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Media for Shakespeare\u27s \u3cem\u3eMacbeth\u3c/em\u3e
There are many media for Shakespeare: print, audio recordings, theatrical performance, aural readings, film, television, even still photographs, engravings, paintings, hand towels, and teacups. Print is the medium with which we\u27re most familiar. We feel that we\u27re most sensitive when we read print. And the texts, as imperfectly preserved as they are, seem to offer the least distorted renderings of Shakespeare\u27s vision. But reading Shakespeare is also a performing art. Shakespeare\u27s plays — when they\u27re viewed as experiences, processes, not static objects — are performances in several senses