The modern-dress show opens not with Scottish lord Macbeth putting down the Thane of Cawdor’s rebellion against King Duncan and then encountering three witches, but with his wife Lady Macbeth ...
It’s whiffy. Oh, they’re witches! They prophesise that Macbeth will be promoted to Thane of Cawdor and eventually be king! They tell Banquo he won’t be king, but his kids will! And whattayaknow!