Source: What's
On Stage
05 December 2002
Actor Mark Bazeley, currently appearing
alongside Sean Bean and Samantha Bond in Macbeth, may have cause
to re-evaluate his bullishness towards superstition. In this week's
20 Questions interview with Whatsonstage.com, he confidently said
he didn't believe in the notorious curse associated with "The
Scottish Play", though he did admit he'd felt a twinge in
an old knee injury when performing Shakespeare’s tragedy
in Richmond. Catching up with him since the interview, Whatsonstage.com
has discovered that the knee injury has in fact resurfaced with
a vengeance, forcing Bazeley to have missed some performances.
In addition, says another show insider, 'half the cast' are in
physiotherapy for other ailments. Spooky! It's not all bad, of
course. With box offices selling out, the production has just
extended (See Today's News), good news which follows its three
nominations in our Theatregoers' Choice Awards, not least the
Best Supporting Actor one for Bazeley himself (jointly for Macbeth
and his previous role in Homebody/Kabul at the Young Vic).