Mmmbeth: Competition Length Version
by Allison Williams
A shorter version of our hilarious gender-bending take on the Scottish play. Updated version.
Average Producer Rating:
About 30 minutes
Times given are approximate and do not include intermissions/scene changes/breaks
10
5 W | 5 Any Gender, Easily Expandable
Simple Set
28 pages
Reviews from Past Producers
A competition length version of one of our most popular scripts.
A hilarious mixed-gender 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.
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Characters
10
5 Women, 5 Any Gender, Easily Expandable
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MMMBETH
[A]
59 lines
- Easily frustrated Thane of Cawdor. One Monologue.
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LADY MMMBETH
[W]
57 lines
- A gentle housewife… at first. One Monologue.
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BANQUO
[A]
21. lines
- Mmmbeth’s best friend. Thinks something’s rotten in the State of Scotland.
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MACDUFF / SON OF MACDUFF
[A]
29, 7 lines
- Knows something’s rotten in the State of Scotland / Played by MacDuff
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QUEEN DUNCAN
[W]
28 lines
- Brilliant, misunderstood, and refuses to die.
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HAGGY / DOCTOR
[W]
42, 4 lines
- The smart witch / Played by Haggy
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NAGGY / GENTLEWOMAN
[W]
33, 1 lines
- The sly witch / Played by Naggy
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TWIT / GENTLEWOMAN
[W]
38, 1 lines
- The dumb witch / Played by Twit
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HECATE
[W]
6 lines
- Big Mama Hecate, head of the witches and a blues queen.
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MURDERER ONE / SOLDIER
[A]
9, 10 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.
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MURDERER TWO / SOLDIER
[A]
9, 8 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.
- MARATHON RUNNERS
- Played by the cast.
- Subgenres
- Farce Parody Adaptation Choral work Fantasy Movement-based Shakespeare
- Settings
- 16th Century / Elizabethan
- Dress
- Period costumes Elaborate costumes Fantasy costumes
- Audience
- Teen
- Features
- Audience participation Music Physical comedy Special effects Stage combat Variable gender breakdown Choral work Clowning Dance Movement-based Opportunity for spectacle Sound & Lighting Design
- Set
- Simple set
- Cautions
- Adult themes Onstage murder Physical violence
- Themes
- Betrayal Death Relationships Morality Revenge Theatre Love Obedience Personal responsibility
- Cross-Curricular Uses
- Shakespeare
- Other uses
- Competition Class work Scene work
Prop List
letter, sign, big knife, sword, magic 8-Ball, dagger, sword, sledgehammer or axe, chainsaw, bloody leg, list, plate of cookies, knife-shaped cookie, frying pans, gun, wig, box of donuts, donut, potted plant
Multimedia
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Mmmbeth: Competition Length Version
by Allison Williams
About 30 minutes
Times given are approximate and do not include intermissions/scene changes/breaks
10
5 W | 5 Any Gender, Easily Expandable
Simple Set
28 pages