Library Guides: Macbeth: Watch the play

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Brief, basic information laid out in an easy-to-read format. May use informal language. (Includes most news articles)

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Provides additional background information and further reading. Introduces some subject-specific language.

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Lengthy, detailed information. Frequently uses technical/subject-specific language. (Includes most analytical articles)

General Capabilities

Enduring Understandings

How language conveys meaning.
How the themes apply within a historical and modern context.

Essential Questions

Shakespearean language,
Views and values of the text,
Themes of the text.

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Macbeth | Watch the play

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BBC Studios, (1978), Macbeth, London, BBC. Retrieved from https://www.digitaltheatreplus.com/education/collections/bbc-studios/macbeth
Digital Theatre +. A signature and traditional staging of Shakespeare's Macbeth from the BBC.
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Bodinetz, G., (2011), Macbeth [eVideo]. Liverpool, U.K. Everyman Theatre. Retrieved from https://www.digitaltheatreplus.com/education/collections/digital-theatre/macbeth
Digital Theatre +. Shakespeare’s unsettling combination of warring soldiers and ‘weird sisters’ is brought to life in this post-apocalyptic re-imagining of the Scottish play. This production, directed by Gemma Bodinetz and starring David Morrissey in the title role, was captured by Digital Theatre live at the Everyman Theatre, Liverpool.
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British Council, (2016), Macbeth; Act 1, Scene 5, [eVideo]. London: British Council. Retrieved from https://www.digitaltheatreplus.com/education/collections/british-council/macbeth-act-i-scene-v
Digital Theatre+. Combining performance with animation, this dark monologue from Act I, Scene V of William Shakespeare’s Scottish tragedy sees Vicky McClure give a menacing portrayal of Lady Macbeth’s famous soliloquy.
Tara Arts, (2015) Macbeth [eVideo]. London. Tara Arts in association with Black Theatre Live and Queen’s Hall Arts. Retrieved from https://www.digitaltheatreplus.com/education/collections/tara-arts/macbeth
Digital Theatre +. Shakespeare’s Macbeth, tale of a desperate and destructive folie à deux is brought into the twenty-first century, complete with three prophesying drag queens.
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