Translating Shakespeare’s language for a modern audience, Nuyorican playwright Migdalia Cruz rewrites Macbeth with all the passion of the Bronx. The Macbeths live out a dark cautionary tale of love, greed, and power, falling from glory into calamity as the Witches spin their fate.
This translation of Macbeth was presented in 2018 as part of the Play On! Shakespeare project, an ambitious undertaking from the Oregon Shakespeare Festival that commissioned new translations of 39 Shakespeare plays. These translations present the Bard’s work in language accessible to modern audiences while never losing the beauty of Shakespeare’s verse. Enlisting the talents of a diverse group of contemporary playwrights, screenwriters, and dramaturges from diverse backgrounds, this project reenvisions Shakespeare for the twenty-first century. These volumes make these works available for the first time in print-a new First Folio for a new era. Condition: Used - Very Good - Jacket Condition: No Jacket Edition: First Edition Published: 1946 Binding: Hardcover. In Migdalia Cruz’s Macbeth, the Witches run the world. He was James VI of Scotland, who then also became James I of England. In Migdalia Cruz’s Macbeth, the Witches run the world. The Macbeths live out a dark cautionary tale of love, greed, and power, falling from glory into calamity as the Witches spin their fate. Translating Shakespeare’s language for a modern audience, Nuyorican playwright Migdalia Cruz rewrites Macbeth with all the passion of the Bronx. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Shakespeare and the Performing Arts, Opera Society of Washington, Ian Strasfogel, general director, Macbeth. About Shakespeare’s Macbeth By Barbara Mowat and Paul Werstine Editors of the Folger Shakespeare Library Editions In 1603, at about the middle of Shakespeare’s career as a playwright, a new monarch ascended the throne of England.
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