Actor Daniel Hoevels slashed his neck during an onstage performance of Mary Stuart at the Burgtheater in Vienna, Austria in early December 2008. Hoevels' character commits suicide near the end of the play. He did not realize the dull prop had been replaced with a real blade until he stabbed himself in the neck, collapsing onstage as blood spurted from his neck. The audience applauded his performance before realizing Hoevels was actually injured.MSN: Actor Slashes Neck in Stage Prop Mix-up (December 11, 2008)
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- "If Hoevels had hit an artery or cut only slightly deeper, he would have died on stage."—MSNMSN: Actor Slashes Neck in Stage Prop Mix-up (December 11, 2008)
- "Police are now investigating their own murder mystery drama after refusing to rule out the possibility that the stunt may have been an attempt to bump off the actor by a jealous rival."—MSNMSN: Actor Slashes Neck in Stage Prop Mix-up (December 11, 2008)
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Was playing Mortimer in Friedrich Schiller's Maria Stuart when the incident occurredMSNBC: Fake Knife Turned Out to be Real (December 11, 2008)
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The audience did not realize Hoevels' injury was real until he failed to get up to take a bowMSN: Actor Slashes Neck in Stage Prop Mix-up (December 11, 2008)
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Received emergency treatment, including stitches, at a local hospitalMSN: Actor Slashes Neck in Stage Prop Mix-up (December 11, 2008)
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