My father was an amateur Shakespearean actor when I was growing up, so I was quite aware of the curse of "the Scottish play" and how superstitious actors can be regarding the play's reputation. Dad always had a St. Genesius medal sewn into all of his costumes (St. Genesius is the patron saint of actors) for good measure.

For those not familiar with the curse of "the Scottish play", here are a couple of articles:

http://www.austinchronicle.com/issue..._feature2.html

http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Depts/H...eth/curse.html

Cheers,

Todd