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A long-standing theatrical [[superstition]] holds that it is bad luck to refer to ''Macbeth'' directly by its name while inside a theater, and accordingly, actors traditionally refer to it obliquely as "the Scottish play." It is considered acceptable to voice the play's name only while rehearsing or performing the production itself.

A long-standing theatrical [[superstition]] holds that it is bad luck to refer to ''Macbeth'' directly by its name while inside a theater, and accordingly, actors traditionally refer to it obliquely as "the Scottish play." It is considered acceptable to voice the play's name only while rehearsing or performing the production itself.

Because Shakespeare's plays are so familiar, there are innumerable references to them in English literature. Sometimes his stories are recast into a different form. The musical ''West Side Story'' is a retelling of ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]'', and the classic movie ''Forbidden Planet'' is a tscience-fiction version of ''[[The Tempest]].''

Because Shakespeare's plays are so familiar, there are innumerable references to them in English literature. Sometimes his stories are recast into a different form. The musical ''West Side Story'' is a retelling of ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]'', and the classic movie ''[[Forbidden Planet]]'' is a [[science-fiction]] version of ''[[The Tempest]].''

The reverence in which Shakespeare is held, and the archaic language of his plays (from the same era as the [[King James Bible|King James translation of the Bible]], should not obscure the fact that his plays were (and still are) highly successful.  

The reverence in which Shakespeare is held, and the archaic language of his plays (from the same era as the [[King James Bible|King James translation of the Bible]], should not obscure the fact that his plays were (and still are) highly successful.