Macbeth Act 2 Scene 1

One may wonder why written plays provide leeway to not just one, but thousands of productions worldwide. Reasoning behind this suggests that analysis and inquiry of the text in plays, like Shakespeare’s Macbeth, differs across audiences. Despite the division, the director and only the director has the ability to use his own personal interpretation and reconstruct the words of the text to a physical production. The director’s take on their production can essentially alter the perspective the author hoped to initially illustrate. Through casting, costuming, and stagecraft, a director can ultimately modify the play to one that may not mirror the author’s intentional interpretation of the text, but rather their own. Macbeth is a play who directors
In this scene, King Duncan’s death is exposed to the characters in the play. Despite their new understanding, Shakespeare’s use of dramatic irony has disclosed this information to the audience before hand. The ability to reshape the characterization and staging of any scene in this play allows for a director to choose from limitless interpretations and execute them to his liking. I have fused my own interpretations of Act 2 Scene 1 with those of previous productions and constructed a plan for execution of this scene in Macbeth had I been the
Upon entering the room, Macbeth is the first one to scream bloody murder. His voice should escalate so severely that Hough and Gyllenhaal would have jumped back had they not known it was coming. All three men are to weep together until Lady Macbeth, played by Rita Wilson, enters the room. She acts traumatized by the sight and flees from the house acting horrified and sick. Her screams must project over all other voices at this time. The three men remain in the bed room quietly conversing, while Malcolm and Donalbain (Cole and Dylan Sprouse), wearing shorts and t-shirts, see Lady Macbeth and sprint into the house knowing their father stayed there overnight. The two brothers should act less sad and more worried about what the death of their father means for their own future. Donalbain is to have an extreme anxiety attack, and Malcolm leads him off the stage holding him by the shoulder. Macbeth, Macduff, and Lennox continue to converse and as the conversation persists, Macbeth should gradually begin to stutter and then becomes hesitant to speak and leads them down the spiral staircase and out the door. Macduff notices his hesitance and whispers to Lennox as they proceed out the door. When the door shuts, Macbeth should not weep, nor express any kind of guilt about his sin; he merely orders the guard to take care of the dead