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Mmmbeth

by Allison Williams

A hilarious gender-bending take on the Scottish play!

Everything goes wrong. The witches take over the storytelling, Queen Duncan would rather open a donut franchise than die, Lady M's a bloodthirsty June Cleaver, and the murderers are preoccupied with creating a commercial for their services.

Premiered at the Kentucky Shakespeare Festival!

Comedy Classical Adaptation Shakespeare

Average Producer Rating: 5.0 out of 5

Also available in a competition-length version here.

Recommended for High Schools and Middle Schools

At a Glance

Running Time
About 45 minutes
Approximate; excludes intermissions and scene changes
Cast
10 Characters
5 F5 Any Gender, Easily Expandable
Set
Simple Set
Length
43 pages
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10 Characters

5 F, 5 Any Gender, Easily Expandable
MMMBETH [A] 80 lines
Easily frustrated Thane of Cawdor. One Monologue.
LADY MMMBETH [F] 66 lines
A gentle housewife… at first. Two Monologues.
BANQUO [A] 31 lines
Mmmbeth’s best friend. Thinks something’s rotten in the State of Scotland.
MACDUFF / SON OF MACDUFF [A] 37, 10 lines
Knows something’s rotten in the State of Scotland / Played by MacDuff
QUEEN DUNCAN [F] 19 lines
Brilliant, misunderstood, and refuses to die.
DAPHNE / DOCTOR [F] 53, 8 lines
The smart witch / Played by Daphne
DORIS / GENTLEWOMAN [F] 42, 3 lines
The sly witch / Played by Doris
TWIT / GENTLEWOMAN [F] 55, 2 lines
The dumb witch / Played by Twit
MURDERER ONE / SOLDIER [A] 31, 9 lines
Eager to help dispose of inconvenient obstacles to the throne, like heirs and suspicious thanes. / Behind the door when the brains were passed out.
HECATE / MURDERER TWO / SOLDIER [A] 11, 34, 8 lines
Big Mama Hecate, head of the witches and a blues queen. / Eager to help dispose of inconvenient obstacles to the throne, like heirs and suspicious thanes. One Monologue. / Behind the door when the brains were passed out.
MARATHON RUNNERS
Played by the cast.

Praise for Mmmbeth

5 out of 5 stars
Claire Moulds
Bristol Academy of Drama
A really fun interpretation of the play. Kids and parents loved it and it went down really well. A really great way to explore Shakespeare in an accessible way.

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