My Uncle Was In A Play Once. It Was Called Macbeth.

My Uncle Was In A Play Once. It Was Called Macbeth.

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My Uncle was in a play once. It was called Macbeth.
What did he play?
Second codpiece. Macbeth wore him in the fight scenes.
So he was a _stunt_ codpiece, then?
Yeah.
Did he have a large part?
...Depends who was playing Macbeth.
-- Baldrick and Edmund : Sense and Senility

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