![]() ( Pause) I must beget a babe, an heir to succeed upon the throne a barren crown will fall before the seeds of power sown. The Prince of CumberlandĪnd his brother royal still live upon this earth! Some do suspect Macbeth of Duncan’s death to my dismay. ![]() (Apprehensively) And still, withal, our place is not secure upon the golden dais. Surreptitiously, searching for the source of the draft, before coming to a halt, a haunted look in her eye and breathing heavily.) ( A strange gust of air flurries through the stage, swirling Lady Macbeth’s hair in a whirl and snuffing out the candle, which she releases from her grip as it plummets to the stage. For if this was so all ofĬhristendom would be grasped in woman’s hands, cast out the dogs of men! ( Pauses for a moment contemplating) Being bold and strong of mind is an advantage all of my sex should embrace. No woman, be she mother, wife or queen could be as like a man as I. It was I that did this so, none other did and none other could’ve even if the heralds of heaven had ( She comes to a standstill and sobs clutching her throat, before regaining her composure)Yet fortune prevailed, for I did goad Macbeth once more, I rekindled his To then shun this right road of gain for the mere favour of an aged king? Outrageous, unthinkable, intolerable! To want to alter the course foreseen? Even when it was he himself who had told me of these marvellous predictions! When he himself had seemed as overjoyed as I with the prospects given Though he is now the man of expectation, what man was he then? ( Begins to pace the stage, speaks with conviction and anger) What man was he, weak-minded Indeed, for even when the task was done it was not done as planned Macbeth returned with Right! Macbeth faltered in our quest, refusing to do that which needed to be done to catch the nearest way. ( Pause) I feared he would not dispatch Duncan ( scornfully) his lord and master! I judged his heart to be too full of kindness for his kin. Macbeth did prove himself a man though I feared he I was right to pursue this road it has brought us both great rewards, which I shall readily enjoy hereafter. ( Pause) As the sisters foretold Glamis, Cawdor and the realm! Masters of the Scots are we now, ( with an almost awed reverence) MacbethĪnd I, King and Queen in sovereign state. (Shakily at first, voice strengthens with every word, speaks with certainty) ![]()
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