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| Theatre lore |
Theatrical folks as a group can be rather worldly and are hardly a religious lot, but they too have their superstitions, as seen in the curious phrase “break a leg.”
According to one old theatre superstition, a cat living on the premises is good luck, but it is very bad luck for a cat to walk onstage during a play. Cats, unpredictable creatures that they are, have no doubt done this many times, causing actors to attribute bad performances that night to the cat’s appearance on the stage.
