I'm writing an adaptation of Macbeth to be performed by kids between the ages of 3 and 12. There are eight kids and all but one can remember basic lines.
The three year old will basically be a)in the witches' cauldron and b)a toad hopping across stage that MacB follows to find the witches again for the second visit.
I'm taking a lot of license with the story and eliminating a few characters. The basic plot ideas are that people should be careful not to get carried away with bad ideas, that witches are tricky with words and that the guilt a person feels after acting badly is not worth the price.
I'm thinking of putting in funny stuff like Macbeth taking "crazy pills" before every killing rampage and he'll run around the stage killing everyone every time there is a death scene. :wah:
Any ideas?
Macbeth For Kids
Macbeth For Kids
What is this?
The Little Rascals?
:wah:
The Little Rascals?
:wah:
Macbeth For Kids
pretty much :wah:
it's a summer project. They'll have about a week to rehearse.
it's a summer project. They'll have about a week to rehearse.
Macbeth For Kids
good idea koanie
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mcbeth kids will love it
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koan;617803 wrote: I'm writing an adaptation of Macbeth to be performed by kids between the ages of 3 and 12. There are eight kids and all but one can remember basic lines.
The three year old will basically be a)in the witches' cauldron and b)a toad hopping across stage that MacB follows to find the witches again for the second visit.
I'm taking a lot of license with the story and eliminating a few characters. The basic plot ideas are that people should be careful not to get carried away with bad ideas, that witches are tricky with words and that the guilt a person feels after acting badly is not worth the price.
I'm thinking of putting in funny stuff like Macbeth taking "crazy pills" before every killing rampage and he'll run around the stage killing everyone every time there is a death scene. :wah:
Any ideas?
Give them a break - they're only kids :wah:
The three year old will basically be a)in the witches' cauldron and b)a toad hopping across stage that MacB follows to find the witches again for the second visit.
I'm taking a lot of license with the story and eliminating a few characters. The basic plot ideas are that people should be careful not to get carried away with bad ideas, that witches are tricky with words and that the guilt a person feels after acting badly is not worth the price.
I'm thinking of putting in funny stuff like Macbeth taking "crazy pills" before every killing rampage and he'll run around the stage killing everyone every time there is a death scene. :wah:
Any ideas?
Give them a break - they're only kids :wah:
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magenta flame;618459 wrote: littlies do a watered down version of shakespeare here too koan . They learn the lines as if learning a poem. It's usually at grade three level and kids dont have the same problems learning that "funny talk" as adults do .
Three year olds find it fun telling people what to do and publicly being allowed to boss people around . If you give them lines along this basis they will remember them . You can trust me on that one it's an old trick they use on the preppies around at the school. Make them soldiers, policeman any kind of authority and they will do it well.
Break a leg .
you should be bard from this thread
Three year olds find it fun telling people what to do and publicly being allowed to boss people around . If you give them lines along this basis they will remember them . You can trust me on that one it's an old trick they use on the preppies around at the school. Make them soldiers, policeman any kind of authority and they will do it well.
Break a leg .
you should be bard from this thread
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To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow,
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,
To the last syllable of recorded time;
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow; a poor player,
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage,
And then is heard no more: it is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.
Macbeth (V.v.19)
Make it the kid way!
Give them a mirror to hold, or speak in front of…..
*looking in the mirror*
Tomorrow, tomorrow………….
*hum like the Annie song*
Write it done folks, this is news!
Put out the lights-
Everywhere I go my shadow follows me,
And why not!
No more long stories full of baloney.
They don’t mean nothing!
*glancing in the mirror again*
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,
To the last syllable of recorded time;
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow; a poor player,
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage,
And then is heard no more: it is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.
Macbeth (V.v.19)
Make it the kid way!
Give them a mirror to hold, or speak in front of…..
*looking in the mirror*
Tomorrow, tomorrow………….
*hum like the Annie song*
Write it done folks, this is news!
Put out the lights-
Everywhere I go my shadow follows me,
And why not!
No more long stories full of baloney.
They don’t mean nothing!
*glancing in the mirror again*
Macbeth For Kids
Hi Koan :-4
Ive got a wax pot, any use as a cauldron?
Ive got a wax pot, any use as a cauldron?
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It will be interesting to see what props we can come up with. I'm writing the dialogue in a really simple way that explains what is happening in simple words and with (I hope) a lot of humour.
ie) Banquo and Macbeth on way home from battle saying "Well, we ought to get a raise after this!"
ie) Banquo and Macbeth on way home from battle saying "Well, we ought to get a raise after this!"
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Bryn Mawr;618450 wrote: Give them a break - they're only kids :wah:
Hey, I grew up with a lot of guilt and I turned out ok.
Hey, I grew up with a lot of guilt and I turned out ok.