Macbeth

In Migdalia Cruz¿s¿Macbeth, the Witches run the world.¿The¿Macbeths live out a dark cautionary tale of love,¿greed,¿and power,¿falling from glory into calamity¿as the Witches spin their fate.¿Translating Shakespeare¿s language¿for¿a modern¿audience, Nuyorican playwright Migdalia Cruz¿rewrites¿Macbeth¿with all the passion of the Bronx.¿¿This translation of¿Macbeth¿was¿presented in 2018¿as part of¿the Play On!¿Shakespeare¿project,¿an ambitious undertaking¿from¿the Oregon Shakespeare Festival¿that commissioned new translations of 39 Shakespeare plays.¿These translations present the Bard¿s work in language accessible to modern audiences¿while never losing the beauty of Shakespeare¿s verse.¿Enlisting the¿talents¿of¿a diverse group of¿contemporary playwrights, screenwriters, and dramaturges from diverse backgrounds,¿this project¿reenvisions¿Shakespeare for the¿twenty-first¿century.¿These volumes make these works available for the first time in print¿a¿new¿First Folio for¿a new era.