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by Cindy Raspiller (supercindylou@gmailcom)
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Genre: Miscellaneous
User Review:  
This one actually came in under 5 minutes. That was the goal. :)
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ACTUAL FIVE MINUTE MACBETH
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EXT. ACT I - DAY |
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Three witches are on the left of the stage, stirring a
cauldron and muttering when not speaking. All other action
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Captain, King D and Ross are gathered. |
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CAPTAIN
King Duncan! Macbeth just fought
two battles for us and won! |
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ROSS
King Duncan! The Thane of Cawdor
is a traitor! |
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End of a battle, Macbeth and Banquo are talking. |
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WITCH 1
(From their spot
off to the right)
Banquo! Your decendents will be
kings! |
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WITCH 2
Macbeth, you will be the Thane of
Cawdor, Thane of Glamis, and the
King of Scotland! |
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Enter Ross and Angus |
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ROSS
Hey Macbeth! The Thane of Cawdor
will be dead soon, so the King's
making you the Thane! |
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BANQUO
The prophecy is coming true! |
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King D's throne room again. King D, Malcolm, Macbeth, Ross,
and Banquo are all chillin'. |
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KING D
Macbeth, you're so fly! I'm so
happy I'm going to make my son,
Malcolm, heir to the throne! |
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Everybody cheers |
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MACBETH
Looks like I'll have to kill him. |
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Everyone but Macbeth leaves, enter Lady Macbeth. |
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MACBETH
My dearest Chuck, can you help me
kill King Duncan? |
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INT. ACT II - DAY |
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Banquo, Fleance and Macbeth are hanging out. |
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BANQUO
Hey Macbeth, you don't think those
crazy witches are tricking us, do
you? |
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MACBETH
Silly Banquo, tricks are for kids. |
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Awkward silence |
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MACBETH
Yes. Yes, they're tricking us. |
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BANQUO
Oh good, I wouldn't want you to
kill me to get your way or
anything, you know? |
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Banquo and Fleance leave. |
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MACBETH
Note to self: Kill Banquo... |
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Enter Lady Macbeth |
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LADY MACBETH
Hi dear, did you kill King Duncan? |
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A knock on the door. Enter Macduff, Porter and Lennox. |
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MACBETH
Tell me about it. |
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MACDUFF
The King is dead! |
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Lady Macbeth faints. She is ignored. |
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MACBETH
It's all my fault! |
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MACDUFF
No it's not, his servants killed
him. |
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Ross runs across stage |
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ROSS
Malcolm and Donalbain ran away so
now Macbeth is king! |
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INT. ACT III - DAY |
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Macbeth is talking to the "murderers" of King D. |
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MACBETH
Go kill Banquo and Fleance! |
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The murderers kill Banquo and Fleance runs away. |
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MACBETH
Oye, I feel so guilty! |
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Now everyone's partying in Macbeth's honor. Everyone is
there, getting ready to eat. |
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SOME RANDOM LORD
Hey Macbeth, come sit next to me! |
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MACBETH
Can't, that seat's alrady taken. |
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SOME RANDOM LORD
No, no one's sitting there. |
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The person in the seat turns around, it's the ghost of
Banquo! |
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MACDUFF
Ahhhh!!!! The ghost of Banquo!!!! |
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Everyone looks confused. |
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LADY MACBETH
Ignore him. Sometimes he goes
crazy. You should all go home
now. |
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Everyone leaves, mumbling about not eating dinner and how
their king is insane. |
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Hecate walks over to the witches. |
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HECATE
Why are you helping Macbeth? Give
him some bad news too. |
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INT. ACT IV - DAY |
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Macbeth walks over to the witches |
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MACBETH
Got any more prophecies? |
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WITCH 2
You cannot be harmed by any man
born naturally. |
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WITCH 3
You have nothing to fear until
Birnam Wood walks to your castle. |
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WITCH 1
Oh, and if the thought ever
crossed your mind, I'd suggest not
trying to kill Macduff. |
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On the other side of the stage, Macduff's entire family is
killed. |
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Malcolm and Macduff are talking together now. |
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MALCOLM
So do you think you'd make a good
king? |
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MALCOLM
I wouldn't. I'm all lusty and
greedy and ew. |
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MALCOLM
Ha ha! I was just testing your
integrity! |
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MALCOLM
Oh, and your family was just
killed. |
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INT. ACT V - DAY |
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Lady Macbeth, her gentle woman, and a Doctor are all
gathered in Lady Macbeth's bedroom. |
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LADY MACBETH
I can't wash the blood and/or
guilt from my poor little hands! |
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DOCTOR
My diagnosis is she's crazy. Good
day. |
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Back to the battlefield with Macduff and Malcolm. |
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MALCOLM
Ok loyal troops, cut down those
branches and we'll disguise
ourselves as trees! Macbeth will
never notice a whole forest
marching towards him! |
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Back to Macbeth and his troops. A woman's scream is heard. |
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SEYTON
Macbeth sir! Your wife just died! |
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MACBETH
Well, we all have to go sometime. |
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SEYTON
And look! Birnam Wood is moving! |
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MACBETH
(Gasps)
So it is! Looks like I have to go
and fulfill my destiny. |
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A big battle ensues. Macduff and Macbeth are forced to
confront eachother. |
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MACBETH
Guess what! I'm not going to
fight you, becuse no man born
naturally can kill me! So ha! |
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MACDUFF
Guess what! I was born through
ceasarian section, so I'm going to
kill you now! So ha! |
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Macduff kills Macbeth. |
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MACDUFF
Woo hoo! I'm the king of
Scotland! |
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And everyone lived happily ever after except all the ones
that died. |
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THE END |
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| Feedback |
| From jeroen |
Date 10/3/2018 |
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| Don't know the original, but have the feeling I get the essence now. Bet this was a lot funnier tho. |
| From Alexi |
Date 4/6/2005 |
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| I laughed. |
| From CJ |
Date 1/6/2005 |
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| ha, awesome. |
| From Maya |
Date 1/5/2005 |
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| It's funny but confusing at times especially to the few that don't know the story of Macbeth. It's hard to follow because of the minimal amount of direction. I think your main issue is pacing but then again you are creating a 5 minutes Macbeth. |
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