The Weyard Sisters

Company: effemera theatre company Running time: 2h 40min approx Age recommendation: 13+ years

On the 15th of August 1057, Malcolm & Macduff took their revenge on Macbeth. What happened next?

The Weyard Sisters—sequel to ‘The Scottish Play’—focuses on the motivations, misunderstanding and persecution of female servants accused of witchcraft.

The play tells the ongoing story of Erlynn, housekeeper at Castle Dunsinane, her adopted changeling sister Marlin the swaine and their alcoholic sister-in-law, Portia, the Porter’s daughter as they apply their guile and opportunist initiative in their own best interests, blithely risking confrontation with Malcolm in his paranoid prejudice.

One of them dodges arrest, and one attempts to extricate herself from captivity by menacing her guard with threats of bad magic, but the third is forced to endure Macduff’s ruthless interrogation.

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