JJFlamingo
12-11-2008, 04:18 PM
From MSN.com
VIENNA, Austria - An actor's suicide scene became a little too real for comfort when he accidentally stabbed himself in the neck during a performance at an Austrian theater.
Daniel Hovels — of the Thalia Theater company from Hamburg, Germany — was supposed to be using a knife blunted for use onstage, but the knife had been replaced with one left sharp.
Thalia said Thursday that the original prop knife was damaged and that instructions to blunt the replacement had been "carelessly" disregarded. It did not specify who it thought might be responsible.
Hoevels received stitches for his injury at a hospital and was back on stage at Vienna's prestigious Burgtheater the following day.
Austrian police said they were investigating the incident.
Hoevels was playing the role of Mortimer in Friedrich Schiller's "Maria Stuart."
JJ: Looks like Brandon Lee's killers have moved on to Austria...:D
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VIENNA, Austria - An actor's suicide scene became a little too real for comfort when he accidentally stabbed himself in the neck during a performance at an Austrian theater.
Daniel Hovels — of the Thalia Theater company from Hamburg, Germany — was supposed to be using a knife blunted for use onstage, but the knife had been replaced with one left sharp.
Thalia said Thursday that the original prop knife was damaged and that instructions to blunt the replacement had been "carelessly" disregarded. It did not specify who it thought might be responsible.
Hoevels received stitches for his injury at a hospital and was back on stage at Vienna's prestigious Burgtheater the following day.
Austrian police said they were investigating the incident.
Hoevels was playing the role of Mortimer in Friedrich Schiller's "Maria Stuart."
JJ: Looks like Brandon Lee's killers have moved on to Austria...:D
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Ohmigod it's HAN SOLO VS. ASH in the biggest bracket of all time!!!!!!! Who will get to shoot first? Who will hail to the King?? All this plus MORE right now in the ULTIMATE ULTIMATE MOVIE CHARACTER TOURNAMENT!!!! Don’t miss it!
http://www.joblo.com/forums/showthread.php?p=2922781#post2922781