bowl me over. The recent ones are fatter and fatter and fatter. "Macbeth" isn't quite as fat as the recent Arden "Hamlet," but that's as it should be. The "Macbeth" has a photo of Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh. The series takes the theater and film Nachleben seriously.

This is the best online edition of the play you could want. In fact, with its extensive introduction and easily accessible notes, it's difficult to imagine a better edition of the play.

My director even edited the performance with this edition. It reads smoothly, easy to understand, and enjoyable!

This is great if you, like me, are obsessed with the Scottish play. Waaaaaay more information and historical context for both the story and the play than any mere actor could want or need. Almost difficult to follow the play itself for all the notes flying around it. But it is a brilliant single-volume reference.

Good condition, I still have the book just in case of taking Shakespeare again

Great introductions, excellent text. First rate all around. John Simons

The standard in scholarly editions of Shakespeare. The Arden editions never disappoint.