The Tragedy of Macbeth, Part II: The Seed of Banquo

De: Noah Lukeman

Narrado por: Noah Lukeman, Benjamin Curns, Nate Rubin, Rafael Jordan, Michael Donaldson, Lauren Hayden, Stefanie Resnick, Baile de Lacey

In 1610, The Tragedy of Macbeth was first performed. Four hundred years later: the sequel, written as a five-act play in blank verse.

Ten years king, Malcolm sits on an uneasy throne. If Malcolm’s mind is haunted by the ghosts of his royal father (“gracious Duncan”) as well as the thane and lady who so bloodily betrayed him, Malcolm’s soul is sickened, as was Macbeth’s, by the witches’ prophecy that from Banquo’s seed would spring a line of Scottish kings: a prophecy that remained unfulfilled at the end of Shakespeare’s play. The witches also taunt Malcolm with riddles all his own: that sorrows will visit him from Ireland (where his younger brother fled upon their father’s death); that his love for Macbeth will breed fresh treachery. True to the Shakespearean model, its devious plot unfolding in five acts and its speech set to the measure of blank verse, Macbeth, Part II, draws bold the tragedy of a powerful man undone by the terrors he imagines and the truths he fails to see.

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Reseñas de la Crítica

“Lukeman did a top-notch job creating a fresh play in the style of Shakespeare. The story moves quite briskly, and takes quite a few intriguing twists...The rhythm of the words and the drama of the story would make for quite a suspenseful and entertaining show.” (Fashionista Piranha)

“Lukeman’s sequel to the Scottish play succeeds as both a fascinating literary exercise and an entertaining play in its own right...[A] poetic, well-paced drama.” (Booklist)

"Noah Lukeman's bold sequel to Macbeth, written in blank verse, is a fierce, memory-ridden love letter to Shakespeare, and an enthralling reminder that, in our imagination, Shakespeare's greatest plays have no end." (Nigel Cliff, author of The Shakespeare Riots)

A Daring Continuation

William Shakespeare is undoubtedly one of the most influential writers in the English language. It takes real guts to try to continue one of his classic narratives. I think that "The Tragedy of Macbeth, Part II: The Seed of Banquo" is a noble attempt to build on what had happened after the original tragedy. The premise and plot are good. The dialogue is a decent imitation of the Bard's lingo. My only gripe is that it could have been longer with all the scenes expanded. It needed a bit more to it. I hope that Luke continues to produce more works such as these.