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	Theatrical superstitions - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Theatrical superstitions are superstitions particular to actors or the theater.
		Another ghost-related superstition is that the theater should always be closed one night a week to give the ghosts a chance to perform their own plays.
		As original stage crews were hired off of ships in port (Theatrical rigging has its origins in sailing rigging), sailors, and by extension theatrical riggers, used coded whistles to communicate scene changes.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Theatrical_superstitions (838 words)

	Superstition Account @ AlienArtifacts.com (Alien Artifacts) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Urban legends are also sometimes classed as superstition, especially if the moral of the legend is to justify fears about socially alien people or conditions.
		Superstition is a deviation of religious feeling and of the practices this feeling imposes.
		In a 2004 paper titled "Superstition Re-revisited: An Examination of Niche-Related Mechanisms Underlying Schedule Produced Behavior in Pigeons," he demonstrated that what Skinner had seen as "supersitious" behaviour was accounted for by the natural foraging behaviours of the species he used as test subjcts.
	www.alienartifacts.com /encyclopedia/Superstition (1064 words)

	Theatrical constraints - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Theatrical constraints are various rules, either of taste or of law, that govern the production, staging, and content of stage plays in the theater.
		Whether imposed externally, by virtue of monopoly franchises or censorship laws, or whether imposed voluntarily by actors, directors, or producers, these restraints have taxed the creative minds of the theatre to tackle the challenges of working with and around them.
		So in the markets and fairgrounds the itinerant actors created a new theatrical form by holding up cue-cards (like sub-titles or karaoke) containing the words of the plays or songs, which the audience then acted or sang for them.
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	Superstition Cyclopedia @ SomethingPersonal.com (Something Personal) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Depending on a given culture's belief set, its superstitions may relate to cemeteries, animals, demons, a devil, deceased ancestors, the weather, gambling, sports, food, holidays, occupations, excessive scrupulosity, death, luck, and/or Spirits.
		The Roman Catholic Church considers superstition to be sinful in the sense that it denotes a lack of trust in the divine providence of God and, as such, is a violation of the first of the Ten Commandments.
		The behaviorist psychologist placed a series of hungry pigeons in a cage attached to an automatic mechanism that delivered food to the pigeon "at regular intervals with no reference whatsoever to the bird's behavior".
	www.somethingpersonal.com /encyclopedia/Superstition (1113 words)

	Break a leg
		Theatrical types are well-known for their belief in superstitions, or at least for their willingness to make a show of pretending to believe them.
		Other superstitions are that is is bad luck to whistle in a theatre, to say the final line of a play during dress rehearsal, or to say the name of 'the Scottish Play' in a theatre's green room.
		A. Superstitions of the stage are numerous and many are particular to individual actors and actresses.
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	Theatrical superstitions: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Superstition is a set of behaviors that are related to magical thinking, whereby the practitioner believes that the future, or the outcome of certain events,...
		It may be a relict of a more general superstition against wishing someone good luck.
		Greensleeves is a traditional english folk song (or tune), basically a ground of the form called a romanesca; the widely-believed legend is that it was composed...
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/t/th/theatrical_superstitions.htm (1133 words)

	Theater Character sketch @ ArtQuilt.com (Art Quilt) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		According to Aristotle's seminal theatrical critique Poetics, there are six elements necessary for theatre.
		Others notable for their contribution to theatrical philosophy are Konstantin Stanislavski, Antonin Artaud, Bertolt Brecht, Orson Welles, Peter Brook, Jerzy Grotowski.
		Musical theatre: A theatrical genre in which the primary means of performance is through singing and music.
	www.artquilt.com /encyclopedia/Theater (1161 words)

	Theatrical Superstitions and Saints
		This superstition quite likely has its roots in the past when managers hired sailors to run the fly loft, on the premise that the sailors’ expertise with knots and raising and lowering sails made them ideal workers.
		Others believe it is bad luck to have a mirror on stage (a superstition perhaps rooted in ancient times when the mirror could open the soul to the devil?).
		Theatrical lore insists that the Green Room must be a nice, attractive room--after all, it is special, the theatre's "living room," a show place, a gathering place for actors, and the only backstage space to which audiences are invited--and that everyone must take pride in keeping it neat.
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	Evidence of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: 10,000 Superstitions You Really Need
		I wrote a paper for AP English in high school on superstitions, and picked up a lot of them to use in daily life.
		Unfortunately, when I started college many of them were unavoidable -- when you're studying theatrical design and production, you're gonna walk under a ladder at least once a month, whether you want to or not.
		Superstitions are fun to do, even if you don't really believe in them.
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	Journal of Mythic Arts — Winter 2005 Issue — Endicott Studio: Theatrical Superstitions by Kristen McDermott (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		For this reason, many theatrical superstitions mischievously embrace the more common bad-luck superstitions — theaters welcome and even seek out resident fl cats, or example, and American theaters often raise the curtain 13 minutes after the hour, to guarantee a cheerful and responsive audience.
		"The causes of superstition are: pleasing and sensual rites and ceremonies,...
		Of course, the granddaddy of all theatrical superstitions is unique in that it focuses on a single play — not on theatrical life in general — and that it is heeded by performers who have never and will never perform in the play in question.
	www.endicott-studio.com /rdrm/theatricalSuperstitions2.html (1521 words)

	Journal of Mythic Arts — Winter 2005 Issue — Endicott Studio: Theatrical Superstitions by Kristen McDermott
		Folk superstitions abound with tales of mirrors reflecting ghosts or demons; an old story about a performance of Marlowe's Dr. Faustus has the Devil himself entering through a handy onstage mirror to dance with the stage devils, frightening the lead actor to death.
		The belief that the gods or the fates are jealous of perfection may also be behind such superstitions — many actors refuse to speak the last line of a play (particularly a new play) until the opening night, in the belief that a completed or "perfect" play will invite supernatural punishment.
		Such small acts of appeasement are deeply sources in faerie lore, which peeks through theater superstitions frequently; the color green is avoided on stage, not only because it is difficult to light attractively, but because it is the faeries' most beloved color and will provoke their jealousy if worn by an actor.
	www.endicott-studio.com /rdrm/theatricalSuperstitions1.html (1396 words)

	Superstition -- "MacBeth"
		The superstition follows that any company performing the play will be beset with horrible luck, ranging anywhere from uncanny accidents on the set to actual deaths within the company!
		The superstition actually began in the old days of stock companies, which would struggle at all times to remain in business.
		The Defying MacBeth Theatre Group seeks to challenge these superstitions, and flaunts their arrogance by putting the cursed word directly into the name of the theatre company.
	www.angelfire.com /fl3/Defymcbeth/Super2.html (321 words)

	Superstition and Beliefs, How our beliefs shape our world...all about brooms and witches (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		When we checked, we discovered there might be some validity to the beliefs, perhaps these are not superstitions but responses to real shifts in energy around the boat.
		In addition to our usual list of superstitions around renaming a boat, here we have included some advice from our team of psychics about how to get around the problem.
		If you're the theatrical type, and enjoy appearing in public in your yacht club blazer and skipper's cap, you can read it with flair on the foredeck before a gathering of distinguished guests.
	www.globalpsychics.com /lp/superstition/boat.htm (2494 words)

	Misc/macbeth superstitions
		The superstition seems to have arisen, in part, from the play's depiction of witchcraft, still a vital (though contested) belief in 1606, when the play was first performed.
		Many actors are not interested in rationalizing the superstition, however, as the theater is, quite predictably, the site of many rituals of aversion and induction.
		Acting itself seems like a form of witchcraft, in which characters are summoned and brought to life through a process that nobody fully understands, with the result that the craft is rather more hospitable to magical thinking than most other professions.
	tafkac.org /misc/macbeth_superstitions.html (510 words)

	BRITISH SUPERSTITIONS and FOLK MAGIC
		Every generation since the dawn of time has written off superstition as being nonsensical and about to 'kick the bucket'.
		Superstitions are many-sided: silly and serious, illogical and practical, Pagan and Christian.
		The ancient omens once touched every aspect of daily life: in the home; at birth, marriage and death; animals; and women in particular were the centre of many home-spun rituals.
	www.hull.ac.uk /php/cetag/5aataboo.htm (546 words)

	Questions & Answers: Break a leg
		[A] Of all theatrical superstitions, this attempt to ward off the forces of darkness by wishing one’s fellow performers the opposite of good luck is the one that’s perhaps best known outside the profession.
		It belongs with other superstitions, such as that it’s bad luck to whistle in a theatre, that you should never utter the final line of a play at the dress rehearsal, or that you must never say the name of the Scottish Play in the green room.
		The saying must, of course, be older for it to have been borrowed for the title and there is anecdotal evidence from theatrical memoirs and personal recollection that it has been around since the 1930s, but not before.
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	Theatrical superstitions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The origin of this superstition is unknown, but its continued popularity is probably due to the juicy stories of doom that grizzled actors tell newbies.
		Specialists in theatrical backdrops, scrims, transparent drops and soft goods restoration, with over 25 years of theatrical scene painting experience encompassing a variety of techniques.
		Denver local of the theatrical, stage and film exhibition union currently maintains a workforce of more than 400 individuals providing services for theatrical and arena venues, decorating, convention, corporate and special events, as well as the film and video community.
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	James Joyce - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		He also became active in theatrical and literary circles in the city.
		His review of Ibsen's New Drama was published in 1900 and resulted in a letter of thanks from the Norwegian dramatist himself.
		With professional actors in period garb lining the streets and reading from his books as the athletes run by, it is billed as the only theatrical performance where the performers stand still and the audience does the moving.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/James_Joyce (4544 words)

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		The theatrical superstition regarding Shakespeare's Macbeth--that naming it or alluding to it brings bad lack--is well documented in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, although critical editions of the play seldom refer to it.
		Popular belief that the superstition began in the seventeenth century has been sustained by repetition of a story about the death of an actor called Hal Berridge while playing Lady Macbeth on 7 August 1606.
		Without evidence that the boy from Bitchfield became a player, let alone that he died playing Lady Macbeth, we might be tempted to assign the origin of the superstition about Macbeth to the nineteenth-century theatre industry, but in fact there is a hitherto unnoticed example of it from the seventeenth century.
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	Europe 101 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Customs and superstitions gathered through the ages go into our celebration of Halloween,or "Holy Eve",on October 31.The day is so named because it is the eve of the festival of All Saints,but many of the beliefs and observances connected with it arose long before the Christian Era,in the autumn festivals of pegan peoples.
		Superstitions are a part of every culture and are holdovers from ancient spiritual beliefs.
		Theatrical superstitions are all carried out in the name of luck.
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	Theatrical constraints (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Theatrical design work, including images from a number of high profile theatrical productions.
		Theatrical lighting equipment and accessories, moving lights, dimming and control, stage curtains and expendables.
		Theatrical lighting services, sound systems, smoke machines, rigging and special effects for concerts, fashion shows, upscale social events and industrial shows in the Nashville and Middle Tennessee Area.
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	Costume Related, Theater, Visual Arts, Performing Arts at World Wide Arts Resources
		We have a high quality selection of theatrical and historical costumes for adults and children.
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	SFBG A and E: Theater (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Theatrical lore decrees that even speaking the play's name aloud can jinx any production, and variably tall tales abound of each incarnation -- stage, filmic, even operatic -- falling prey to unforeseen disasters.
		Like the most basic superstitions (say, against walking under ladders), this one is chortled over by rational people who nonetheless obey every cautionary stricture when push comes to shove.
		Perhaps getting spear-stuck on what looks like a surefire bloody tragedy is a necessary theatrical rite of passage.
	www.sfbg.com /AandE/31/22/Theater (1289 words)

	Superstition
		"This material on Theatrical Superstitions is taken from the website of Dr. Louis E. Catron, professor of theatre and author of various theatre books.
		Partly a superstition, mostly legend, The Green Room for centuries (the first reference to it seems to be in a play by Thomas Shadwell called A True Widow, 1679) has been an inherent part of theatrical architecture.
		We know what it is—a cozy backstage room for actors to assemble when they are not on stage, logically near the dressing rooms with quick access to the stage.
	www.h-a-t-s.org.uk /superstitions.htm (2337 words)

	Feature (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		When the village chief returns and learns of what has taken place, he gives chase to the beggar but he is outwritted by the beggar who is able finally to runaway with the chief's horse.
		Ancient superstitions in regards to crow, house lizard (gecko), fl ants, owl, dog, cat, cow and various other birds and animals, are most interesting.
		In an island replete with myths, fantasies and superstitions, Sinhala Buddhists have evolved a unique folk religion based upon the worship of gods, demigods, demons, spirits, pretas and natural phenomena such as sun, moon, rivers, trees and mountains.
	www.dailynews.lk /2005/11/28/fea05.htm (2150 words)

	Excerpts from Twelve Years Study of the Eastern Question in Bulgaria
		In Dalmatia and Albania, whence the knowledge of this superstition was first imported into Europe, and which were consequently, though wrongly, considered as its mother-countries, the vampire has been disfigured by poetical embellishments, and has become a mere theatrical being--tricked out in all the tinsel of modern fancy.
		When that factitious poetry, born from the ashes of a people whose nationality is extinct, and from which civilization has reaped its harvest, replaces the harsh, severe, even terrible poetry which is the offspring of the uncultivated courage or fear of a young and vigorous humanity, legendary lore becomes weak, doubtful, and theatrical.
		In Poland the Roman Catholic clergy have laid hold upon this superstition as a means of making war upon the great enemy of the Church, and there the vampire is merely a corpse possessed by the Evil Spirit, and no longer the true vampire of the ancient Slavonians.
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	Stage Rigging (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Far before the introduction of electrified sound and light into the theatrical world, rigging traces its theatrical origins to the “founding” of Western theatre by the Greeks.
		The superstition axiom “don’t whistle backstage” (especially in the dressing room or onstage) owes to the time before theatrical communication systems when commands for rigging were given between the riggers on deck and those aloft by whistles.
		The superstition is still very much alive, although the safety question has become somewhat mute.
	www.tiffinscenic.com /html/stage_rigging.html (525 words)

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