CONTEXT & THEMES.

Everything you need to know about the context of Macbeth, as well as key themes in the play

Understanding Shakespeare’s life and times, as well as the history of the Globe Theatre, can enhance your exploration of Macbeth. Key themes and topics are also great discussion points for students.

VIDEOS

Interviews with our Actor’s Roundtable panel and Director

THOUGHT LEADERSHIP

NATURE, THE ENVIORMENT & STAGING

MARGINALISED POWER

CORRUPTION OF POWER & LEADERSHIP

WITCHES AND POWER

POWER AND CORRUPTION

THEMES

Use these four topics as a starting point to discuss the main ideas in the play.

Share your insights with others, and see what the actors have to say!

CROSSWORD PUZZLES

FACT SHEETS

Find out more about the world that Shakespeare lived in with our fact pages.

CONTEXT

Learn context around costumes, printing the plays and the Globe Theatre itself.

Speaking Shakespearean

Performing at the Globe

Globe Theatre Tour

Elizabethan Costume Dressing

As You Like It production photograph

Printing the plays

An ink roller running across a template of letters

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