The Scottish Play

So I have started another play... although this one is going to take some doing. It is a play with in a play with a summer stock theatre's production of Macbeth. I'm putting my knowledge of Shakespeare on the line. I'm also trying to not say Shakespeare in the whole play, nor Macbeth... this is going to be hard. And of course it needs to be funny. Here is the first two scenes I've written. (Couple of Notes: (1) **means I have not decided on the name yet, if it is around the name of the character they are within Macbeth, but their 'real' name is yet to be decided. (2) This is my first draft.)


The Scottish Play

Setting: Everything happens either backstage or onstage in a small semi-professional summer Stock theatre, early in the summer season.

Act 1: Putting it all together
Scene 1: Meet me my sisters

Girl 1
Like OMG when are we going to get together?
Girl2
Let’s decide after this ‘rehearsal’ is like done. I mean who knows how long that will take.
Girl3
We should be done before the stores close in the mall.
Girl1
Should we meet there?
Girl2
No lets go to the parking lot we can meet the boys.
Stage Manager (off stage)
All right everyone gather on the stage please.
Girl1
Let’s go
Girl2
Ya come on
Girl3
I’m coming
All 3
Cool is boring, and boring is cool
Hey at least theatre is better than school.

Scene 2: Let's meet the cast.

Everyone is gathering on the stage, to start the rehearsal.

*Duncan*
So who is that new young man?
*Malcolm*
Not sure, I believe that our stage manager would have the answer? (whispering) *name* come here. Who is that young man?
SM (stage manager)
Which? Oh he’s playing Macduff, all though I forget his name. He is one of the actors from NYC that’s here for the summer. Supposedly he is one of the up and coming actors in NY, and we’re very lucky to have him, he’s rather brilliant.
*Duncan*
He seems the right sort of fella, not bad looking either. Although he does look rather lonely over there by himself.
SM
Well I am sure that he will get to know people around here fast enough. He was in a production of Hamlet in Boston that was supposed to be rather amazing. They say that his Hamlet was both mad and sane, soft spoken, yet sharp edged. I would have loved to have seen it.
*Malcolm*
Careful we’ll all think you had a crush
SM
I, well that’s foolish, don’t you, I mean I have not really even met him yet.
*Duncan*
Doubt thou the stars are fire,
Doubt the sun doth move,
Doubt truth to be a liar
but never doubt thy love
*Malcolm*
Oh really they have not even meet yet.
SM
Well I better gather the stragglers
*Malcolm*
That poor girl, you really should stop quoting the bard, it get annoying.
*Duncan*
Ah and who is this?
*Malcolm*
Young Andrew, back for another summer are we?
Andrew
Yes. So who is playing the Scottish Lord, who from Thane to king goes?
*Duncan*
It is Mr. Smith, I believe you met him last year? He will return once again to woo us all with his strutting and fretting.
Andrew
And unlike the raven he will not grow horse
*Malcolm*
Stop it, stop it, you’re a bad influence on this poor boy *Duncan*, no one quotes the bard sir grey beard.
*Duncan*
That’s not at all fair, but soft, fair ** our stage manager speaks.