AustLit
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Shakespeare's Macbeth is included in AustLit because it has been produced in Australian theatres during the colonial era and is the subject of Australian literary comment, adaptation and creative writing in a variety of narrative forms.
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This image has been sourced from online.See full AustLit entry'Take one Shakespearean tragedy: Macbeth.
'Add Andy, Danny and Lisa - the Just trio, whose madcap exploits have already delighted hundreds of thousands of readers for the last ten years.
'Mix them all together to create one of the most hilarious, most dramatic, moving stories of love, Whizz Fizz, witches, murder and madness, from the bestselling and funniest children's author in Australia.' (From the publisher's website.)
(...more)This novel has also been dramatised, see the Just Macbeth! record here.
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Screen cap from promotional trailerSee full AustLit entryA contemporary re-imagining of Shakespeare's Macbeth, constructed as a struggle for power among Melbourne gangs. The setting is contemporary Melbourne and the dialogue is delivered in Australian accents, but the script largely uses Shakespeare's text.
(...more)This contemporary adaptation of Macbeth is set in Melbourne.
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'Luke lives in modern-day Australia with his mother and stepfather, Sam. Luke is burdened by a guilty secret: Sam has helped him to cheat in an entrance exam for a prestigious school. Lulach lives in eleventh-century Scotland with his mother and stepfather, Macbeth, who becomes a great king and restores peace to the land. Luke is studying Shakespeare's play Macbeth at school and dreams about Lulach and Macbeth at night. But gradually Luke realises they are more than dreams. Somehow, he is reliving events that actually took place - and they're nothing like Shakespeare's version. (...more)See full AustLit entryThe protagonist is studying Macbeth.
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This image has been sourced from online.See full AustLit entry'Macbeth got his foot to the ball a split second before it crossed the line. It stuck to his boot as if the leather for both had come from the same cow...
'Andy Macbeth is the star player on his school's football team. He knows a trick or two but does he know enough to survive his first year of high school?
'Andy thinks he does. So, what can possibly bring him down?
'Falling for Fifi L'Amour?
'Betraying his best mate?
'Being a deadest idiot? (From the publisher's website.
(...more)Features subtle references without directed reference, e.g. Macbeth has three wicked aunties.
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'While doing time in the dreaded Detention Room Three, five schoolgirls unwittingly unlock a portal to the world of Macbeth. The Witches prophesy great things for the girls, promising them their dearest wishes. When the prophecies come true, the girls are ecstatic - except for Eloise, who suspects that dabbling in the supernatural may have unfortunate consequences. She's right - the prophecies backfire, the local Paranormal Investigation Society descends on the school, and one of the girls, Sara, becomes a Witch herself to escape the real world. (...more)See full AustLit entry
A drama created by Kate Rice in conjunction with high school students, in which characters are transported to the world of Macbeth.
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This image has been sourced from BooktopiaSee full AustLit entry'Following on from OPHELIA, QUEEN OF DENMARK and I AM JULIET, this is the third title in the series for young people that focuses on the reinterpretation of Shakespeare's classic and enduring plays.
'I didn't mean to do it'.
'Annie is not a witch, but when her mistress Lady Macbeth calls for a potion to 'stiffen Macbeth's sinews', Annie is caught up in plots that lead to murder, kingship and betrayal. Annie must also not only choose between Rab the Blacksmith and Murdoch, Thane of Greymouth, but discover where her loyalty lies.
(...more)A reimagining of Macbeth that features a female protagonist.
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