An actor slit his throat on stage when the prop knife for his suicide scene turned out to be a real one.
Daniel Hoevels, 30, slumped over with blood pouring from his neck while the audience broke into applause at the "special effect". Police are investigating whether the knife was a mistake or a murder plot. They are questioning the rest of the cast, and backstage hands with access to props; they will also carry out DNA tests.
Things went wrong at Vienna's Burgtheater as Hoevels' character went to "kill himself" in the final scene of Friedrich Schiller's Mary Stuart, about Mary Queen of Scots, on Saturday night
It was only when he did not get up to take a bow that anyone realized something had gone wrong.
I'll bet he tests the edge from now on.
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Though bleeding profusely, Hoevels survived because the knife missed the carotid artery as it sliced into his neck. Wolfgang Lenz, a doctor who treated him, said: "Just a little bit deeper and he would have been drowning in his own blood."
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After emergency treatment at a hospital, Hoevels declared that the show must go on, and returned to the stage on Sunday night with a bandage tied around his neck, ready to once again meet his mock demise.
I could see not noticing especially if, as questioned, it was a murder plot, it might've only been observed by him. I question why he cut with enough pressure to do that, even with a real knife you could fake cut your throat pretty convincingly...
From: Liquid Wind | #011 I could see not noticing especially if, as questioned, it was a murder plot, it might've only been observed by him. I question why he cut with enough pressure to do that, even with a real knife you could fake cut your throat pretty convincingly...
in acting you HAVE to get into it if you want to give the best performance
It looks like the theatre he performed in had a proscenium-stage, so there was no need to press the knife against his throat; several inches of space between it and his neck would have completed the illusion, especially for as big of a space as its auditorium is. It's nice that he trusted his crew and props enough to further sell the action, but it was unnecessary and proved costly in this situation.
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