Did anyone really throw rotten tomatoes on stage?

[Joostik]

Originally Posted by Mad Jay

But, why would anyone purposefully carry rotten veggies (concealed or not) to a show? It's not customary to go to the theatre when you are going to throw trash, is it?

Because it's fun? Theatre isn't necessarily such a high-brow affair, and throwing stuff at the performers might be more entertaining than the play itself.

[Billy Beccles]

The night I appeared as Macbeth

I acted so tragic the house rose like magic
The audience yelled "You're sublime"
They made me a present of Mornington Crescent
They threw it a brick at a time...

Years I've waited to use that on snopes, absolute donkey's years.

[Troberg]

I've also made fake cream pies....

You wore a condom without telling her?

[VeebleFetzer]

Originally Posted by Joostik

Because it's fun? Theatre isn't necessarily such a high-brow affair, and throwing stuff at the performers might be more entertaining than the play itself.

That's pretty much the way I see it. We aren't talking about the Royal Ballet, here – more vaudeville and music hall, where I suppose it could be guaranteed that at least one act per night was going to be bad enough that it could only be improved by a volley of vegetables.

You need to consider the audience, too. You've got to remember that these were just simple working folk. These were people of the factories and tenements. The common clay of the cities. You know... morons.

[Izzy Quigley]

Originally Posted by Billy Beccles

The night I appeared as Macbeth

I acted so tragic the house rose like magic
The audience yelled "You're sublime"
They made me a present of Mornington Crescent
They threw it a brick at a time...

Years I've waited to use that on snopes, absolute donkey's years.

I love it!