directed by Grace Edwards

I intend to use the presence of the witches to represent the strength of supernatural forces on Macbeth at any given point. In addition to the scenes where they have dialogue, I intend to include some or all of them in other scenes throughout the play with various levels of agency – sometimes as observers (either on stage, on various levels of the balconies, or sitting amongst the audience), sometimes as silent participants (e.g., as household servants or non-speaking lords), sometimes double-cast in other roles (e.g., as the Murderers, the Porter, the Doctor, etc), but retaining a symbolic piece of costuming and/or vocal delivery style that identifies them to the audience as supernatural beings By quickly establishing this as a convention of the reading, my intention is that the moments where the witches are physically absent will convey plot progressions that are the result of decisions made out of Macbeth’s free will as opposed to supernatural predetermination.