Actor hurt at York theatre

8:12am Friday 20th June 2008

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A THEATRE performance ended early when the star of the show cracked his head open.

Members of the audience watched in horror at last night as the actor playing main character Alex in A Clockwork Orange, at York Theatre Royal, banged his head on the floor. They though it was all a part of the act - until the show was stopped early.

Julian Cole, who was reviewing the show for The Press, said: "It happened during a scene where he was throwing himself around listening to Beethoven. He wanted to hear the music, but the music was making him go mad.

"He banged his head on the floor and said something like Oh (expletive deleted) I've cracked my skull. That's theatre for you.' "It felt like it was part of the act, but there was blood coming out of his head. The director led us out and he (the actor) was carted off in an ambulance with a big white bandage round his head."

The ambulance service said: "A man has been taken to York Hospital by ambulance."

A Clockwork Orange is being performed by York company Belt Up and University of York's Drama Society. Whether it will run until tomorrow as planned was unclear last night.