Macbeth intro
ACTOR 1: Ladies and Gentlemen. . .
ACTOR 2: Boys and girls. . .
ACTOR 3: Today we are going to present to you a play about a man
who wanted too much. His name was Macbeth!
ACTOR 4: I'll play Macbeth. I'll play him. He's got the most lines
doesn't he? I mean the story is about him isn't it? Where's the
crown? Ah, here it is. See it fits. Macbeth, that's me.
ACTOR 1 : You can't be Macbeth.
ACTOR 4: Why not?
ACTOR 2: You don't know the lines.
ACTOR 4: I can learn them. "Under the spreading chestnut tree..."
ACTOR 3: Then who will run the puppets?
ACTOR 2: Who will be Banquo, Macbeth's friend who he later tries
to do in?
ACTOR 3: Or who will be Duncan, the King of Scotland?
ACTOR 1: And what about MacDuff who battles Macbeth at the end
of the play.
ACTOR 4: Me, me, me and me. I'll be them all.
ACTOR 2: (Bringing out a witches headdress or wig.) And who will
play the witches.
ACTOR 4: Witches? What do they do?
ACTOR 1: They tell Macbeth what he is going to be.
ACTOR 2: They tell the audience what is coming next.
ACTOR 3: They make magic potions in a big black pot.
ACTOR 4: Oh please, I want to be the witches. "Oil, boil, bubbly
itches, I want to play all the witches." Heh, heh, heh.. . I want it all,
Macbeth, the witches, I'll be everything..
