has the been more then one version on "macbeth" the play?

Answer 1

I'm guessing you mean film versions?

I have seen about 5 film adaptations of the play to film, none of them horrible.

1. "Macbeth" directed by Roman Polanski, dark, violent, grisly, disturbing, well acted, and overall one of the best Shakespeare adaptations I have ever seen.

2. "Macbeth" directed by Orson Welles, low-budget, black and white, some good cinematography and acting by Welles, but gets dull here and there.

3. "Macbeth" starring Ian McClellan and Judi Dench, no scenery, just filmed in a black void, with extreme performances from the leads, lots of spit flying during intense monologues.

4. "Throne of Blood" directed by Akira Kurosawa, in Japanese (naturally), not Kurosawa's best, but some riveting imagery, and a great performance from Toshiro Mifune in the lead role, with a classic death scene.

5. "Scotland, PA" a somewhat comic retelling that takes place in a fast food restaraunt: MacDuff's Burgers, which then becomes MacBeth's Burgers (or some such thing). Features Christopher Walken and Andy Dick in supporting roles.

I recommend the Polanski version above all the others as both the most watchable and truest to Shakespeare, but Kurosawa's is pretty entertaining also.

If you mean different versions of the play's script itself, I believe all of Shakespeare's plays were Bowlderized (meaning censored) in the 18th century, and Macbeth was one of Shakespeare's few popular plays in the early 1700's.

Answer 2

Macbeth has been performed in many languages and done in many different styles by changing the action to take place in other times in history. But there is only one Macbeth. Now I'm all out of answers. Get off the computer and get to work. Pax - C.

Answer 3

A number of "quarto" versions of Shakespeare's plays were printed, some perhaps from manuscript, others from actors' or playbook copies, others yet from shorthand transcripts taken down in the theater. Hamlet, for eg, had two quartos, the first of which, probably from such a transcript; it is very different from any version printed nowadays.

Macbeth, however, is one of the plays that appears for the first time in the "First Folio" collection printed in 1623. It is undoubtedly corrupted and contains Unshakespearan additions, but it is the only version extant with any authority.

Answer 4

Well, seeing as the play has been around since the 1600's, you can bet it's been put on lots of times with multiple variations.
The main theme has been used in multiple variations too.
Are you stressin over the homework, dil? Try reading the play- it's actually a good one.