书名：Macbeth麦克白

作者：William Shakespeare
出版社名称：Signet; Revised ed.
出版时间：1998

语种：英语
ISBN：9780451526779
商品尺寸：10.7 x 1.7 x 17.4 cm
包装：平装
页数：288（以实物为准）

《麦克白》是莎士比亚知名的四大悲剧之一，11世纪，苏格兰国王邓肯的表弟麦克白将军为国王平叛和抵御入侵立功归来，路上遇到三个女巫。女巫对他说了一些预言和隐语，说他将进爵为王，但他并无子嗣能继承王位，反而是同僚班柯将军的后代要做王。麦克白是有野心的英雄，他在夫人的怂恿下谋杀邓肯，做了国王。但最终因为杀人太多而众叛亲离，麦克白面对邓肯之子和他请来的英格兰援军的围攻，只能以削首结束自己的生命。

In its concentration of interest upon the protagonists, Macbeth can be seen as Shakespeare's experiment in unity of focus, whose chief appeal arises from the struggles of the central characters with each other and with the infernal powers that inspire or govern them. Over the centuries, the vision of directors like Welles, Nunn and Polanski, as well as the eloquent talents of actors like Garrick, Siddons, Olivier and McKellen have contributed to the central debate of the play: Who or what is culpable? Bernice W. Kliman, in her analysis of Macbeth in performance, examines major productions of the play on both stage and screen, thereby inviting the reader to contemplate directors' and actors' choices for what is arguably Shakespeare's most compelling play.

威廉·莎士比亚（William Shakespeare，1564年－1616年）是西方文艺史上杰出的作家之一，他流传下来的作品包括37部戏剧、155首十四行诗、两首长叙事诗。他的戏剧有各种主要语言的译本，且表演次数远远超过其他任何戏剧家的作品。

William Shakespeare is widely regarded as the greatest playwright the world has seen. He produced an astonishing amount of work; 37 plays, 154 sonnets, and 5 poems. He died on 23rd April 1616, aged 52, and was buried in the Holy Trinity Church, Stratford.