Dragaera

Dragaera and Shakespeare [Spoiler for POTD]

Thu Feb 20 16:27:54 PST 2003

>>Chris (Who, as an actor, has NO problem mentioning Macbeth in a
>>theater house, and gets a certain morbid pleasure out of it....:)
>
>Is that some sort of acting faux pas?

More of a superstition.  The idea is that the play is cursed and that, to 
name it, is to bring bad luck upon the production.  It should, instead, be 
referred to as "The Scottish Play".

It's much like the way that actors say "break a leg" before performances to 
avoid jinxing an actor (apparently, wishing one good luck is bad luck and 
vice versa -- go figure).

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