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Actor Slices Own Throat on Stage
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/wor...r-slices-throat-on-stage-in-knife-mix-up.html
An actor almost died on stage after slashing his throat in a bizarre
mix-up with a knife.
Last Updated: 4:22PM GMT 10 Dec 2008
Austrian actor Daniel Hoevels almost died on stage after slashing his
throat in a bizarre mix-up with a knife
When Daniel Hoevels collapsed on stage the audience started to applaud
the spectacular special effects
The character played by Daniel Hoevels was supposed to commit suicide
in the drama with a blunt stage weapon but had instead been provided
with a real blade.
He collapsed on stage with blood pouring from his neck and the
audience started to applaud the spectacular special effects.
It was only when Hoevels, 30, failed to get up to take a bow at
Vienna's Burgtheater in Austria that they realized something was
wrong.
Now police are investigating their own murder mystery drama -- after
refusing to rule out the possibility that the stunt may have been an
attempt to bump off the actor by a jealous rival.
Police have been told that the knife had been bought at a local store
and are asking if props staff forgot to blunt the blade for the
performance of Friedrich Schiller's play Mary Stuart, about Mary Queen
of Scots.
"The knife even still had the price tag on it," said one shocked
police investigator.
The theater's props manager is understood to have been quizzed by
police about the knife, reported Austrian daily Osterreich.
The actor recovered after emergency treatment to his wound at a local
hospital and appeared on stage the next night with a bandage around
his neck.
"If Hoevels had hit an artery or cut only slightly deeper, he would
have died on stage", a doctor said.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/wor...r-slices-throat-on-stage-in-knife-mix-up.html
An actor almost died on stage after slashing his throat in a bizarre
mix-up with a knife.
Last Updated: 4:22PM GMT 10 Dec 2008
Austrian actor Daniel Hoevels almost died on stage after slashing his
throat in a bizarre mix-up with a knife
When Daniel Hoevels collapsed on stage the audience started to applaud
the spectacular special effects
The character played by Daniel Hoevels was supposed to commit suicide
in the drama with a blunt stage weapon but had instead been provided
with a real blade.
He collapsed on stage with blood pouring from his neck and the
audience started to applaud the spectacular special effects.
It was only when Hoevels, 30, failed to get up to take a bow at
Vienna's Burgtheater in Austria that they realized something was
wrong.
Now police are investigating their own murder mystery drama -- after
refusing to rule out the possibility that the stunt may have been an
attempt to bump off the actor by a jealous rival.
Police have been told that the knife had been bought at a local store
and are asking if props staff forgot to blunt the blade for the
performance of Friedrich Schiller's play Mary Stuart, about Mary Queen
of Scots.
"The knife even still had the price tag on it," said one shocked
police investigator.
The theater's props manager is understood to have been quizzed by
police about the knife, reported Austrian daily Osterreich.
The actor recovered after emergency treatment to his wound at a local
hospital and appeared on stage the next night with a bandage around
his neck.
"If Hoevels had hit an artery or cut only slightly deeper, he would
have died on stage", a doctor said.