I finished reading Macbeth yesterday, and while reading I tried to underline all the references to magic and spirits as I could so I could go back to the text later when I find some more solid research to refer back to. And along those lines of research, I'm actually having a much harder time that I had anticipated finding reference to magic, spiritualism, and ritualism in Victorian productions of Macbeth and The Tempest. I may not be looking in the right area, but I haven't given up yet. Also, I used this site that is linked from the HBLL website, but I found it very confusing. I don't know if anyone else has used the Chadwyck collections resource to find anything Shakespeare, but I had a really hard time navigating the site.
Anyway, as I mentioned previously, I wanted to read Macbeth, and I have, and I also wanted to reread The Tempest, which I will start today. After I have a basic understanding of these two texts, I will delve more deeply into the magic of these plays and how it was received among Victorian readers and audiences.
Also, if anyone knows of any resource that could point me in the right direction, I would be very grateful to you!
Oh, and something that is sort of on topic, but not entirely, is that I've been watching the PBS version of Macbeth with Patrick Stewart, and the emphasis on the magic is hardly there. Anyway, I thought that was interesting...
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