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THE Scottish curse
“Truth or superstition?”
The "Curse of Macbeth" AKA “The Scottish curse” according to theatrical superstition, is the large amount of “bad luck” that occurs during the production and acting out of Shakespeare’s famous play “Macbeth”
The opening scene of Macbeth was a very spooky scene already. 3 old sisters appear with ragged clothes and begin chanting a curse or incantation on Macbeth. It is said that Shakespeare wanted to impress the king at the time, King James the first, who happened to consider himself an expert on demonology and black magic.
The theory goes that Shakespeare included actual black magic spells in the incantations of the weird sisters. If anybody utters “Macbeth” in a theatre, the curse …show more content…
It was said that the boy actor playing Lady Macbeth fell ill and died back stage on opening night. In 1934, four actors played Macbeth in a single week due to accidents. In 1937, Macbeth had to be postponed for three days after a change in directors and because of the death of Lilian Boylis who was playing Lady Macbeth. In 1954, the portrait of Lilian Boylis also crashed down on the bar on opening night. Finally the play itself was believed to be involved with the assassination OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN. On the 9th of April 1865, Abraham Lincoln, president of America took the book version of Macbeth on his river cruise. Within that week Abraham found himself assassinated. Coincidences? I think not.
The cause of the curse is not definite, but there are 2 main theories to how the curse started. The first guess is that there is something mystical about the weird sister’s incantations and that they were actually black magic spells, not just some made up mumbling. The other guess is that Shakespeare decided to use spells from a forbidden book in order to make it realistic, but instead of the spells casting the curse, it is said that some witches saw the play and were heavily insulted by it, therefore creating the
THE Scottish curse
“Truth or superstition?”
The "Curse of Macbeth" AKA “The Scottish curse” according to theatrical superstition, is the large amount of “bad luck” that occurs during the production and acting out of Shakespeare’s famous play “Macbeth”
The opening scene of Macbeth was a very spooky scene already. 3 old sisters appear with ragged clothes and begin chanting a curse or incantation on Macbeth. It is said that Shakespeare wanted to impress the king at the time, King James the first, who happened to consider himself an expert on demonology and black magic.
The theory goes that Shakespeare included actual black magic spells in the incantations of the weird sisters. If anybody utters “Macbeth” in a theatre, the curse …show more content…
It was said that the boy actor playing Lady Macbeth fell ill and died back stage on opening night. In 1934, four actors played Macbeth in a single week due to accidents. In 1937, Macbeth had to be postponed for three days after a change in directors and because of the death of Lilian Boylis who was playing Lady Macbeth. In 1954, the portrait of Lilian Boylis also crashed down on the bar on opening night. Finally the play itself was believed to be involved with the assassination OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN. On the 9th of April 1865, Abraham Lincoln, president of America took the book version of Macbeth on his river cruise. Within that week Abraham found himself assassinated. Coincidences? I think not.
The cause of the curse is not definite, but there are 2 main theories to how the curse started. The first guess is that there is something mystical about the weird sister’s incantations and that they were actually black magic spells, not just some made up mumbling. The other guess is that Shakespeare decided to use spells from a forbidden book in order to make it realistic, but instead of the spells casting the curse, it is said that some witches saw the play and were heavily insulted by it, therefore creating the