The news that actor Daniel Hoevels accidentally slit his own throat on stage in Austria during a performance of Mary Stuart will send a shiver of empathy mixed with schadenfreude through the ranks of Equity. Apparently Mr Hoevels had not been informed that the knife was a real one rather than a rubber facsimile, as would have been expected. "Always check your props," we were told at drama school: you never know when …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:45AM on April 7, 2016