Chookas!
Thu, 21 June 2001, 07:41 amali22 posts in thread
Chookas!
Thu, 21 June 2001, 07:41 amI was at work last night (we had our first preview) and everyone was running around with the normal ritual of saying "chookas".
It suddenly occurred to me, where on earth did this saying come from? We all have theories on "Break a leg" but I've never heard one for "chookas".
Any guesses?
By the way, has anyone heard anyone use "Break a leg" lately? All I've heard for the last few years is "chookas"...
It suddenly occurred to me, where on earth did this saying come from? We all have theories on "Break a leg" but I've never heard one for "chookas".
Any guesses?
By the way, has anyone heard anyone use "Break a leg" lately? All I've heard for the last few years is "chookas"...
RE: That play
Fri, 22 June 2001, 08:29 amToby wrote
> A more likely scenario for Ma***th's (reminds me of a recent
> PICA show?) curse is the fact that it is Shakespeare's shortest
> play - as a result of its length and immense popularity...
and still another version of that same story...
The popularity of That Play with audiences is apprarently unquestionable. So much so, that amongst the repertory companies it came to be regarded as a perennial standby. If the current show was doing poorly, or the company was running short of cash then That Play was brought in to bring the punters back again. Legend has it that actors involved in a production running badly would become decidedly concerned at just the mention of That Play, as it probably signalled the demise of their current show.
This possibly goes some way to explain the superstition pertaining to quoting even a part of the play; it might have conveyed to the hapless other actors that rehearsals for That Play were already underway!
Cheers
Grant
> A more likely scenario for Ma***th's (reminds me of a recent
> PICA show?) curse is the fact that it is Shakespeare's shortest
> play - as a result of its length and immense popularity...
and still another version of that same story...
The popularity of That Play with audiences is apprarently unquestionable. So much so, that amongst the repertory companies it came to be regarded as a perennial standby. If the current show was doing poorly, or the company was running short of cash then That Play was brought in to bring the punters back again. Legend has it that actors involved in a production running badly would become decidedly concerned at just the mention of That Play, as it probably signalled the demise of their current show.
This possibly goes some way to explain the superstition pertaining to quoting even a part of the play; it might have conveyed to the hapless other actors that rehearsals for That Play were already underway!
Cheers
Grant
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