Synopsis:

An exciting new edition of Shakespeare's play for younger people, adapted by Carl Heap. This is one of four plays published to coincide with the National Theatre Education Department's tour of UK primary schools. A production of this version of Macbeth runs at the Cottesloe (National Theatre) in February 2009. Seven actors play multiple characters and a plethora of instruments in this engaging and inventive production, providing perhaps the best introduction for a child not only to Shakespeare, but to the transforming magic of theatre itself.