Kavaski Ervin

Some fun and eerie fact from The Tragedy of MacBeth: The "Cursed" Play – Many actors refuse to say "Macbeth" inside a theater unless performing it, calling it instead "The Scottish Play." Legend has it that Shakespeare included real witches’ spells, angering actual witches who cursed the play. King James’ Obsession – Shakespeare may have written Macbeth to impress King James I, who had a deep fear of witchcraft and even wrote a book on it, Daemonologie. A Short but Intense Play – Macbeth is one of Shakespeare’s shortest tragedies, likely because King James preferred shorter performances. Real Death on Stage? – Some stories claim that during the play’s early performances, an actor playing Lady Macbeth died mysteriously, and Shakespeare himself had to take over the role. The First Macbeth Disaster – The play’s first recorded performance in 1606 was supposedly disastrous, with the actor playing Macbeth dying suddenly. No One Knows Banquo’s Fate – In the play, Banquo’s son, Fle