The Curse Of Macbeth
Shakespeare wrote Macbeth for King James I. He started out the play with a real witch ritual with exact instructions on how to make it. The rituals practitioners were angered by how William Shakespeare exposed their witchcraft. So, they cast a spell that would last forever and cause the actors and people that watch the play to have horrible things happen to them. That is how the Curse of Macbeth was created.
In the first production of Macbeth, the actor playing Lady Macbeth got a fever and died. William Shakespeare had to replace him, but King James was disappointed by the play. So, he banned the play for five years.
In 1672, The actor who played Lady Macbeth switched the fake dagger with a real one. He killed Duncan in front of the entire audience.
In 1937, a 25-pound weight crashed an inch away from the actor playing Lady Macbeth. His sword broke and went into the audience. The sword hit a man who died of a heart attack.
In 1942, three actors died and the costume designer committed suicide.
Nobody knew why all these mishaps happened. Nobody calls Macbeth by it's true name, unless you are rehearsing or performing it. They call it "that play" or the Scottish Play. The curse was so frightening, they never used the clothes in the productions of Macbeth for any other play, thinking it will give the actor bad luck.
The real reason for the curse is a belief that existed in his time which was that Shakespeare had used a real witches' incantations in the famous scene where the three witches chant:
Double, double toil and trouble;
Fire burn, and cauldron bubble.
In the first production of Macbeth, the actor playing Lady Macbeth got a fever and died. William Shakespeare had to replace him, but King James was disappointed by the play. So, he banned the play for five years.
In 1672, The actor who played Lady Macbeth switched the fake dagger with a real one. He killed Duncan in front of the entire audience.
In 1937, a 25-pound weight crashed an inch away from the actor playing Lady Macbeth. His sword broke and went into the audience. The sword hit a man who died of a heart attack.
In 1942, three actors died and the costume designer committed suicide.
Nobody knew why all these mishaps happened. Nobody calls Macbeth by it's true name, unless you are rehearsing or performing it. They call it "that play" or the Scottish Play. The curse was so frightening, they never used the clothes in the productions of Macbeth for any other play, thinking it will give the actor bad luck.
The real reason for the curse is a belief that existed in his time which was that Shakespeare had used a real witches' incantations in the famous scene where the three witches chant:
Double, double toil and trouble;
Fire burn, and cauldron bubble.