Macbeth: Staged: the origins of YAs greatest tropes
English
By (author): William Shakespeare
With a foreword by Kat Delacorte, author of With Fire in Their Blood
It will have blood, they say: blood will have blood
On a bleak, stormy night in Scotland, three witches prophesy: Macbeth will be a lord twice-over and Macbeth will be king; but Banquos sons will also be kings.
When the witches predictions start to come true, the ambitious Lady Macbeth vows to help her husband become King of Scotland and hold on to the throne by any means necessary. But as the pursuit of power leads them down a dark and bloody path, the Macbeths soon begin to unravel.
Macbeth is Shakespeares famously blood-soaked tale of greed and prophecy so powerful that superstitions about the curse of The Scottish Play continue to this day.
Discover STAGED, a limited collection of Shakespeares unabridged plays that celebrates the genius of the Bard and the tropes that continue to delight YA readers to this day.
Explore the rest of the STAGED collection:
As You Like It With a foreword by Talia Hibbert
Hamlet With a foreword by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé
A Midsummer Nights Dream With a foreword by Becky Albertalli
Much Ado About Nothing With a foreword by Holly Bourne
Romeo and Juliet With a foreword by Jennifer Niven