Characters
spearean’s Principal Cast Shakespeare’s Cast
  Cormac   Douglas   Macbeth   Fleance
  Lileas   Thorold   Thane of Ross   Banquo
  Anna   Others The Three Wyrd Sisters (The Witches) also Weird Sisters
The Three Wyrd Sisters

For our design of the three Wyrd sisters, we chose to used the description from Banquo and Macbeth which told us they were fantastical scary creatures rather than human women. They told us the Wyrd sisters were connected to the elements of Earth, Water and Wind and we know from elsewhere in the play that they each have an animal familiar which it is believed they could shapeshift into. We combined this information into forming our creatures you will see in the film.

We also created voices which reflected both the elements and the creature familiars. And we encouraged our Wyrd Sisters to talk in riddles with prophecy...

 

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