Usually, or the theater would go out of business.
That had to use gone off food to throw at the actors if they were bad.
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Normally it is actors who are superstitious about naming the Scottish play in theatres, not members of the audience. If there is evidence that the audience feels bound by this superstition, it could mean one of the following:Audiences are just as superstitious as actors.Audiences are indulgent of actors' superstitions.People love to play along with silly superstitions.There's something about Mac--er, the Scottish play--which makes people want to believe in spooky mumbo-jumbo.
The original purpose of drama was to tell a story and entertain audiences. Hamlet by William Shakespeare is considered one of all-time masterpieces of theater drama.
The London Globe theater (a replica of the one present in Shakesphere's time) has a seating capacity is 857 with an additional 700 "groundlings" standing in the pit. This is about half the size of a typical audience in Shakespeare's time (when safety rules did not exist)
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The address of the Growing Stage Theater For Young Audiences is: , Netcong, NJ 07857-0036
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the earliest dramas
That had to use gone off food to throw at the actors if they were bad.
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The thesis that the superstition surrounding saying Macbeth in a theater is deeply ingrained in theater culture and has a significant impact on the behavior of modern theater audiences is best supported by the evidence. The refusal to say the word is seen as bad luck and believed to bring about negative consequences, leading many to avoid it out of superstition and tradition.
Shakespeare's Globe Theater held around 1500 people. More could be squeezed in on occasion.
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