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Bringing a pet (dog, cat...) on a theatrical stage set or film set or photoshoot is considered to bring bad luck to any production. “A pet on set is bad luck”. Some words and phrases are used during pre-stage warm-up sessions by actors. One of these is the Western Shoshone term "poo-wa-bah" (possibly meaning "doctor-water").
The number 17. Fear of the number 17 is known as heptadecaphobia and is prominent in Italian culture. [6] The number 39. Fear of the number 39 is known as the curse of 39, especially in Afghan culture. [7] The number 43. In Japanese culture, maternity wards numbered 43 are considered taboo, as the word for the number means "still birth". [8 ...
The traditional origin is said to be a curse set upon the play by a coven of witches, angry at Shakespeare for using a real spell. [2] One hypothesis for the origin of this superstition is that Macbeth, being a popular play, was commonly put on by theatres in financial trouble, or that the high production costs of Macbeth put theatres in financial trouble.
A Bit of Bad Luck is a 2014 American thriller comedy film written and directed by John Fuhrman and starring Cary Elwes. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is set in Seattle, and was filmed in Seattle and Morton, Washington .
Sophie Hyde’s “Good Luck to You, Leo Grande” had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in January, receiving critical acclaim — particularly for its star Emma Thompson — with ...
Chelsea on the Edge — The Adventures of an American Theater. Iowa State University Press. ISBN 0-8138-1713-7. A chronicle of the onstage productions and offstage troubles at the Chelsea. Prince, Harold (1974). Contradictions — Notes on Twenty-Six Years in the Theatre (hardcover). Dodd, Mead. ISBN 0-396-07019-1.
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The theatre was started by the Cambridge Social Union, cofounded in January 1871 by the Reverend Samuel Longfellow, brother of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.In 1889, the union purchased the lot on Brattle Street for $9,000, and hired the Cambridge architectural firm headed by Alexander Wadsworth Longfellow Jr. to draft plans for Brattle Hall.