"Macbeth:" A Curse or Classic?

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This paper provides a general overview of the common superstition that performing "Macbeth" leads to disaster. Opposing theories are provided and disbelievers are quoted. Several true accounts of the curse are described along with quotes from the actors who witnessed the curse firsthand. Facts are provided about the supposed curse, including the fact that Abraham Lincoln was reciting lines from "Macbeth" the night before his death.

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"In 1961, the Stratford Shakespeare Company was plagued with bad luck. In the final month of their "Macbeth" tour, an actor's daughter fell and died. During that same month, another actor was stabbed to death in a nearby park. Additionally, the manager of the Stratford Shakespeare Company was found dead in his apartment after being beaten, strangled, and stabbed multiple times with a carving knife.
In another incident, the Old Vic company encountered its first disastrous production of Macbeth. By the end of the tour, there had been, among the actors, an attempted suicide, two abortions, an electrocution, a gouged eye, and accidental stabbing resulting in death."

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