At the foot of it is a feature about a book tracing the gradual disappearance of "mishap-prone priests", as reflected in TV sitcoms; at the top, the guilty Credo column by the Rt Rev Stephen Platten, a rector and associate bishop, showing that mishap-prone priests are not yet entirely a thing of the past.
"We hope that as he finds his footing on stage, the machine will be kind to him, too," Mr. Gelb added, referring to the mishap-prone, 45-ton mechanism of movable planks that constitutes the set for this production.
A play about the mishap-prone coming together of people who have either been rent asunder or (worse) thought dead, this "Comedy of Errors" tilts in the direction of such late-Shakespearean romances as "The Winter's Tale," allowing us to glimpse in the Bard's theatrical infancy the seeds of themes to which he would return.
We hear the cocky but comically cocked-up expressiveness of this mishap-prone trio who, in the middle play, Abide With Me, are on a hormonal high because they think that an uncle has secured them tickets for the Manchester United versus Southampton FA cup final.
It wasn't exactly an easy trip — driving from one game park to the next, setting up and breaking camp, armed with all the proper gear — and I had taken to regarding our mishap-prone vehicle, which we had borrowed from a friend, as my third child, a moody teenager.
A mishap-prone warrior ant defends his colony from a grasshopper attack with a flea-circus army.
It has indeed been a ridiculously crazy time for public spectacles likely chalked up to coincidence in the end but following the Grammys' lead, this year's Oscars were somewhat more mishap-prone than usual.
It has its advantages — you can cut out wherever you are — but, still, you are prone to mishap.
Safety features in workshop-grade weapons can be nonexistent, and the nature of this fuze's design could make it prone to mishap when undergoing the rapid acceleration associated with being fired, the jolt of which could force the striker to slip backward and initiate the explosive train.
You are human which means you are flawed and prone to mishap.
"God help us, Florida is stupid," observed culture blog The Awl. (Imagine if those passers by had been passing by Miami's much-loved Vietnamese pop-up Phuc Yeah, which operated its entire run with an insouciant name clearly much more prone to mishap).
