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In my piece of course work I am going to compare Shakespeare's original Act 1 scene i from Macbeth, to Roman Polanski's modern film. Shakespeare wrote his play to be performed on stage. Elizabethan stages were in open air and had no curtains and no lighting so all performances had to take place in the afternoon. This meant that Macbeth had to depend heavily on words and descriptions of the atmosphere, to paint the scene. Polanski made a film this meaning that he could use special effects, shoot scenes from different locations and at different times during the day. Polanski also had the freedom to put what he thought would be appropriate into the film as he was directing this film for a modern day audience to be entertained. Taking this into account we can see how Polanski would need to change the original script. Act 1 scene i...

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