In this study, William C. Carroll analyses a wide range of
adaptations and appropriations of Macbeth across different media to
consider what it is about the play that compels our desire to
reshape it. Arguing that many of these adaptations attempt to
‘improve’ or ‘correct’ the play’s perceived political or
aesthetic flaws, Carroll traces how Macbeth’s popularity and
adaptability stems from several of its formal features: its openly
political nature; its inclusion of supernatural elements; its
parable of the dangers of ambition; its violence; its brevity; and
its domestic focus on a husband and wife. The study ranges across
elite and popular culture divides: from Sir William Davenant’s
adaptation for the Restoration stage (1663–4), an early
18th-century novel, The Secret History of Mackbeth and Verdi's
Macbeth, through to 20th- and 21st-century adaptations for stage
and screen, as well as contemporary novelizations, young adult
literature and commercial appropriations that testify to the play's
absorption into contemporary culture.
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