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Superstition

Fri, 1 May 2009, 05:44 pm

Lee Daniels35 posts in thread

Why shouldn't you whistle backstage? Where did this come from?

That I do know

Fri, 1 May 2009, 10:12 pm

According to my unerstanding, "Chookas" was the promise made by the "Company Director" of touring theatre groups in the days of Shakespeare (and before) that if the season went well, the cast would be able to share in a roast Chook. In otherwords, make enough money to buy your next meal.

Absit invidia (and DFT :nono:)

Jeff Watkins

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Superstition— Lee Daniels1 May 2009

Threat of Violence— Labrug1 May 2009
Uh... no it has nothing to— Na1 May 2009
- Contact— Labrug1 May 2009
  - I quite agree, I've often— Na1 May 2009
OK then , smarties, what about "chookas"?— Lisa Skryp1 May 2009
- That I do know— Labrug1 May 2009
  - I found this...— Labrug2 May 2009
  - My self-correction— Labrug2 May 2009
Chookas— Na1 May 2009
Ah, phooey to superstition!— Tim Prosser2 May 2009
- Very Supersticious— crgwllms14 May 2009
Theatre is so full of— Garreth2 May 2009
Oh, how wonderful . . . I— Tim Prosser2 May 2009
- So— Logos3 May 2009
Indoor Umbrellas— Frellis2 May 2009
isn't whistling the most— devils advocate2 May 2009
why is the above comment— devils advocate3 May 2009
What's a— jeffhansen3 May 2009
- Not sure......— Taurean15 May 2009
  - Excuse Me— Logos15 May 2009
    - Clarification — Taurean19 May 2009
      - ···
        Thanks— Logos20 May 2009
What's a?— Norma3 May 2009
a bridge that— devils advocate3 May 2009
dickhead — Robert Whyte4 May 2009
oh and here's me thinking— Walter Plinge4 May 2009
- Ssh!— Freddie Badgery5 May 2009
  - Santa? — Garreth5 May 2009
Grahame Saunders — Robert Whyte5 May 2009
- robert, why call me a— devils advocate5 May 2009
WHISTLING, TRADITION AND SUPERSTITION— PHILLIP MACKENZIE7 May 2009
- I have only just recently— Lunamynx2218 May 2009
I think the whistling bit— JoeMc14 May 2009
No, it's for fly cues. — Rebecca Jo19 May 2009

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