TY - BOOK AU - Shakespeare, William, AU - Strasfogel,Ian AU - Conlon,James AU - Mitchell,David AU - Hall,Peter J. AU - Piave,Francesco Maria AU - Maffei,Andrea AU - Verdi,Giuseppe ED - Opera Society of Washington. ED - John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (U.S.) ED - Richard L. Coe Theater Programs Collection (Library of Congress) TI - Macbeth SN - 9780230364204 AV - PN2093 .C64 1995 no. M319 U1 - 822.33 PY - 1973/// CY - New York, NY PB - Cambridge University Press KW - Romance KW - Theater programs KW - Washington (D.C.) KW - rbgenr KW - 1973 KW - Opera programs KW - lcsh N1 - Macbeth is a tragedy by William Shakespeare; it is thought to have been first performed in 1606. It dramatises the damaging physical and psychological effects of political ambition on those who seek power for its own sake. N2 - John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Shakespeare and the Performing Arts, Opera Society of Washington, Ian Strasfogel, general director, "Macbeth," opera in three acts, music by Giuseppe Verdi, libretto from Shakespeare by Francesco Piave and Andrea Maffei, production by Ian Strasfogel, conducted by James Conlon, scenery and projections by David Mitchell, costumes by Peter Hall, lighting by Patricia Collins ER -