Word: plainsong
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Kahn emphasizes the ubiquity of the clairvoyant witches, he has also underlined the Christian milieu in which his characters live. In fact he had framed his production with a mimed prologue and epilogue, both laid in church. Accompanied by the ringing of bells and the chanting of plainsong, the show opens with King Duncan receiving communion and ends with his son Malcolm being crowned. The officiating priest, crosier in hand, also functions as the Old Man who talks with Ross, and later as the Messenger who urges Lady Macduff to flee with her children...