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   Hail, King of Scotland!       [flourish]

 

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Macbeth                      Act V, Scene viii, Line 59

Macduff has just brought in the head of Macbeth, and everyone is satisfied that Malcom will now be king. Malcom gives us about fifteen lines of a speech, and that’s that. Curtain falls to thunderous applause.

So, what do we think of that? Malcom is one of the sons of Duncan (remember Duncan? The guy murdered in his bed back in the second act?), so now that Macbeth is gone it seems perfectly proper that Malcom become king. But wait: what about the witches’ prediction that Banquo’s offspring would be king? The recent production of Macbeth with Denzel Washington in the lead addresses the Banquo question by adding a scene to Will’s script that shows Banquo’s son Fleance in the last scene. It doesn’t tell how, but reminds us that there is more to come.

I wonder if anyone’s ever written the story of Fleance? If they hadn’t, someone probably will now after that production.

Fleance the King 

Keep an eye out for it.

Mojo always takes me literally.

He's keeping an eye out for Fleance the King. He has no idea who or what Fleance the King is, but he's keeping an eye out for it.