Shakespeare Gets a Facelift: Macbeth

1. Original Version transformed to Updated Version

   1. Characters

      1. 3 Witches

         1. Psychic hotline

      2. Macbeth and Lady Macbeth

         1. Corporate lawyer, Jane Doe, and her husband, Jack

      3. King Duncan

         1. Founder of the law firm, Oswald Duncan

      4. Malcolm and Donalbain, Duncan's sons

      5. Macduff

      6. Banquo

         1. Other senior partners

   2. Setting

      1. Scotland

         1. New York City

   3. Plot

      1. Witches plant ambitious thoughts in Macbeth's mind

         1. Frivolous call to psychic hotline during a party plants seeds of ambition

      2. Lady Macbeth driven by even greater ambition, manipulates Macbeth into killing King Duncan

         1. Jack manipulates Jane into ruthless business practices; Duncan dies of a stroke.

      3. Macbeth blames murder on King's sons and usurps throne

         1. Evidence against other partners is manufactured so they are indicted by SEC and arrested

      4. Guilt and fate bring down Macbeth's kingdom

         1. Money and prestige are no protection against haunting by Duncan's ghost. Jane is sold out by a junior partner. Bankruptcy, divorce, depression, institutionalization.

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