Shakespeare Lives in Schools; Macbeth animation

Schools around the world celebrate Shakespeare Lives in schools day on Friday December 2nd 2016. Watch our crowd sourced Macbeth featuring schools from around the world, plus animations by Nick Hayes. Narrated by Fiona Shaw CBE.

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Closed Caption:

Macbeth, by William Shakespeare
Scotland is at war and has just won a great battle.
Macbeth, a general in the Scottish army, is the hero of the fight.
On his way home, Macbeth and his friend Banquo meet three mysterious witches.
When shall we three meet again, in thunder lightning or rain?
When the hurlyburly’s done, when the battle’s lost and won.
That will be ere the set of sun.
Where's the place?
Upon the heath.
There to meet with Macbeth.
The witches already know Macbeth’s name.
They tell him he will be promoted,
and will have more money and power.
Then they tell him that after he has been promoted, he will become the new King of Scotland.
What are these so withered and so wild in their attire.
That look not like inhabitants of the earth and yet are on it.
Speak, if you can: I charge you.
All hail, Macbeth! hail to thee, thane of Glamis!
All hail, Macbeth! hail to thee, thane of Cawdor!
All Hail, Macbeth, thou shalt be king hereafter!
Macbeth is confused and really doesn’t believe the witches.
But Macbeth receives a letter from King Duncan telling him he has been promoted,
and that he has more money and power.
Macbeth starts to wonder if he will become King one day too.
Macbeth writes a letter to his wife, Lady Macbeth,
telling her what the witches said and about his promotion from King Duncan.
She becomes excited about the idea of her husband becoming King,
as she wants to be in power herself.
Dear the love of my life, it has been years since I’ve seen you.
I have missed your kind touch and your soft hugs.
It has been a long hard fought war but your love has kept me strong.
I know that you, have missed me as well.
It breaks my heart when I have leave to go to war.
I have deep deep feeling for you Lady Macbeth.
I miss your soft brown hair and your excellent dress sense and all your imperfections.
I just want to feel your soft kiss against my hurt but soft lips.
My arm is broken but don’t worry, the man who broke it is no longer alive.
I love you my princess in every single way.
Lady Macbeth is worried that her husband won't do anything to become King,
so she comes up with a plan to murder King Duncan,
who is coming to stay at the Macbeth's castle that night
Macbeth sees a knife in front of him.
He knows it is wrong, but he decides to kill King Duncan.
When King Duncan is discovered dead in the morning,
Macbeth lies and tells everyone that the Guards killed the King.
King Duncan’s son Malcolm worries that his life is in danger, so he runs away to England.
Macbeth becomes King of Scotland and Lady Macbeth becomes Queen.
Macbeth is worried that his friend Banquo knows that he killed King Duncan.
He decides that Banquo must die too and so he orders someone to kill him.
At dinner that night, Macbeth sees Banquo’s ghost in front of him.
No one else can see it and Macbeth is very frightened, acting strangely in front of his dinner guests.
Who is that!
What do you mean, there is nobody there.
But…but… he is there!
Macbeth goes to see the witches again.
He asks the witches if he’s in danger.
They tell him he is safe until a nearby forest comes to the door of his castle.
This is so unlikely that Macbeth is relieved
Lady Macbeth starts sleepwalking.
She feels very guilty about King Duncan’s murder.
She thinks she can see blood on her hands and can't get them clean.
In despair, she kills herself.
You see her eyes are open.
Aye, but their senses are shut.
Yet, here is a spot. Damn spot, out I say!
Yet who would have thought that the old man have had so much blood in him.
Do you mark that?
What? Will these hands never be clean?
No more that my lord, no more that. Oh!
Macbeth has many enemies.
King Duncan’s son Malcolm has organised an army to attack Macbeth’s Castle.
Fear not, till Birnam wood do come to Dunsinane.
But now a wood comes toward Dunsinane. – Arm, arm and out!
The soldiers use tree branches to distinguish themselves.
It appears as if the forest is coming to the door of the castle.
Macbeth realises that this means he is in danger.
Macbeth’s army is drawn into a great battle.
The witches were right and Macbeth is killed at the hands of his enemies.
King Duncan’s son, Malcolm becomes the new King of Scotland.
People of Scotland, I am Malcolm.
Now our Kingdom is safe.
Praise the lord, because I am the King! I am the successor of King Duncan.