Macbeth: A Kid's Cautionary Tale Concerning Greed, Power, Mayhem and Other Current Events
By Nancy Linehan Charles
Macbeth: A Kid's Cautionary Tale Concerning Greed, Power, Mayhem and Other Current Events is a one-act play that needs 15 or more performers. Licensed by Dramatic Publishing.
- Type
- one-act play
- Cast size
- 15 or more performers
- Cast notes
- 15+ either gender, expandable to include all.
- Recommended level
- High school
- Dance
- No dance
- Genre
- drama
- Licensor
- Dramatic Publishing
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Synopsis
This dramatic adaptation, sprinkled with comedic commentary, is a winner for elementary, middle, and early high school. Shakespeare's Scottish tragedy is told within a lively and humorous story-theatre frame. Macbeth and his Lady covet the crown while witches, ghosts, kings and soldiers sweep across the landscape, carving out the battle between good and evil. Shakespeare characters speak the Bard's words, while storytellers fill in plot and comment wryly on the escalating action. Macbeth to Witc
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