The Man Who Would Be King
In 1040 King Duncan invaded Moray. Macbeth defeated and killed Duncan at Pitgaveny near Elgin and was then inaugurated King at the Moot Hill.
https://trm.barrd.dev/king-macbeth/the-real-macbeth/would-be-king/
Whaur’s yer Willie Shakespeare noo?
11 Sept, Royal Society of Edinburgh – free, ticketed
How does Scots language come alive on stage – and what does it say about us?
Playwright Ian Brown & linguist Jeremy Smith explore the Scots & English language varieties woven into THE SCOTCH PLAY (1990) – Brown’s reimagining of Shakespeare’s Macbeth
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/whaurs-yer-willie-shakespeare-noo-tickets-1489136991829
Siward, Earl of Northumbria, invaded #Scotland and defeated #Macbeth, King of Scotland, somewhere north of the Firth of Forth OTD in 1054; see Macbeth's grave on the Isle of Iona https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/uk/scotland-isle-of-iona/iona.html?s=mb #travel #history
"Thou art kind."
#ScottishPlay
#Macbeth
#Tragedies
> I tag haiku
East meets West!
> because the witches were discussing the weather, if I recall.
If I recall correctly (do I?), one of them told the others how she had sent a storm after a ship whose master's wife had offended her.
P.S.
If that allusion is too obscure:
the three witches greet Macbeth, ending with
"All hail, Macbeth, who shalt be king hereafter!"
Then Banquo, his comrade-in-arms, inquires about himself and is told:
"Lesser than Macbeth and greater.
Thou shalt get kings though thou be none."
["Get" for"beget".]
G.
Cauldron. Charcoal on paper.
'Tres Bruxas' / 'Three Witches'
Macbeth Act 4 Scene 1.
A cavern. In the middle, a boiling cauldron.
Thunder. Enter the three Witches.
[ Prints : https://james-mccormack.pixels.com/featured/cauldron-james-mccormack.html ]
Is good.
The igniting of Macbeth's urge to be king.
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Tonight's #TableTopShakespeare is set to be #Macbeth.
So far we've had,
1. elite power struggle,
2. silly lads professing love,
3. elite power struggle.
None of those had "high speeches" in them that I know of. So I missed them nought.
But,
"Double, double toil and trouble", might be too much like cheese on a pizza.
An absence might subvert the whole deal.
I keep seeing this Bucharest sign out of the corner of my eye and thinking of Macbeth.
"Hail Maxbet! Who shalt be king hereafter."
#BostonWeekend 18/x
Fri-Sat - #Shakespeare - The Scottish Play (appears to be staged in a contemporary setting & exploring AI/algorithms) $20, #DorchesterMA https://commshakes.org/production/macbeth-stage2-public-performances/
#Macbeth #BostonTheatre
Day 33 cont 
A Lady Macbeth comes to mind.
“Hume says it’s too early to discuss replacing #PeterDutton Shadow finance minister #JaneHume was asked on #ABCNews (#HateNews) Breakfast a little earlier about whether she sees shadow treasurer #AngusTaylor as a future #leader of the party.
Hume says it’s “too early” to have those conversations.
You do not read the #entrails until you have #gutted the #chicken. We will be working for every vote up until 6 on election day.
(my emphasis, "Out, damned spot!”)
Asked whether she wants to keep her finance portfolio, Hume says: “I hope so … but that is entirely up to the leader.” She adds:
#DemocracySausages are my favourite meal. If I was on #DeathRow and they asked me what my #LastMeal would be? A sausage in bread with onion and #TomatoSauce.”
A Freudian slip (#parapraxis)?
#AusPol / #Liberals / #Nationals / #LiberalNational / #LNP / #MacBeth / #shakespeare <https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/may/02/australia-election-2025-live-last-day-campaign-anthony-albanese-peter-dutton-labor-coalition-poll-voting-ntwnfb?filterKeyEvents=false&page=with%3Ablock-6814029c8f08ca89058036c7#block-6814029c8f08ca89058036c7>
"I still feel the chill in my bones from last night's performance, and expect a part of it to last forever."
- Audience Member
Our #Macbeth at Fort Point has just a few tickets remaining - don't miss your chance to experience this production in one of the coldest, windiest parts of #SanFrancisco
Photo by Lauren Matley
Lady Macbeth: But glue your courage to the sticking place
And we'll not fail,
#GlueASongPoemOrLimerick
#HashTagGames #Shakespeare #Macbeth #LadyMacbeth #Literature
What I should be focussing on: work.
What I’m thinking about: Macbeth.
The Scottish shortbread Play
#SweetToothABookOrPlay #HashTagGames #macbeth
"A drum, a drum! Macbeth doth come."
We're bringing it back!
#Macbeth returns to Fort Point with a (mostly) new, all-female cast. Whether you saw it a decade ago and can't wait to gather once again with the witches on that foggy heath or if you've only heard tell of the slamming of the sally-port that starts the show - you don't want to miss this tale for our time.
I think they thought they were doing a proper #dramatic performance, not #satire or #farce. It was in one of the tiniest theatres I've ever seen; there were only 3 rows of about 8 seats each. The front row was only a meter from the stage, just enough room for people to people to walk in.
The #stage was tiny, a meter deep with nothing but a curtain as their backdrop and just a couple of props, like the chair. The performers were at the edge of the stage, within arm's reach of the audience. We were in the first row, but thankfully we were at one end of the row, so there was about 3 meters between me and Lady MacBeth. I was barely able to contain my laughter; if I had been in the center, with Lady MacBeth looking directly into my eyes while MacBeth was engaging in his business and she was delivering her monologue, I never could have kept it together.
It was one of the strangest things I've ever seen. I suppose that's why it was part of a Fringe festival.
I don't remember the name of the company that performed it, or if they called their performance something other than #MacBeth. I don't remember what bits they cut and what they performed. But Lady MacBeth giving it her all, with her #rump raised to her husband and he keeping time with it, will remain burned in my #memory until the end of my days.
If anyone else out there saw this #performance, please speak up. Sometimes I wonder if it was all just a fever #dream.
3/3
Note: slight "#mature" theme here. I'm not applying a CW - when I was a kid, this would have caused a 12-year-old to titter, but kids these days have read and seen far more explicit stuff a thousand times.
So I wanted to post something that wasn't politics, that isn't news or topical. Something amusing, maybe, and something I've not posted before. I happened to be reminded of the novel Singularity Sky by Charles Stross yesterday, which has as #inspiration for part of it the #Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
That reminded me of a Fringe experience of mine. So here it is. It won't make you rich, or smarter, or wiser, but maybe will give you a laugh.
My partner and I went to a tiny Fringe festival in a small town some years ago. It was basically a whistle stop between two cities in western Canada; I have no idea why the touring Fringe would even stop there, but it did, at least some of it.
One of the performances we saw was a version of MacBeth. It was highly #abbreviated, sort of a cross between a Reader's Digest condensed version, and what you would get if P.D.Q. Bach had an English cousin who did Shakespeare.
1/3
G.
Cauldron. Charcoal on paper.
'Tres Bruxas' / 'Three Witches'
Macbeth Act 4 Scene 1.
A cavern. In the middle, a boiling cauldron.
Thunder. Enter the three Witches.
[ Prints : https://james-mccormack.pixels.com/featured/cauldron-james-mccormack.html?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social ]
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