Theatre hanging: Italian actor Raphael Schumacher 'deteriorating'

[muriel_volestrangler]

The condition of the Italian actor left in a coma after a hanging scene went wrong during a live theatrical production is deteriorating, it has been reported.

Raphael Schumacher, 27, was appearing in a production of Mirages at the Teatro Lux in Pisa when an audience member realised he was in trouble.

Pisa Today reported the actor was not currently responding to treatment.

The newspaper added investigators were satisfied the incident was an accident.

They will now try to identify if the theatre was negligent in following safety standards.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-35481616

[2naSalit]

1. That's awful!

[muriel_volestrangler]

2. Theatre hanging: Raphael Schumacher declared brain dead

Raphael Schumacher, the Italian actor who accidentally strangled himself during a live theatre performance, has been declared clinically dead.
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Schumacher's condition has been deteriorating since he was taken to a local hospital on Sunday. He did not respond to treatment and doctors suggested he had suffered severe and probably irreversible brain damage.

Following a six-hour procedure to establish brain death on Thursday, the hospital issued a statement: "The family and the prosecutor's office have both authorised that his organs be donated, but their removal will be subject to a medical assessment to be performed in the course of the night."
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At the time of the incident, he was reciting a monologue from Frank Wedekind's Spring Awakening alone in a courtyard in front of just one spectator. The performance ended with Schumacher placing his head in a noose.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-35500871

[malaise]

3. Very sad

I posted a thread about this two days ago - a weird death.