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A review by pattydsf
Macbeth by David Hewson, A.J. Hartley
3.0
“Men at their games again. Thanes and crofters, lords and peasants. Killing and being killed, with spear and knife, ax and sword, arrow and dagger, and cruel, cruel hands. Much of a muchness when they are a bag of slaughtered flesh and bone bleeding out their little lives for the grateful worms in the peat.”
It took me a long time to listen to this audio and almost as long to write my review. I found Hartley and Hewson’s interpretation of MacBeth well done and well read. They couldn’t have picked a better reader than Alan Cumming. He was the reason I picked this book to listen to – several years ago I saw Cumming do all of MacBeth in New York City. The performance was amazing.
Shakespeare’s plays are often mined for other’s stories. Of course, Shakespeare did the same thing. This version of MacBeth, for me, rounded out the tale that Shakespeare told. I like what Hartley and Hewson did with the three witches and other characters.
I recommend this novel to folks to like Shakespeare’s play, to those who need to know more about MacBeth because they find the play hard to read (i.e. teens who have to read the play) and to anyone who likes a good audiobook.
Now I want to go see MacBeth, the play, again so I can see what new things I see there because of this interpretation.
It took me a long time to listen to this audio and almost as long to write my review. I found Hartley and Hewson’s interpretation of MacBeth well done and well read. They couldn’t have picked a better reader than Alan Cumming. He was the reason I picked this book to listen to – several years ago I saw Cumming do all of MacBeth in New York City. The performance was amazing.
Shakespeare’s plays are often mined for other’s stories. Of course, Shakespeare did the same thing. This version of MacBeth, for me, rounded out the tale that Shakespeare told. I like what Hartley and Hewson did with the three witches and other characters.
I recommend this novel to folks to like Shakespeare’s play, to those who need to know more about MacBeth because they find the play hard to read (i.e. teens who have to read the play) and to anyone who likes a good audiobook.
Now I want to go see MacBeth, the play, again so I can see what new things I see there because of this interpretation.