"Individualization and Oedipalization in Reza Servati's Adaptation of William Shakespeare's Macbeth: An Expressionist Reworking"
https://www.worldshakesbib.org/entry/bbbl2555/
Author:
	Javidshad, Mahdi.
Type:
	Journal Article
Year:
	2021
Publication Information:
	Multicultural Shakespeare: Translation, Appropriation, and Performance 23, no. 28 (2021): 127–142. (https://czasopisma.uni.lodz.pl/szekspir/article/view/7540)
DOI:
	10.18778/2083-8530.23.08
Annotation:
	Discusses Iranian director Reza Servati’s adaptation of Macbeth, noting how Servati minimal script cut source text to focus on characters’ psychological distress and both their individualism and everyman qualities, while also drawing out play’s Oedipal undertones. Describes adaptation as “expressionist reworking” of Shakespeare’s play. English summary, online.
Language:
	English
Cross-References:
	Servati, Macbeth
Persons:
	Servati, Reza
Tags:
	Macbeth, Scholarship, Criticism, History of Criticism, Translations and Adaptations
WSB Update:
	Spring 2025
WSB Record Number:
	bbbl2555