A new edition of Shakespeare’s most theatrical, most renown tragedyEmma Smith’s introduction offers a comprehensive assessment of the play, from its stage setting, to performance history, to Macbeth’s first soliloquy, and the final actExamines the play’s contemporary contexts — the patronage of James VI and the Gunpowder Plot — and modern contexts — gender, psychology, and representationCombines fresh, new scholarship from leading researchers with authoritative texts and comprehensive notes in order to offer readers a complete guide to ShakespeareUses the text from the landmark The New Oxford Shakespeare: Modern Critical Edition collated from all surviving original versions of Shakespeare’s workPresented in modern spelling and punctuation with accessible critical apparatus to best aid understanding of the plays and poems. «,