FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
MACBETH
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Question
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The Play Which must not be named
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The Bloody Play
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The Scottish Play
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The Curse of Scotland
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Detailed explanation-1: -To avoid the portentous curse, actors refer to the play by a variety of euphemisms such as “The Bard’s Play” or “The Scottish Play.”
Detailed explanation-2: -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.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Scottish Play. The Bard’s Play. Macbeth is surrounded by superstition and fear of the ‘curse’ – uttering the play’s name aloud in a theatre causes bad luck.
Detailed explanation-4: -The play is frequently called “The Scottish Play” instead of Macbeth. Some literary historians will argue that Shakespeare wrote “actual” witches’ spells into the text of Macbeth.
Detailed explanation-5: -William Shakespeare’s play Macbeth is said to be cursed, so actors avoid saying its name when in the theatre (the euphemism “The Scottish Play” is used instead). Actors also avoid even quoting the lines from Macbeth before performances, particularly the Witches’ incantations.