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Macbeth (an undoing)

A retelling in need of sound and fury
Malthouse Theatre
by
ABR Arts 11 July 2024

Macbeth (an undoing)

A retelling in need of sound and fury
Malthouse Theatre
by
ABR Arts 11 July 2024
Bojana Novakovic as Lady Macbeth (photograph by Jeff Busby)
Bojana Novakovic as Lady MacbetBojana Novakovic as Lady Macbeth (photograph by Jeff Busby)h (photograph by Jeff Busby)

Feminist reimaginings of canonical male-authored texts are nothing new. In fact, following innumerable retellings of the Greek myths, the trend may have peaked last year with the publication of novels spotlighting the marginalised female characters of, among others, Nineteen Eighty-Four (both Katherine Bradley’s The Sisterhood and Sandra Newman’s Julia), Arthurian legend (Sophie Keetch’s Morgan Is My Name), and Romeo and Juliet (Natasha Solomons’s Fair Rosaline).

Comment (1)

  • What a great review. If I was in Melbourne I'd be 'almost' tempted to go and see it.
    Posted by William Zappa
    25 July 2024

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