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Macbeth is William Shakespeare's immortal tale of boundless, bloody ambition. Mystical predictions from witches and ghosts, combined with an uncontrollable lust for power, trap Macbeth and his wife, Lady Macbeth, in a web of political intrigue, madness, and murder.
This Macbeth on A+ AUDIO study guide was written by Dr. Markl Breitenberg, PhD, a teacher of literature and critical theory at Swarthmore College. Dr. Breitenberg specializes in Shakespeare and Renaissance culture. This program is presented by Rogers Rees, an actor and director who recently appeared in the films The Pink Panther, Garfield: A Tale of Two Kitties, and in the television seriesThe West Wing. A+ AUDIO is the innovative audio study guide series that will help you better understand, appreciate, and enjoy great works of literature. With a dramatic presentation that gives voice to the printed word, you'll experience these classic works as never before. Welcome to A+ AUDIO.
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"It's too bad Hamish MacBeth loves his village of Luchdubh in Scotland so much. He is good at finding criminals but doesn't want the promotion so everyone thinks he's lazy. In this book he uses his unorthodox ways of detecting and finds the murderer. He also proposes to one of his former girlfriends. Anyone who reads this series knows how that will turn out. You feel sorry for him but yet he really wouldn't be happy any where else."
— Tracy (4 out of 5 stars)
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" Bodies are dropping like flies in this latest from M.C.Beaton. Always interesting fun to follow Hamish solving crimes in the highlands but there seemed to be more characters than usual who were not fully developed, crabby, humorless losers. I would be happier with one or two plotlines and a better love life for Hamish but I'll take what I can get about life and crime in eccentric parts of my Mom's homeland. "
— Jan, 2/16/2014 -
" Considering that I read this for school, I can easily say that this is not something I would want to reread. Ever. "
— Keziah, 2/13/2014 -
" "Macbeth" is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, written in 1605 and published in 1623. The subject is based on a real character Macbeth, King of Scotland, but the tragedy, meanwhile, is completely fictitious and do not have much to do with the life and reign of King who reigned Pictish Scotland from 1040 to 1057. In the UK, a legend, "Macbeth" is a play bringing misfortune. Thus, players often call it "the Scottish play" (The Scottish Play) rather than by name. Pronounce the name of the room in a theater leads, according to belief, the failure of representation. Lady Macbeth is considered one of the most difficult roles for a woman in the western theater. She gets mad because of his involvement in the murder of the king, and dies off stage to the final act. "
— nagad, 2/12/2014 -
" Really a 3.5 star rating. The Hamish Macbeth mysteries are mind candy for me, and this one was a bit better than the last couple that Beaton has written. The mystery, who killed a young, nasty artist and then others around her, was more involved than in recent publications. However, characters of seemingly minor importance are tossed in willynilly, sure to pop up again in future books. I liked the series better when it was centered more in Lochdubh and dealt with the eccentric locals. Lately, though, they are given small cameos or a shoutout here or there. Still, it was a nice distraction for a Sunday afternoon and I'm looking forward to the next installment. "
— Donna, 2/12/2014 -
" Quick easy read. Lots of murder, mayhem, women trouble for Hamish. "
— Ellen, 2/11/2014 -
" This may be one of my ultimate favourite's now too. Wow. Basically all of them are my favourites. "
— Daisy, 2/4/2014 -
" i first herd of macbeth from the andy grifths take called just mcbeth. i loved that book and still do. i didnt like the shakespear version as much as andy's but it was pretty good. "
— Aleisha, 1/31/2014 -
" Shakespeare is Shakespeare. 'Nough said. "
— Sadé, 1/27/2014 -
" Not my favorite but well-written. "
— Kerry, 1/25/2014 -
" everything in this series is getting old, especially the mc. "
— Jane, 1/24/2014 -
" Another classic tale by the Bard. The epic mix of greed, ambition and lust and power. "
— Advaita, 1/23/2014
About the Authors
William Shakespeare (1564–1616), English poet and dramatist of the Elizabethan and early Jacobean period, is the most widely known author in all of English literature and often considered the greatest. He was an active member of a theater company for at least twenty years, during which time he wrote many great plays. Plays were not prized as literature at the time and Shakespeare was not widely read until the middle of the eighteenth century, when a great upsurge of interest in his works began that continues today.
About Roger Rees
Roger Rees, Welsh stage, film, and television actor and, more recently, narrator of audiobooks, is known on both sides of the Atlantic. In the United States he received a Tony Award for the Broadway production of Nicholas Nickleby. American TV viewers are familiar with Roger from Cheers, in which he played Robin Colcord. As for audiobooks, Roger has performed in a wide variety of programs, from the LA Theatre Works’ production of Lady Windmere’s Fan, to mystery anthologies such as Malice Domestic and thrillers like Pop Goes the Weasel. His audiobook narration has won four AudioFile Earphones Awards.