Aside - many of my favorite SF authors are interested in theater - SKZB (Vlad, anyway), Wolfe (Dr. Talos's troupe, one of his Liavek stories), Austen (_Mansfield Park_), John M. Ford (_Casting Fortune_ and _Growing Up Weightless_). On Thu, 20 Feb 2003, Andrew Lias 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? > > 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). > > _________________________________________________________________ > Tired of spam? Get advanced junk mail protection with MSN 8. > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail > >