The tragedy of Macbeth
by Roman Polanski: 1971

The witches' opening

Thunder and lightning.
Enter three WITCHES.
     First Witch
 1   When shall we three meet again?
 2   In thunder, lightning, or in rain?
     Second Witch
 3   When the hurlyburly's done,
 4   When the battle's lost and won.
     Third Witch
 5   That will be ere the set of sun.
     First Witch
 6   Where the place?
     Second Witch
      Upon the heath.
     Third Witch
 7   There to meet with Macbeth.
     First Witch
 8   I come, Graymalkin!
     Second Witch
 9   Paddock calls.
     Third Witch
10    Anon.
     ALL
11   Fair is foul, and foul is fair:
12   Hover through the fog and filthy air
          Exeunt.

 

 

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The witches' prophecy

MACBETH
 38   So foul and fair a day I have not seen.
      BANQUO
 39   How far is't call'd to Forres? — What are these
 40   So wither'd and so wild in their attire,
 41   That look not like the inhabitants o' the earth,
 42   And yet are on't? Live you? or are you aught
 43   That man may question? You seem to understand me,
 44   By each at once her choppy finger laying
 45   Upon her skinny lips: you should be women,
 46   And yet your beards forbid me to interpret
 47   That you are so.
      MACBETH
       Speak, if you can: what are you?
      First Witch
 48   All hail, Macbeth! hail to thee, Thane of Glamis!
      Second Witch
 49   All hail, Macbeth, hail to thee, Thane of Cawdor!
      Third Witch
 50   All hail, Macbeth, thou shalt be king hereafter!
      BANQUO
 51   Good sir, why do you start, and seem to fear
 52   Things that do sound so fair? — I' the name of truth,
 53   Are ye fantastical, or that indeed
 54   Which outwardly ye show? My noble partner
 55   You greet with present grace and great prediction
 56   Of noble having and of royal hope,
 57   That he seems rapt withal; to me you speak not.
 58   If you can look into the seeds of time,
 59   And say which grain will grow and which will not,
 60   Speak then to me, who neither beg nor fear
 61   Your favours nor your hate.
      First Witch
 62   Hail!
      Second Witch
 63   Hail!
      Third Witch
 64   Hail!
      First Witch
 65   Lesser than Macbeth, and greater.
      Second Witch
 66   Not so happy, yet much happier.
      Third Witch
 67   Thou shalt get kings, though thou be none:
 68   So all hail, Macbeth and Banquo!
      First Witch
 69   Banquo and Macbeth, all hail!
      MACBETH
 70   Stay, you imperfect speakers, tell me more:
 71   By Sinel's death I know I am Thane of Glamis;
 72   But how of Cawdor? The Thane of Cawdor lives,
 73   A prosperous gentleman; and to be king
 74   Stands not within the prospect of belief,
 75   No more than to be Cawdor. Say from whence
 76   You owe this strange intelligence, or why
 77   Upon this blasted heath you stop our way
 78   With such prophetic greeting? Speak, I charge you.

           Witches vanish.

 

Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow...

 
Patrick Stuart in
Macbeth:
To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow,
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,
To the last syllable of recorded time;
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player,
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage,
And then is heard no more. It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.

Macbeth Act 5, scene 5, 19–28

Giuseppe Verdi: Macbeth
Leo Nucci - Shirley Verrett (completo)

 

00.31:00: Lady Macbeth e Macbeth
2:04:00: E' morta la regina