ACT IV, Scene 1 Three Witches, Macbeth, Visions Scene:  A cavern.  In the middle, a boiling cauldron.    {Thunder}        First Witch:  Thrice the brinded cat hath mew'd.       Second Witch:  Thrice and once the hedge-pig whined.        Third Witch:  Harpier cries 'Tis time, 'tis time.        First Witch:  Round about the cauldron go;                      In the poison'd entrails throw.                      Toad, that under cold stone                      Days and nights has thirty-one Swelter'd venom sleeping got,                      Boil thou first i' the charmed pot.                ALL:  Double, double toil and trouble;                      Fire burn, and cauldron bubble.       Second Witch:  Fillet of a fenny snake,                      In the cauldron boil and bake;                      Eye of newt and toe of frog,                      Wool of bat and tongue of dog,                      For a charm of powerful trouble,                      Like a hell-broth boil and bubble.                ALL:  Double, double toil and trouble;                      Fire burn and cauldron bubble.        Third Witch:  Scale of dragon, tooth of wolf,          Witches' mummy, maw and gulf                      Of the ravin'd salt-sea shark,                      Root of hemlock digg'd i' the dark,                      Finger of birth-strangled babe                      Ditch-deliver'd by a drab,                      Make the gruel thick and slab.                ALL:  Double, double toil and trouble;                      Fire burn and cauldron bubble.       Second Witch:  Cool it with a baboon's blood,                      Then the charm is firm and good.       Second Witch:  By the pricking of my thumbs,                      Something wicked this way comes.                      {Enter MACBETH.}            MACBETH:  How now, you secret, black, and midnight hags!                      What is't you do?                ALL:                  A deed without a name.            MACBETH:  I conjure you, by that which you profess, Howe'er you come to know it, answer me:                      To what I ask you.        First Witch:                   Speak.       Second Witch:                        Demand.        Third Witch:                               We'll answer.        First Witch:  Say, if thou'dst rather hear it from our mouths,                      Or from our masters?            MACBETH:                     Call 'em; let me see 'em.        First Witch:  Pour in sow's blood, that hath eaten                      Her nine farrow; grease that's sweaten                      From the murderer's gibbet throw                      Into the flame.                ALL:                Come, high or low;                      Thyself and office deftly show!                      {Thunder.  First Apparition:  an armed Head.}            MACBETH:  Tell me, thou unknown power,--        First Witch:                               He knows thy thought:                      Hear his speech, but say thou nought.   First Apparition:  Macbeth!  Macbeth!  Macbeth!  beware Macduff;                      Beware the thane of Fife.  Dismiss me.  Enough.                      [Descends.]            MACBETH:  Whate'er thou art, for thy good caution, thanks;                      Thou hast harp'd my fear aright:  but one word more,--        First Witch:  He will not be commanded:  here's another,                      More potent than the first.                      {Thunder.  Second Apparition:  A bloody Child.}  Second Apparition:  Macbeth!  Macbeth!  Macbeth!            MACBETH:  Had I three ears, I'ld hear thee.  Second Apparition:  Be bloody, bold, and resolute; laugh to scorn                      The power of man, for none of woman born                      Shall harm Macbeth.                      [Descends.]            MACBETH:  Then live, Macduff:  what need I fear of thee?                      {Thunder.  Third Apparition:  a Child crowned, with a tree in his hand.}                                                   What is this                      That rises like the issue of a king,                      And wears upon his baby-brow the round                      And top of sovereignty?                ALL:                        Listen, but speak not to't.   Third Apparition:  Be lion-mettled, proud; and take no care                      Who chafes, who frets, or where conspirers are:                      Macbeth shall never vanquish'd be until                      Great Birnam wood to high Dunsinane hill                      Shall come against him.                      [Descends.]            MACBETH:                        That will never be                      Who can impress the forest, bid the tree                      Unfix his earth-bound root?  Sweet bodements! good!          Yet my heart                      Throbs to know one thing: tell me, if your art                      Can tell so much: shall Banquo's issue ever                      Reign in this kingdom?                ALL:                       Seek to know no more.            MACBETH:  I will be satisfied: deny me this,                      And an eternal curse fall on you!  Let me know.        First Witch:  Show!       Second Witch:  Show!        Third Witch:  Show!                      {A show of Eight Kings, the last with a glass in his hand; GHOST OF BANQUO following.}            MACBETH:  Thou art too like the spirit of Banquo: down!                      Thy crown does sear mine eye-balls.  And thy hair,                      Thou other gold-bound brow, is like the first.                      A third is like the former.  Filthy hags!                      Why do you show me this?  A fourth!  Start, eyes!                      What, will the line stretch out to the crack of doom?                      Another yet!  A seventh!  I'll see no more:                      And yet the eighth appears, who bears a glass                      Which shows me many more; Now, I see, 'tis true;                      For the blood-bolter'd Banquo smiles upon me,                      And points at them for his.                      [Apparitions vanish.]            MACBETH:  Where are they?  Gone?  Let this pernicious hour                      Stand aye accursed in the calendar!                      Come in, without there!                      {Enter LENNOX.}             LENNOX:                        What's your grace's will?            MACBETH:  Saw you the weird sisters?             LENNOX:                           No, my lord.            MACBETH:  Came they not by you?             LENNOX:                      No, indeed, my lord.            MACBETH:  Infected be the air whereon they ride; who was't came by?             LENNOX:  'Tis two or three, my lord, that bring you word                      Macduff is fled to England.            MACBETH:                            Fled to England!             LENNOX:  Ay, my good lord. MACBETH:                        From this moment                      The very firstlings of my heart shall be                      The firstlings of my hand.  And even now,                      To crown my thoughts with acts, be it thought and done:                      The castle of Macduff I will surprise;                      Seize upon Fife; give to the edge o' the sword                      His wife, his babes, and all unfortunate souls That trace him in his line.  No boasting like a fool;                      This deed I'll do before this purpose cool.                      But no more sights!                      [Exeunt.]

The Three witches. Sam, Anthony, and Andy are on stage grouped around (but behind) a cauldron on a table. Macbeth , Will, off to the side  (Witch voices)  The three witches jump and circle around while speaking in a sinister voice While Speaking, witches throw in to the cauldron various items. One witch stirring continuously. The three witches jump and circle around while speaking in a sinister voice  Witch three throws in items(gummy bears) into the cauldron   The three witches jump and circle around while speaking in a sinister voice Witch two pretends to poke his finger Tests the potion by sticking finger in and licking.  Macbeth walks toward witches Aghast, Peers into cauldron and speaks bravely Very assertive voice  Each witch steps forward when they speak Questioningly   As the word ‘murderer’ is spoken, witch looks at Macbeth First Apparition (Alex) pops out from behind a table, furniture right after Macbeth takes a drink of potion. Witches do not look/notice any apparitions  Alex runs to the other side of the stage where he prepares for the second apparitions   Gives Macbeth a refill Alex comes back onto scene with Macbeth’s back turned as Macbeth drinks second refill. When Macbeth turns around he sees Alex carrying bloody doll doing ventriloquism. Alex talks in a firm voice Apparition walks away  Macbeth becomes more confident      Alex again, carrying stick/tree with crown  Witches speak in unision Reaffirming Macbeth that he cannot be killed   Alex exits the stage Bodements-prediction  Witches speak in unision Each witch steps forward as he speaks Because we ran out of actors, there will be no ghost, but instead it is Macbeth imagining and talking to air.  Cue the eerie music Macbeth faints, falls to ground The witches clean up the stage and exit the stage with the cauldron Wakes up, clearly shaken in the cave, but all remains of the witches have disappeared Lennox appears with a hat that acts like a helmet, he comes riding in on a horse Regains composure Lennox speaks exactly like a messenger would to his master Macbeth speaks questioningly Crescendo of bravery Macbeth and Lennox ride away off stage