Why is saying Macbeth bad luck to an actor before a play?
G’day Murphy, Thank you for your question, According to Playbill: “There is debate about exactly how the curse got started, but there are several factors that have led to its evolution. First, Macbeth has all the elements you’d expect in a cursed play: blood, ghosts, witches casting spells, a main character possessed by murderous tendencies. The play is a crowd-pleaser, which has, over the years, caused struggling theatres to produce it in a last-ditch effort to avoid closing, thereby creating a correlation between Macbeth productions and tales of disaster. The play is also difficult to stage, as directors get frustrated trying to keep up the momentum after Macbeth’s murder spree and rise to power ends.” There are also stories of bad luck befalling actors in the play including Charlton Heston getting burned in the groin.
