Yesterday, I caught the Ensemble Theatre Company’s production of Macbeth at the New Vic in Santa Barbara…
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Going this weekend: Macbeth
Been a crazy week, so just a quick note. My wife, son, and I have tickets for the Sunday matinee of Macbeth by the Ensemble Theatre Company at the New Vic in Santa Barbara…
Podcast 132: Macbeth — a mixed cauldron and wrap-up
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This week’s podcast concludes our two month-long discussion of Macbeth with a mixed cauldron of stuff: some non-Macbeth reviews, reviews of some of the video Macbeths, a production concept and cast, and a wrap-up to the play.
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Macbeth — the wrap-up
OK. So. Macbeth.
I remember liking it before. Liked it coming into the project and these past two months.
And?
Macbeth: By the numbers
Macbeth: midpoint(s) to the confined heart of the matter
Using Professor Rodes’ midpoint theory, let’s take a look at Macbeth.
There are 2162 lines in in the play, which means the midpoint is at line 1081, or at Act Three, Scene Four, line 46. According to Dr. Rodes’ theory, you could find at this midpoint (or within twenty lines either way) a speech that perfectly sums up a major theme of the play. The 20-line leeway was to help remove the differences in prose line lengths between individual editions.
Only there’s another issue at play here…
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Macbeth: stage directions
In most plays, I find a whole lot of stage direction within the lines, be they soliloquies or dialogues. But in Macbeth, a play where some real stage direction was later filled in with the work of other playwrights, I’m finding less.
Macbeth: Infographics!!!
Ladies and gentlemen, as we reach the end of our sojourn into the world of Macbeth, it’s time for the release of some Scottish Play-centric infographics.
A Boatload of Infographics!
Macbeth Movie Madness, FINAL: Fassbender v. Stewart
As you (should) know (by now), we’re doing a March Madness-bracket style review of the many video adaptations of Macbeth. We’ve finished the first round and now we’re down to the last two…and today’s championship match-up:
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Macbeth and scansion: witches and three pauses
As I wrap up discussion of the plays, I like to take a quick look back on some of the more noteworthy clues I’ve noticed in the lines of the play. Not necessarily the words within the lines, mind you, not the diction, but rather the syntax, the scansion, the pauses. Macbeth is no different…
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