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Mmmbeth: Competition Length Version
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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Also available in a one-act version here.
Recommended for High Schools and Middle Schools
At a Glance
Running Time
About 30 minutes
Approximate; excludes intermissions and scene changes
Cast
10 Characters
5 F5 Any Gender, Easily Expandable
Set
Simple Set
Length
28 pages
Production Tips
Free Excerpt
Classroom Study Guide
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10 Characters
5 F, 5 Any Gender, Easily Expandable
MMMBETH
[A]
59 lines
Easily frustrated Thane of Cawdor. One Monologue.
LADY MMMBETH
[F]
57 lines
A gentle housewife… at first. One Monologue.
BANQUO
[A]
21. lines
Mmmbeth’s best friend. Thinks something’s rotten in the State of Scotland.
MACDUFF / SON OF MACDUFF
[A]
29, 7 lines
Knows something’s rotten in the State of Scotland / Played by MacDuff
QUEEN DUNCAN
[F]
28 lines
Brilliant, misunderstood, and refuses to die.
HAGGY / DOCTOR
[F]
42, 4 lines
The smart witch / Played by Haggy
NAGGY / GENTLEWOMAN
[F]
33, 1 lines
The sly witch / Played by Naggy
TWIT / GENTLEWOMAN
[F]
38, 1 lines
The dumb witch / Played by Twit
HECATE
[F]
6 lines
Big Mama Hecate, head of the witches and a blues queen.
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.
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.
Praise for Mmmbeth: Competition Length Version
Heather Wilford
HDSB
We all loved the script! I would absolutely consider producing it again in the future with a new group of students.
Katelyn Lick
Sandhills Theater Arts and Renaissance School (S.T.A.R.S.) Charter
I’m a student director who chose and directed Mmmbeth. This play was so easy to shape into my own vision. I loved playing around with the characters and reimagining the story of Macbeth in such a whimsical way. Interpreting the stage directions and designing the lighting made it a really fun show to direct.
Michelle Swanson
Williston Trinity Christian School
Easy to work with, fun staging opportunities, and lots of slapstick that my cast loved.
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