My English teahcer doesn't, or the students she have taught would all be dead now... lol :D
So, I don't truly believe this - do you? :)
2007-05-26 23:31:15 · 12 answers · asked by Quynh N 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
No me neither, its just superstitious nonsense, probably to add a bit more excitement, you know to get more people going to the theater etc...
2007-05-27 00:06:31 · answer #1 · answered by butterfly01_2004 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is superstition that started centuries ago...
It is called "the Bards play" or "the Scottish play"...
The original reason why the play was deemed unlucky is in the old days, stock companies ran the theatre etc would struggle at times and put on the crowd favourite Macbeth.. This signalled to the actors (troop) that things were not so good...
A lot of times they were out of work and that's how it became the "cursed play"...
Love and Light... BB.. )O(
2007-05-27 09:09:34 · answer #2 · answered by Bunge 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was bad luck for the actors and actresses appearing in plays. After several accidents, it became a superstition, and since actors are highly superstitious already, they carefully avoid saying the full name of the play. Just call it M or the the Scottish play.
2007-05-27 20:08:09 · answer #3 · answered by Jess 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To the best of my knowledge that superstition only applies when you are IN a theater. I have performed MacBeth in a proper theater and no one said MacBeth expect when it was part of the script... unlucky or not, it is tradition.
2007-05-27 07:06:43 · answer #4 · answered by Noota Oolah 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is simply a superstition that has become theatrical tradition. Few people truly believe such nonsense, but use it as a tradition, a quirk of their profession.
2007-05-27 07:48:18 · answer #5 · answered by ED SNOW 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No i dont, i dont believe saying anything outloud is unlucky, but i do believe some items and superstitions are. Go figure.
Blessed be.
2007-05-27 07:07:43 · answer #6 · answered by trevshez 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The strength of the 'bad luck' is directly proportional to the amount of faith you apply to the idea. The more you believe, either way, the more you will see it just that way.
(Hope that helps)
2007-05-27 10:37:30 · answer #7 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, let's just say that I can think of a large family/clan who wouldn't get anywhere without saying thier name out loud.
MACBETH!!!
MACBETH!!!! macbeth!
MaCbETh!!!!!
*ahem*
2007-05-28 01:10:16 · answer #8 · answered by BotanyDave 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the word only has power because thousands of people give it power. if you dont believe in it, then it wont affect you, at least not as much as those that do.
2007-05-27 16:48:11 · answer #9 · answered by swordsmanwp 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like a load of horse manure to me
2007-05-27 06:33:46 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋