A sword hit the audience in a Shakespeare play in Germany

of Berlin at the Schaubühne Theater by William Shakespeare Richard III -the performance of the play had already progressed to the final scene, when the leading actor sharpened his sword Lars Eidingerin hand and hit the woman sitting in the front row on the head.

They tell about it Berliner Zeitung- and The New York Times -newspapers. The accident happened on Thursday, February 19.

The luck in the accident was that the sword hurled itself into the spectator’s head, hilt first. Even though the blade of the stage sword was hardly sharpened very sharp, it could have made a much worse mark than the handle.

The performance was interrupted and the theater’s own doctor treated the audience, but an ambulance was not needed. The spectator left the scene on his own feet, The New York Times reports.

Next up actor Lars Eidinger still called the viewer to ask how he was doing.

The theater’s performance calendar is not affected by the incident, but also Richard III -play will be performed according to plans. The last show for now is Monday night, February 23rd.

Eidinger is one of Germany’s most famous actors. Outside of Germany, he is known, for example, for his roles in the television series Babylon Berlin and in the Netflix series based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel All the light we can’t see.

Eidinger has been part of the ensemble of Berlin’s Schaubühne theater since 1999 and has interpreted Shakespeare’s plays in e.g. Hamlet and Richard III:n it’s amazing

To be performed at the Schaubühne Richard III on Thomas Ostermeierin direction from 2015. Ostermeier has also directed other Shakespeare plays at the Schaubühne, and Eidinger has acted in, for example in Hamlet, Measure for measure and In a midsummer night’s dream. He is known for the physicality of his interpretations.

Eidingerin also tells about the intensity of the interpretations Hamlet The London show, which Eidinger talked about in Die Zeit magazine in the interview in 2016. He was apparently referring to the Schaubühne for a visiting performance At the Barbican in 2011.

“I had to balance on the backs of the chairs. In order not to step on people, I looked at my feet. I ran straight towards the concrete balcony and lost consciousness. When I woke up, I noticed that blood was pouring from my forehead, mixed with artificial blood. I continued the performance sobbing. Everyone laughed and thought this was part of the performance. But I had a concussion,” Eidinger told Die Zeit.

The Schaubühne did not respond to HS’s request for comment on Monday.