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The last word on Tom Cruise: "It is a tale Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury; Signifying nothing." ATTRIBUTION: William Shakespeare Macbeth, in Macbeth, act 5, sc. 5.

Talking Film: Macbeth - Shakespeare in the 'hood (VIC)
WHEN 19 September WHERE ACMI Cinemas, Melbourne Preview screening of Geoffrey Wright's Macbeth, followed by discussion with Macbeth director Geoffrey Wright & producer Jenni Tosi and special guest Marion Potts, Associate Director 2006 from the Bell Shakespeare company. [more...]

Macbeth [videorecording] / by William Shakespeare ; a BBC Television production in association with Time-Life Television ; produced by Shaun Sutton ; directed by Jack Gold.
New York : Ambrose Video Pub., [2000 or 2001] PR 2823 A23 2000 PR 2823 A23 2000 (MEDIA)


Complete Macbeth Interactive 1.10
Macbeth taught scene by scene, with dramatic audio readings, geography, movies, questions, immediate feedback, and teacher-friendly scoring, with a focus on language devices and Shakespeare's historical sources. This program contains a user-friendly and intuitive navigation with pleasing graphical interfaces and challenging questions on the text. Involves three of the five senses in a unique approach to teaching the darkest of Shakespeare's works. Created, with all the intelligences in mind, for secondary students.Technorati Tags: macbeth, shakespeare, language arts, AP, teacher tools, lab software, education.Refer:http://www.popsoftlib.com/Home_Education/Teaching_Tools/Complete_Macbeth_Interactive/info-44444.html

Fringe artists work over The Bard
Bouncy Castle Hamlet, Macbeth with a Sinatra soundtrack, Shakespeare for Breakfast with free coffee and croissants - the Edinburgh Fringe richly deserves its reputation for artistic anarchy.

mikepurvis on Homework makes kids hate learning
I was never really a fan of lit, especially the analysis stuff, but I knew a lot of people who never have read anything they didn't have to read for school. Regardless of how much they think they internalized, it's probably good to have been through Hamlet and Macbeth at least once or twice. I'm wary of "it sucks but it's good for you"-style arguments (especially when they're used to justify nonsense like this); perhaps the onus is on the teachers to make lit not suck. But students should be able to realise that even if they don't like Catcher in the Rye, it's worth holding on for the undisputed classics. (Shakespeare, Watership Down, Flowers for Algernon, etc.)

101 ways to massacre Shakespeare (Reuters)
Reuters - Bouncy Castle Hamlet, Macbeth with a Sinatra soundtrack, Shakespeare for Breakfast with free coffee and croissants.