[DOC] [TLE] Break a leg - Wikipedia [PAR] "Break a leg" is an idiom in theatre used to wish a performer "good luck" in an 
ironic way. Well-wishers typically say "Break a leg" to actors and musicians 
before they ... The phrase is now most typically used to wish an actor good luck 
before a ... The story goes that John Wilkes Booth, the actor turned assassin, 
claimed in his... [DOC] [TLE] Why Do People Tell Actors to "Break a Leg"? - Today I Found Out [PAR] Nov 13, 2012 ... Thus, break a leg, by this logic, would be a wish for good luck. ... It is possible 
actors adopted this phrase, as it was just after WWI that the ... John Wilkes Booth, 
who, of course, shot President Lincoln at Ford's Theater in 1865. ... from Lincoln's 
upper box seat onto the stage, where he literally broke his leg. [DOC] [TLE] More about Break A Leg - Theatrecrafts.com [PAR] Superstition against wishing an actor Good Luck! has led to the adoption of this 
phrase in its place. Popular etymology derives the phrase from the 1865 
assassination of ... John Wilkes Booth, the actor turned assassin, leapt to the 
stage of Ford's ... For contemporary English-speaking theater people, the ritual 
greeting... [DOC] [TLE] old sayings | From The Source [PAR] The phrase was first appeared in a renowned writer's work in the mid-1500s, and 
was .... is that the phrase began with Dr. Samuel Mudd, who assisted John Wilkes 
Booth after he assassinated President Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theater in .... 
steer clear of wishing someone good luck because it might result in bad luck. [DOC] [TLE] Runs in the Spring - Ford's Theatre [PAR] assassination of Abraham Lincoln by John Wilkes Booth at the end of the ... One 
Destiny, performed by two actors, tells the story of the assassination ..... As a 
general rule, I abstain from reading the reports of attacks upon myself, wishing 
not to be ... I presented a plan of re-construction (as the phrase goes) which, I 
promised,. [DOC] [TLE] 08_chapter 3.pdf - Shodhganga [PAR] Idioms tend to be informal and are best used in spoken rather than written .... In 
Kannada we have similar idiom as 'kanmani', literally meaning pearl of ..... actor 
good luck. Many people think the origin comes from when in 1865 John Wilkes. 
Booth, who was an actor, broke his leg while leaping to kill President Linoln 
during... [DOC] [TLE] Expressions & Sayings (B) [PAR] Back to basics was taken up by the British Conservative Party in 1993 as an ... 
John Major, the Prime Minister, launched this ill-fated phrase, albeit with the ...... 
John Wilkes Booth, the actor turned assassin, leapt to the stage of Ford's Theatre 
... the phrase arose from a simple superstition against wishing someone good 
luck. [DOC] [TLE] Last words - Wikiquote [PAR] Note: His guards heard him utter this phrase when they found his maimed body ... 
He lost his left leg and was taken home where he died hours after his wound. ..... 
he inspected a bullet in his vehicle's wheel and a newspaper man shouted "Good 
luck!" .... Who: John Wilkes Booth, an American stage actor who assassinated... [DOC] [TLE] Full text of "PRINCE OF PLAYERS EDWIN BOOTH" - Internet Archive [PAR] His father was Rich- ard Booth, a lawyer; his grandfather was John Booth, a 
Jewish ..... Once, for no good reason except that he felt like it, he played Cassius 
in Julius Caesar ...... By 1 854 a num- ber of actors had left to try their luck in 
Australia. ...... Street Theater as Richard III, with his brother John Wilkes playing 
Richmond. [DOC] [TLE] 1000+ images about History Goodness on Pinterest | Concentration ... [PAR] Sometimes called "The Virgin Queen", "Gloriana" or "Good Queen Bess", ..... He 
was taken back to Gusen, where he died in hospital. ..... Here's his secret: He was 
sitting in Ford

Question: This phrase wishing an actor good luck was taken literally by John Wilkes Booth at Ford's theater
Answer: Break a leg