Off-Stage Guide to MACBETH 1969

Cast and Creative Team
A Look at the Forces Behind the Production

MACBETH1969 Synopsis
A Synopsis of this adaptation 

Vietnam Era Timeline
Events Leading Up To and During the Vietnam War 

United States Marine Corps Information
Terminology, History and Focus on the First Battalion Ninth Marine

MACBETH 1969 Glossary
Definitions of Shakespeare terms and phrases 

Holinshed's Chronicles
The true story that inspired Shakespeare's Macbeth 

The Congressional Medal of Honor
History and Statistics of Highest Military Honor 

Caroline Alexander's "The Shock of War"
Article from Smithsonian Magazine about "shell shock" in WWI 

Women in Vietnam
American Women, Military and Civilian, in Vietnam 

Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "Beyond Vietnam"
Transcript of the famous speech 

On Performing Absence
Excerpts from David Read Johnson's article, "Performing Absence" 

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Information, Statistics and Resources about PTSD