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...risks. The stage itself was not only a grand aesthetic risk--with its maze of entrances, Ptydepe graffitied walls, a slide, a crooked door and a rope swing reserved for Gross' boyhood digressions--it also proved a physical risk in what some are calling the visitation of the old "Macbeth curse." Jason S. Chaffin '00-'01 (Stroll) sprained his ankle during a rehearsal, Malka Resnicoff (Ms. P) was injured and had to be replaced by none other than Hostetler, and Mimi Asness '02 (Maria) punctured her finger while striking the set. But for all its hazards, the set, designed...
According to an age-old actor's superstition, uttering the name "Macbeth" in a theater brings ill luck upon the show...
Cast and crew members insisted that the injuries associated with the play were not the results of a bad set or untrained actors. Rather, the cast and crew agreed that that the bad luck's true cause was Macbeth's curse...
Lead actor Thomas H. Price '02 agreed. "Our theory is that someone said the name of Macbeth in the theater" and invoked the "Scottish Curse...
When Stage Manager Carrie S. Shuchart '02 was asked about the bad luck she replied," Somebody said Macbeth early on. Was that...