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Actor Cuts Throat on Vienna Stage
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by The Eye | December 11, 2008 at 04:48 am
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An actor narrowly escaped death after slashing his throat on stage with a real knife, instead of a blunt stage-prop blade.
Daniel Hoevels slumped to the floor with blood pouring from his neck during a performance at Vienna's Burgtheater.
He was rushed to hospital with a deep slice to his throat which fortunately missed his main artery.
Austrian police are investigating whether the incident was a mistake or a deliberate attack on the actor.
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at 08:00 on December 11th, 2008
Not some thing any one should try at home. Moliere died on stage in his own blood, however that was due to his TB and not a knife.
at 08:08 on December 11th, 2008
fascinating story...
at 06:35 on December 12th, 2008
This is an amazing story. It snaps of a cheap detective thriller, but her we are - real life. Surely they won't find that this was an accident as I seem to have read somewhere?
at 07:25 on December 12th, 2008
As an actor who has used a prop knife on himself in a production that ran for over a year ( so I must have used it hundreds of times ) this strory gives me serious case of the heeby-jeebies.