> Chris Olson - SunPS wrote: > > 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? Well, I know I've been threatened with saying it backstage. So, yeah. Along with a couple of other theater faux pas like whistling back stage. (Why would anyone care, unless it's during a performance, if I whistle back stage?) It's a superstition dating back awhile. A production was going on where some Bad Thing<tm> happened (I can't recall what it might have been) and it was decided that it was caused by someone who said Macbeth. Therefore, no one is allowed to say Macbeth, under penalty of being turned away from in disgust or annoyance. I will say, however, that not everyone agrees with this, and I've had more than one friend backstage with me saying: "Hey, what's that Scottish play called?" "What, you mean MACBETH?!?" Tehehe.... Chris