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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:

  1. Audiences are just as superstitious as actors.
  2. Audiences are indulgent of actors' superstitions.
  3. People love to play along with silly superstitions.
  4. There's something about Mac--er, the Scottish play--which makes people want to believe in spooky mumbo-jumbo.
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