The Scottish Play
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title:
The Scottish Play
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The Scottish Play and the Bard's play are euphemisms for William Shakespeare's Macbeth. The first is a reference to the play's Scottish setting, the second a reference to Shakespeare's popular nickname. According to a theatrical superstition, called the Scottish curse, speaking the name Macbeth inside a theatre, other than as called for in the script while rehearsing or performing, will cause disaster. On top of the aforementioned alternative titles, some people also refer to the classical trage
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Euphemism for the play Macbeth
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Scottish_Play
date created:
2004-04-21T12:32:27Z
date modified:
2024-08-28T20:25:25Z
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