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Too superstitious?
I'm writing a play about a group of people putting on a play. I've given it a lot of thought, and I would really like the play-with-a-play to be the...ahem...*Scottish Play.*
I'm not superstitious, but I know a lot of theatre people who are. I have an actor friend who insists that no one will touch this - that there would be enough superstitious actors/techies that it would be automatically rejected. What do you think? I know I'm a long way off from actually shopping the play around, but since the dream is to eventually put the play on, I also don't want to commit to a version that would be rejected out of hand.
Just a note: I have specific reasons for wanting Macbeth instead of another play. Just switching it out with another play wouldn't work.
3 Answers
- bnk01Lv 76 years ago
The superstition is against mentioning it out of hand, and it's more of an in-joke than an honest, sincerely held belief.. If you're performing it (or performing a play about it), no one gives a damn. Honestly, actors aren't total idiots.
- KaysibabesLv 76 years ago
Why make things harder for yourself than they need be - another Shakespearean play - like the tempest would probably do just as well without giving people the heebie geebies
- CogitoLv 76 years ago
I know a lot of actors and none of them care at all about saying 'Macbeth'.
It's a silly superstition.
Go for it!
