Macbeth why cant you say it

Twenty-two people died, and more than others were injured. But many believe these accidents are the result of a curse actual witches cast on the play when Shakespeare first debuted it. According to legend, a coven of witches decided to punish him for using their magic by cursing his play. For skeptics, Christopher Eccleston—who played Macbeth in a Royal Shakespeare Company production in —offers a slightly more believable theory about the origin of the curse.

So, saying the name of the play inside a theater will cause doom and destruction to fall on the current production and perhaps even injure cast members. There are even a few accounts of events that lent themselves to this superstition. One of the most famous was the Astor Place Riot. It was the first time a state militia had to be called to put down a riot, and the first time that the police had to shoot into a crowd of civilians.

Why did the riot start? It all began because the crowd had a spat over casting choices for the play. Macbeth, Tragedy in Five Acts by William Shakespeare, once written in and published in the first folio of from a script or a copy thereof. Do you even know what to do when you say Macbeth at the theater? When editing the part, it is technically correct to use the name, but I always say it out of habit!

Likewise, you may be wondering: why is it so unfortunate to say Macbeth in the theater? What is the name of the show that you are not allowed to perform in the theater? What does the word M mean in the theater?

Why do theaters light up the stage? Why is it unhappy to whistle in a theater?