MACBETH
You know your rank; sit down in that order and welcome
Lords
Thanks to your majesty.
MACBETH
I shall mingle and play the humble host.
Lady Macbeth will sit in her chair until
I request her
LADY MACBETH
Say hi to all the guests as they are welcome
First Murderer appears at the door
MACBETH
They respond with their thanks and
I shall sit in the middle and be happy
and have a toast.
Approaching the face.
There’s blood on your face
First Murderer
It’s Banquo’s
MACBETH
It’s better on you than inside him.
First Murderer
I killed him, my lord,
MACBETH
You are the best at murdering, and the one who murdered Fleance must be good also, but if you murdered him to then you are the best.
First Murderer
Most royal sir,
Fleance escaped.
MACBETH
Now I’m scared again and if this had worked I would have been perfect,
But now I am all tangled up with doubts and fears, But Banquo’s dead?
First Murderer
yes, my good lord, he is dead in a ditch
with twenty gashes on his head.
MACBETH
Thanks for that:
Macbeth lays dead; But Fleance fled, Right now he does not have enough power to do anything but over time he will gain it.
Hath nature that in time will venom breed, I will see you tomorrow.
Exit Murderer
LADY MACBETH
My royal lord, you are not entertaining the guests
They need to know they are welcome,
because if they just want to eat it is best to do that at home
There needs to be a little more ceremony
MACBETH
Thanks for reminding me!
Since good digestion needs a good appetite which means both of them, good health
Cheers
LENNOX
Why don’t you have a seat, your highness?
The GHOST OF BANQUO enters and sits in MACBETH’s place
MACBETH
We would have all the nobles in Scotland under one roof if Banquo was here.
I hope he is late not something bad happened to him.
ROSS
His absence means he has broken his promise sir, please sit down.
MACBETH
The table’s full.
LENNOX
Here’s an empty seat sir.
MACBETH
Where?
LENNOX
Here, my good lord. What’s wrong, your highness?
MACBETH
Which of you has done this?
Lords
What, my good lord?
MACBETH
You cannot say I did it. Don’t shake your head at me.
ROSS
Gentlemen, rise: his highness is not well.
LADY MACBETH
Sit down, friends
My husband is often like this,
And has been since he was young
Stay seated
His fit is momentary
He will be well again if you pay too much attention to him,
You shall offend him and extend his anger:
Eat and don’t pay attention to him
Are you a man?
MACBETH
Yes, and a brave one. I have seen something worse than the devil
LADY MACBETH
Nonsense!
This is just your imagination
Like the air-drawn dagger you said,
led you to Duncan.
These don’t look like real fear
Looks like what a woman would do if her grandma was reading her a scary story
Shame on you!
Why are you making those faces?
When it is over you’ll look like a fool
MACBETH
Look over there. ( to the ghost ) what do you want? What do you have to say? If the dead can return from their grave what’s to stop the bird from eating the bodies. So what is the point on burying them?
GHOST OF BANQUO vanishes
LADY MACBETH
What, has you foolish fear paralyzed you?
MACBETH
If I’m standing here then I saw him.
LADY MACBETH
Nonsense!
MACBETH
In ancient times, before there were laws to make the land safe and peaceful, there was a lot of bloodshed. And since then there have been a lot of murders too awful to talk about. It used to be that if you killed a man he would just die, and that would be it but now they rise from the dead to push us off our stools which is even stranger than murder.
LADY MACBETH
My king,
Your noble friends miss your company
MACBETH
( to the guests ) I forgot about them.
Don’t worry about me my friends, I have a strange order which doesn’t shock those who know me well anymore. Let’s raise a toast to love and health and a toast to our friend Banquo. I wish he was here! Let’s drink to everyone here. And to Banquo
Lords
Our duties, and the pledge.
Re-enter GHOST OF BANQUO
MACBETH
Go and get out of my sight! Go back in your grave
There is no marrow in your bones and your blood is cold. you are staring at me with eyes that cannot see.
LADY MACBETH
Good friends,
Think of this as something normal
Although it is spoiling the fun of tonight
MACBETH
I am brave like any other man
Approach me like the rugged Russian bear,
or an armoured rhinoceros, or the mighty tiger;
Take any shape apart from the one you are now
And I will never tremble in fear
Or come back to life
And challenge me to a duel with my sword;
If tremble with fear then call me a baby girl.
Get out of here you hallucination
Get out
GHOST OF BANQUO vanishes
I am a man again becauses the ghost is gone so please stay seated
LADY MACBETH
You have ruined the fun and disrupted the good meeting
By making a fool of yourself
MACBETH
Can things happen so quickly ,
And make us feel astonished?
You make me feel like I don’t know myself
When I see you looking at terrible sights
Yet keep a straight face
While mine is filled with fear.
ROSS
What sights, my lord?
LADY MACBETH
Please do not speak to him
He is getting worse and worse;
Questions enrages him so please leave
There is no need to leave in the order of your rank just go at once
LENNOX
Good night; I hope the king recovers soon.
LADY MACBETH
A kind good night to everyone!
Exeunt all but MACBETH and LADY MACBETH
MACBETH
There is an old saying that goes blood will have blood:
Stones have been known to move and trees to speak;
Too bring guilty men to justice
By magpies and other creatures have exposed
some murderers.
What is the time of the night?
LADY MACBETH
It is almost morning,
Although you cannot tell whether it is morning or night
MACBETH
What do you think about Macduff not coming when I command him?
LADY MACBETH
Did you send for him, sir?
MACBETH
I heard of this before, but I will send for him.
In every lords house, I have a servant spying for me.
Tomorrow, while it’s still early,
I will go see the witches. They will tell me more, because I am determined to now the words of what will happen. My safety is the only important thing right now. I have waded so far into this blood that it would be just as hard to go back as to keep on killing people. I have some plans that I am going to put into action. But I must do these before I think about them to much.
LADY MACBETH
You haven’t slept.
MACBETH
Yes, lets go to sleep. My strange and self-delusions
just come from inexperience,
We are still learning about crime
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