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Unlikely, a Vice Dean feels: Macbeth does not know in 3.4 which Fleance has escaped.
Archive 2009-11-01 admin 2009
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Unlikely, a Vice Dean feels: Macbeth does not know in 3.4 which Fleance has escaped.
Philadelphia Reflections: Shakspere Society of Philadelphia admin 2009
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Lady Macbeth appears in an apron, a piece of cake is taken away from young Fleance and put back in the fridge, and Macbeth goes about making and eating a sandwich while he arranges for the assassination of Banquo.
In the Night Kitchen Greenblatt, Stephen 2008
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The acute pen of Lord Hailes, which, like the spear of Ithuriel, conjured so many shadows from Scottish history, had dismissed among the rest those of Banquo and Fleance, the rejection of which fables left the illustrious family of Stewart without an ancestor beyond Walter the son of
The Monastery 2008
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True, the witches' outfits and on-stage demeanor were extremely silly and not at all frightening; true, the green typewriter in the scenes with Fleance made no sense whatsoever; true, it made no sense to have three of the assassins in drag; true, it must have been a royal pain to move that cube around the stage every fifteen minutes.
The Scottish Opera Lisa Hirsch 2007
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To make the point about the Macbeths 'childlessness, Mr. Noble used a lot of children: There were a number of small witches, one of the refugees cradled a dead child, Macduff carried photos of his "pretty ones," and the opera ended with Fleance, Banquo's son and sire of the line of future kings, front and center.
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I'm willing to bet that the designer just didn't realize that the prompter would be clearly visible reflected in that particular face of the cube during the Banquo/Fleance scene not long before Banquo is killed.
Archive 2007-12-01 Lisa Hirsch 2007
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I'm willing to bet that the designer just didn't realize that the prompter would be clearly visible reflected in that particular face of the cube during the Banquo/Fleance scene not long before Banquo is killed.
The Scottish Opera Lisa Hirsch 2007
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True, the witches' outfits and on-stage demeanor were extremely silly and not at all frightening; true, the green typewriter in the scenes with Fleance made no sense whatsoever; true, it made no sense to have three of the assassins in drag; true, it must have been a royal pain to move that cube around the stage every fifteen minutes.
Archive 2007-12-01 Lisa Hirsch 2007
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Enter Banquo, and Fleance bearing a torch before him
Macbeth 2004
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