Editing Fleance (section)

===Theatre and screen versions===
Theatre and screen versions of ''Macbeth'' have sometimes elaborated on Fleance's role.{{cn|date=October 2024}}

In [[Orson Welles]]'s film version of ''[[Macbeth (1948)|Macbeth]]'' (1948), Fleance is briefly seen again at the very end of the movie. He does not speak in this scene, but he has returned to Scotland with the army of [[Malcolm (Macbeth)|Malcolm]] and Macduff, and is shown along with those hailing Malcolm as the new king after the killing of Macbeth.

The [[BBC Shakespeare]] version of ''Macbeth'' shows Fleance in the final scene, implying his future role in bringing Banquo's line to the throne.<ref>Shakespeare and Barnet, pp. 198–99</ref>

In ''[[Joe MacBeth]]'' (1955), the first film to transpose ''Macbeth'' into a gang and Mafia-like setting, Fleance is replaced by a character named Lenny. Lenny's father, Banky, is killed, but Lenny escapes, and gathers a group of angry mobsters to overthrow Macbeth, who has, through a series of murders, made himself the kingpin gangster in the area. Lenny is successful in killing Macbeth in the end, but only after Macbeth has murdered most of his family.<ref>Burt, p. 201</ref> In another gangster adaptation, ''[[Men of Respect]]'' (1991), Fleance is replaced by a character named Phil, who similarly helps overthrow Mike (Macbeth) after his father, Bankie (Banquo), is murdered. Phil is inducted into the gang at the end of the film, when Mal (Malcolm) has taken over, suggesting that the violent gang culture will continue through generations.<ref>Burt, p. 101, 209</ref> This sentiment echoes into the final scenes of [[Penny Woolcock]]'s ''[[Macbeth on the Estate]]''. Macduff shoots Macbeth and takes a ring (representing his high status) off Macbeth's finger. Entering a bar, he flips it to Malcolm, saying, "Hail, king." Malcolm puts it on with some show and elbows his way to the front of the bar. One of the characters he elbows is Fleance (a [[skinhead]]), who makes a mock gun out of his fingers and "shoots" at the back of the darker-skinned Malcolm's skull. Again this makes it clear that the violence will not end with the new generation.<ref>Holland, p. 52</ref><ref>Burt, p. 103</ref>

In ''[[Throne of Blood]]'', a Japanese adaptation of the play, Fleance is replaced by Yoshiteru, a character played by [[Akira Kubo]].{{sfn|Erskine|2000|p=211}} The Macbeth and Banquo characters, Washizu and Miki, are told by an old woman spinning wool in a hut that while Washizu will rule the Forest Castle one day, Miki's son Yoshiteru will eventually inherit it for himself. Washizu takes the throne and at one point is about to make Yoshiteru his heir, but changes his mind when his wife tells him she is pregnant. Washizu instead arranges to have Yoshiteru and his father killed, but Yoshiteru escapes.<ref>Rothwell, p. 186</ref><ref>Burt, p. 202</ref> Another adaptation filmed in India, ''[[Maqbool]]'' (2003), replaces Fleance with a character named Guddu. Maqbool (Macbeth) attempts to have Guddu murdered to strengthen power within the organised crime circle. Guddu, however, survives and marries the daughter of the former crime lord.<ref>Burt, p. 217</ref>

In ''[[Macbett]]'', [[Eugène Ionesco]]'s 1972 stage adaptation, Fleance is merged with the Malcolm character. Macol (Malcolm), who is thought to be King Duncan's son, is revealed to be Banco's (Banquo's). Duncan, wanting a male heir, adopted Macol. Macol fills the role of Malcolm in taking the kingdom from Macbett (Macbeth) at the end of the play.<ref>Burt, p. 783</ref>

In the [[Macbeth (2006 film)|2006 modern dress film adaptation]], set among gangsters in [[Melbourne]], Fleance ([[Craig Stott]]) is depicted as a teenage boy, looking slightly older than in the original play. He also appears a bit more often, mainly in the scenes of Act V, where he sneaks on board a truck full of timber and witnesses the death of Macbeth before killing the maid and being directed home by [[Macduff (Macbeth)|Macduff]].{{cn|date=October 2024}}

In [[Joel Coen]]'s [[The_Tragedy of Macbeth (2021 film)|2021 film]], Fleance (Lucas Barker) is retrieved from the Old Man ([[Kathryn Hunter]]) by (the more prominent than usual) character of Ross ([[Alex Hassell]]), who has played an ambiguous role throughout the film.{{cn|date=October 2024}}