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Shakespeare Anyone?

Macbeth: Wrap Up

Jun 9, 2021
01:22:22

We can hardly believe it, but here it is: our final episode in our Macbeth series (for now)! Before moving on to our next play, we wanted to cover how Macbeth has been adapted for stage and screen and how the myth of the hero turned tyrant continues to shape our world narratives. 

Shakespeare Anyone? is created and produced by Kourtney Smith and Elyse Sharp.

Note: When this episode was recorded, Kourtney Smith was using the stage name "Korey Leigh Smith".

Music is "Neverending Minute" by Sounds Like Sander.

Additional sound effects from https://www.zapsplat.com

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Works referenced:

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  • Bickley, Pamela and Jennifer Stevens. “Macbeth.” Studying Shakespeare Adaptation: from Restoration Theatre to YouTube, by Pamela Bickley and Jennifer Stevens, The Arden Shakespeare, 2021, pp. 165–183
  • Britannica, The Editors of Encyclopaedia. "Theatre of the Absurd". Encyclopedia Britannica, 12 May. 2020, https://www.britannica.com/art/Theatre-of-the-Absurd. Accessed 27 March 2021.
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  • Smith, Alfred Edgar. We Work Again. Performance by Maurice Ellis, and Charles Collins, U.S. Works Progress Administration, 1937. National Film Preservation Foundation, www.filmpreservation.org/preserved-films/screening-room/voodoo-macbeth#. Film notes by Scott Simmon
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