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Monster Essays - Macbeth The Cursed Play
"The Comedy of Glamis", "The Scottish Business" or simply "That Play" are
just a few of the euphemisms actors use to avoid mentioning the title of
William Shakespeare's Macbeth, one of the most ill-starred plays in
Indeed, many professionals believe that "The Unmentionable" [another of its
nicknames]-with its bloodshed, ghosts, and witchcraft--is one of the
darkest dramas ever written.
If an actor does happen to mention the name, or quotes from the play while
he is backstage, tradition requires him to leave the dressing room, turn
around three times, spit, and then knock for reentry. Theatrical history ....
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