A summer
treat this week has been a trip to The Globe theatre on the South Bank to watch
a performance of the ‘Scottish Play’!
Macbeth isn’t exactly a laugh a minute! However, it was a super occasion in a packed auditorium with a brilliant performance.
On the train home I couldn’t help but reflect that in the plot, so early on – Scene One in fact - Macbeth is totally taken in by those sinister and beguiling witches. They dangle before him a meteoric rise to power; first he will add Thane of Cawdor to his honours and ultimately the crown of Scotland will be within his reach.
It’s been a long summer watching individuals, both here and the other side of the Atlantic, struggle for the top jobs – Trump and Boris to name just two!
Well in Shakespeare’s play, written in 1606, Macbeth becomes besotted with this prediction from the three witches. He is consumed by this myth of self and he makes it become a reality by usurping the throne after killing the king. It’s a great tragedy in which all too late our anti-hero realises what is ‘done cannot be undone’!
I wonder how we view ourselves? It’s a fine balance this understanding of self.
We neither want to believe all the compliments our loving grandmothers paid us – nor give in to the negative self doubts that all too often come from deep within.
The accompaniment of good friends alongside us on the journey of life and a prayerful spirit can help us achieve that healthy and workable balance which can enhance all our lives - a balanced view of ourselves in God's world.
Best wishes,
IanMacbeth isn’t exactly a laugh a minute! However, it was a super occasion in a packed auditorium with a brilliant performance.
On the train home I couldn’t help but reflect that in the plot, so early on – Scene One in fact - Macbeth is totally taken in by those sinister and beguiling witches. They dangle before him a meteoric rise to power; first he will add Thane of Cawdor to his honours and ultimately the crown of Scotland will be within his reach.
It’s been a long summer watching individuals, both here and the other side of the Atlantic, struggle for the top jobs – Trump and Boris to name just two!
Well in Shakespeare’s play, written in 1606, Macbeth becomes besotted with this prediction from the three witches. He is consumed by this myth of self and he makes it become a reality by usurping the throne after killing the king. It’s a great tragedy in which all too late our anti-hero realises what is ‘done cannot be undone’!
I wonder how we view ourselves? It’s a fine balance this understanding of self.
We neither want to believe all the compliments our loving grandmothers paid us – nor give in to the negative self doubts that all too often come from deep within.
The accompaniment of good friends alongside us on the journey of life and a prayerful spirit can help us achieve that healthy and workable balance which can enhance all our lives - a balanced view of ourselves in God's world.
Best wishes,
p.s. Might also be best, if you come across three witches standing by the roadside, to take absolutely no notice of them – whatever they promise you in the ‘hurlyburly’ of life!!
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