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24 books recommended for fans of Macbeth by William Shakespeare, tied together by themes of Shakespeare, Drama, English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, and European.

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The Merchant of Venice — William Shakespeare

The Merchant of Venice

William Shakespeare

Themes: Shakespeare • Drama • English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh

Macbeth The Graphic Novel : Original Text Version — John McDonald

Macbeth The Graphic Novel : Original Text Version

Themes: Shakespeare • Drama • English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh

Macbeth the Graphic Novel: Plain Text — Joe Sutliff Sanders

Macbeth the Graphic Novel: Plain Text

Joe Sutliff Sanders

Themes: Shakespeare • Drama • English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh

William Shakespeare, The Taming of the Shrew — Stevie Davies

William Shakespeare, The Taming of the Shrew

Themes: Shakespeare • Drama • English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh

William Shakespeare: Famous Loving Words (Tiny Book) — Insight Editions

William Shakespeare: Famous Loving Words (Tiny Book)

Insight Editions

Themes: Shakespeare • Drama • English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh

Shakespeare Survey 72: Volume 72, Shakespeare and War — Emma Smith

Shakespeare Survey 72: Volume 72, Shakespeare and War

Themes: Shakespeare • Drama • English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh

The English History Play In The Age Of Shakespeare — Irving Ribner

The English History Play In The Age Of Shakespeare

Themes: Shakespeare • Drama • English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh

Shakespeare-lexicon A Complete Dictionary Of All The English Words, Phrases And Constructions In The Works Of The Poet; Volume 1 — Alexander Schmidt

Shakespeare-lexicon A Complete Dictionary Of All The English Words, Phrases And Constructions In The Works Of The Poet; Volume 1

Alexander Schmidt

Themes: Shakespeare • Drama • English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh

The Art of Picturing in Early Modern English Literature — Camilla Caporicci

The Art of Picturing in Early Modern English Literature

Camilla Caporicci

Themes: Shakespeare • Drama • English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh

The Merchant of Venice, William Shakespeare Notes — Martin J. Walker

The Merchant of Venice, William Shakespeare Notes

Martin J. Walker

Themes: Shakespeare • Drama • English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh

Shakespeare Survey: Volume 58, Writing about Shakespeare — Peter Holland

Shakespeare Survey: Volume 58, Writing about Shakespeare

Themes: Shakespeare • Drama • English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh

Shakespeare’s Style — Maurice Charney

Shakespeare’s Style

Maurice Charney

Themes: Shakespeare • Drama • English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh

An Essay on the Writings and Genius of Shakespear — Elizabeth Montagu

An Essay on the Writings and Genius of Shakespear

Elizabeth Montagu

Themes: Shakespeare • Drama • English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh

Tales from Shakespeare — Charles Lamb

Tales from Shakespeare

Themes: Shakespeare • Drama • English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh

Stages of Power Marlowe and Shakespeare, 1592 — Eric S. Mallin

Stages of Power Marlowe and Shakespeare, 1592

Themes: Shakespeare • Drama • English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh

Shakespeare’s Accents Voicing Identity in Performance — Sonia Massai

Shakespeare’s Accents Voicing Identity in Performance

Themes: Shakespeare • Drama • English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh

The Folger Guide to Teaching Macbeth — Peggy O’Brien

The Folger Guide to Teaching Macbeth — Peggy O’Brien

Themes: Shakespeare • Drama • English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh

The Duchess of Malfi, The White Devil, The Broken Heart and ‘Tis Pity She’s a Whore — John Webster

The Duchess of Malfi, The White Devil, The Broken Heart and ‘Tis Pity She’s a Whore

Themes: Shakespeare • Drama • English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh

Teaching A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Romeo and Juliet, and Macbeth — Peggy O’Brien

Teaching A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Romeo and Juliet, and Macbeth — Peggy O’Brien

Themes: Shakespeare • Drama • English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh

Shakespeare’s Kings — John Julius Norwich

Shakespeare’s Kings

John Julius Norwich

Themes: Shakespeare • Drama • English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh

Enchantment and Dis-enchantment in Shakespeare and Early Modern Drama Wonder, the Sacred, and the Supernatural — Nandini Das

Enchantment and Dis-enchantment in Shakespeare and Early Modern Drama Wonder, the Sacred, and the Supernatural

Themes: Shakespeare • Drama • English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh

Revived with Care John Fletcher’s Plays on the British Stage, 1885-2020 — Peter Malin

Revived with Care John Fletcher’s Plays on the British Stage, 1885-2020

Themes: Shakespeare • Drama • English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh

Shakespeare’s Fight with the Pirates and the Problems of the Transmission of His Text — Alfred W. Pollard

Shakespeare’s Fight with the Pirates and the Problems of the Transmission of His Text

Alfred W. Pollard

Themes: Shakespeare • Drama • English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh

Shakespeare Survey — Kenneth Muir

Shakespeare Survey

Themes: Shakespeare • Drama • English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh

The 24 books on this list are tied together by themes of Shakespeare, Drama, English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh — the same threads that run through Macbeth by William Shakespeare. Among the authors featured: William Shakespeare, John McDonald, Joe Sutliff Sanders, Stevie Davies, and others.

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