tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post5152541456286464997..comments2024-03-23T12:38:46.260+00:00Comments on The History Girls: The Scottish Play by Kate Lord BrownMary Hoffmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06241989732624913706noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-62416824012337308912016-04-22T22:46:23.967+01:002016-04-22T22:46:23.967+01:00I once heard an actor, Gareth Thomas, say that the...I once heard an actor, Gareth Thomas, say that the reason for the bad luck thing was that when a play was a flop and an audience unhappy, the company would swap to Macbeth, which was popular enough to satisfy the crowd. So mentioning it suggested that the play you were actually doing was likely to fail! It might be fun to look it up some time, but I quite like that explanation. :-) (I think Gareth Thomas may have been the Sean Bean of his time, always getting killed off!)Sue Bursztynskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09362273418897882971noreply@blogger.com