Short Shakespeare!
Macbeth
January 22
March 5, 2011
in CST's Courtyard Theater
by William Shakespeare
adapted and directed by David H. Bell
January 22
March 5, 2011
in CST's Courtyard Theater
by William Shakespeare
adapted and directed by David H. Bell
The Witches in Macbeth cast a spell together as they chant the famous lines, "Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn and cauldron bubble." Just like a chorus in a song today, the Witches repeat these famous lines throughout the spell. Using the Witches' lines from the scene below, create your own song, rap, or chant to share!
Act IV
Scene I
A cavern. In the middle, a boiling cauldron.
First Witch
Round about the cauldron go;
In the poisoned entrails throw.
Toad, that under cold stone
Days and nights has thirty-one
Sweltered venom sleeping got,
Boil thou first i' th’ 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,
Adder's fork and blind-worm's sting,
Lizard's leg and owlet's wing,
For a charm of powerful trouble,
Like a hell-broth boil, and bubble.
ALL
Double, double toil and trouble;
Fire burn and cauldron bubble.