Ya gots to be careful with the so called prop knives.
"If the actor had put a little more pressure on the knife or even struck an artery, he would probably have bled to death on the stage," a doctor who treated Mr Hoevels, 30, told the newspaper Oesterreich.
The real-life drama happened last weekend during a performance of Friedrich Schiller's play Mary Stuart, about Mary Queen of Scots.
Mr Hoevels's character was supposed to commit suicide and the actor used what he thought was a blunt prop weapon.
Actor cuts throat on stage, not some weird suicide attempt.