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Summary/Abstract: Natalia Yakubova reviews Macbeth, directed by Jan Klata at the Anton Chekhov Moscow Art Theatre (prem. 2 May 2016). Klata's performance is analysed within the context of the tradition and legend of MAT, as well as the way it functions nowadays, both in the audience reception and the level of performances shown there today. The author points out that Macbeth does not become only a field for spectacular feats performed by the actors and the director. The most important element of the author's analysis are the consequences of Klata's decision to cast men in the female roles. Yakubova thinks about the key question of Shakespeare's play: “What's he/ That was not born of woman?”. One of the text's notable contexts is Janet Adelman's article “Born of Woman: Fantasies of Maternal Power in Macbeth”.

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