Macbeth
by William Shakespeare
 
Three witches tell the warrior Macbeth that he will be king of
Scotland. Can he simply sit back and wait for the prophesy
to be fulfilled - or should he follow his wife’s advice and kill
the present king?
Macbeth’s decision to take his fate into his own hands and
murder Duncan leads him to power and fame; but it also leads
to further murders, to war, to madness and despair, to the
disintegration of the country and of the natural world order.
 
White Horse Theatre's abridgement of the play, in which the
whole story is told by the witches, brings out all the macabre
horror of this fascinating tale.
Shakespeare's original language is retained, and at the same
time the play reveals a frightening relevance to the corruption
and power-struggles between war-lords that dominate many
parts of the contemporary world.