Yellow band at the Thames Festival 17 9 2006

In Shakespeare's 'Twelfth Night' Malvolio is tricked into wearing yellow stockings. He has been told that a lady, who he is trying to woo, would like to see him wearing yellow stockings. She in fact thinks that he looks ridiculous in them. So yellow was unlucky for him. I had not heard that yellow was generally regarded as unlucky by the acting profession. I am not a theatre-goer.
Outdoor performances may be a way of gradually regaining some of the massive losses the performing arts have suffered.