Actor slits throat in suicide scene.

By David Shoo

An actor slit his throat on stage when a prop knife turned out to be a real one. The gory experience took place on Tuesday night.

 The actor Daniel Hoevels, 30, was supposed to be portraying a suicide scene in act five of the play `Mary Stuart” by Friedrich Schiller.

Austrian media reported that the actor slumped over with blood gorging from his neck while the audience, who assumed it was all special effects, broke into applause.

Bravery with a bandage

The actor was rushed to hospital for emergency treatment. A doctor told media reporters:

“If Hovels had hit an artery or cut only slightly deeper, he would have died on stage,”

Although many would be traumatized by the alleged murder plot, Hoevels impressed fans by appearing on stage the next night, wearing a bandage around his neck.

Police are investigating whether the knife was a mistake or a murder plot. They are questioning both the cast and any backstage crew who had access to props.