Hecate, goddess of witchcraft, responds to the three witches in Scene 1 of Act IV of Shakespeare’s Macbeth at Valley Park in Hurricane.

The Rustic Mechanicals treated its audience to a Shakespearience with a presentation of William Shakespeare’s Macbeth on Saturday, July 26. The troupe excels in re-creating an environment that mirrors the historical setting of the first performance more than four hundred years ago.

The audience spanned every age bracket. For some, the production was a first exposure to the works of the Bard of Avon. For others, it brought to memory of long ago high school English studies. For a very few, it was a preview of studies yet to come.

The troupe is in Week 6 of its season which takes it to Pennsylvania, Ohio, Kentucky, Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia. The Rustic Mechanicals have made stopovers in Hurricane each and every July in recent years.

Area residents who missed out on Macbeth this last week will have a second chance at a Shakespearience on November 6 and 7 as the troupe will bring its production to Huntington.

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