Grade 11 Shakespeare Day Script
Macbeth
Act I Scene iii
Class: 11 H
Can Koç
Cem Gökmen
Ela Mete
Lora Razzon
Dr. Kimberly Byrd
Grade 11 English
May 2015
CHARACTER LIST
PILOT / Cem GökmenFLIGHT ATTENDANT 1 / Ela Mete
FLIGHT ATTENDANT 2 / Can Koç
MACBETH / Lora Razzon
BANQUO / Cem Gökmen
SCENE
(Private jet plane, set up sideways on stage. Enter PILOT, sitting in front seat.)
PILOT
Ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. Welcome aboard Scotland Airlines Act I Scene iii to Inverness. Originally in this scene Macbeth and Banquo encounter the three witches on their way back home from war. On behalf of the entire crew, I would like to welcome aboard captain Macbeth, played by Lora, and captain Banquo, played by myself.Our captains are returning home after their service in the war – and since nobody does that on foot anymore we’re flying them home. Serving them in the cabin today we have Flight Attendants 1 and 2 – or witches if you may – played by Ela and Can, respectively. Please fasten your seatbelts and prepare for takeoff – flight attendant, uh, service, will start shortly after.
(Enter FLIGHT ATTENDANTS 1, 2; MACBETH, PILOT changed to BANQUO costume)
MACBETH
Phew, that was one long tour, I’m exhausted. Been a long time since I last touched a woman, too! Let’s hope we get some fun on the ride back home!
BANQUO
Amen to that, brother! It’s too early to go back home to those wives of ours..
(Enter FLIGHT ATTENDANT 2, crosses the aisle, stops by MACBETH and bends over to pick up drinks, face still unseen)
MACBETH
Ooh, baby! Those legs! Would you like to join the Mile High Club?
(FLIGHT ATTENDANT 2 turns face towards MACBETH)
MACBETH
WHAT THE HELL?! WHAT IS THAT FACE!?
BANQUO
(Laughing hard) You got the pretty one, enjoy brother!
MACBETH
Shut up you idiot, seeing those legs you don’t expect that face!
FLIGHT ATTENDANT 2
Excuse you!
BANQUO
Don’t mind him, mist.. – madam, just bring us some water please.
(FLIGHT ATTENDANT 2 leaves MACBETH, BANQUO and joins FLIGHT ATTENDANT 1)
FLIGHT ATTENDANT 2
That jerk back there, he just insulted me.
FLIGHT ATTENDANT 1
How dare he?! I hate men like that. You know what happened the other day? This guy called me a witch.
FLIGHT ATTENDANT 2
And what’d you do to him?
FLIGHT ATTENDANT 1
I messed with him – here, I know what to do now.
FLIGHT ATTENDANT 2
What, do we beat them up? (“Eye of the Tiger” plays, FLIGHT ATTENDANTS 1, 2 punch and kick the air)
FLIGHT ATTENDANT 1
Wait – no. This won’t work. Here, let’s try this.
(FLIGHT ATTENDANT 1 and 2 pretend to write on paper and put them in fortune cookies. Focus back on MACBETH and BANQUO.)
BANQUO
(Still laughing) Dude, that was some chick. You should take her out tonight.
MACBETH
You’ll carry this on forever, won’t you?
(FLIGHT ATTENDANTS 1, 2 bring fortune cookies to MACBETH and BANQUO)
FLIGHT ATTENDANT 1
Gentleman, bon appetite.
(MACBETH, BANQUO crack fortune cookies, read out loud)
MACBETH
“All hail, Macbeth! Hail to thee, thane of Glamis! All hail, Macbeth! Hail to thee, thane of Cawdor! All hail, Macbeth, that shalt be king hereafter!” Wait – what does this mean?
BANQUO
Why do you look so afraid of such good things? Let me see what mine says. (Reads cookie)“Lesser than Macbeth and greater. Not so happy, yet much happier. Thou shalt get kings, though thou be none. So all hail, Macbeth and Banquo!” Oh wait, that’s us! Such nonsense.
MACBETH
But what does this all mean? (At FLIGHT ATTENDANTS 1 and 2) YOU! (Sings along to “Summer Nights”) Tell me more, tell me more, will I get very far?
(FLIGHT ATTENDANTS 1, 2 nod sideways at MACBETH, jump off stage with umbrellas as parachutes)
MACBETH
NO! WAIT! STOP!
END SCENE