Shakespeare's shortest tragedy is long on talent and big on entertainment.
There are many superstitions in theater, but no play is more steeped in mystery than Shakespeare's “Macbeth.” The bad mojo comes with the play regardless, but saying Macbeth in the theatre is doubly bad, and so it is referred to not by name, but as the Scottish play. Real events have occurred during productions of the play that feed the superstition, everything from an actual murder on stage to audience riots in which people were killed. Add to that belief that the witches incantation in the play is partially real, and you get the stuff that legends are made of. These days the curse is not taken so seriously, but it's still observed more as preservation of theatre lore and custom rather than actual superstition. The supposed curse was held…
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Jerry Vogel was raised in Webster and is nominated for a Kevin Kline award.
When the lights go up on Macbeth at the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, taking the stage as Duncan will be Jerry Vogel, who grew up in Webster Groves beginning when he was 10 years old. In addition to performing at numerous local and national theaters, he's now been nominated for his first Kevin Kline Award for Best Supporting Actor. The awards recognizes outstanding achievement in Professional Theatre in the Greater St. Louis Area. Vogel attended Mary Queen of Peace Elementary School, and from there followed a curious road to the stage at the Loretto Hilton, a road not necessarily paved with yellow brick. While attending De Smet Jesuit high school, Vogel began acting in school plays and continued to do so when he began attending …
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Gregor Newland
7:57 am on Friday, February 25, 2011
In the history of Western Civilization, the only book read more than Shakespeare plays is the Bible (spoiler alert: at the end Jesus is crucified, raised from the dead and his disciples form a church). I can't decide which is more tragic, that some of these people don't know basic Scottish history or that they don't have a working familiarity with Shakespeare's plays! I would encourage the … more ›