The Shakespeare Curse
A Novel
(Sprache: Englisch)
Kate Stanley's fame as a director with an expertise in "occult Shakespeare" catapults her - and Ben Pearl, her partner in crime solving - into a new production of Macbeth, showcasing a fabled collection of objects relating both to the play and the...
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Kate Stanley's fame as a director with an expertise in "occult Shakespeare" catapults her - and Ben Pearl, her partner in crime solving - into a new production of Macbeth, showcasing a fabled collection of objects relating both to the play and the historical Scottish king for whom it is named. The Bard's witch-haunted play is famously cursed, and as rehearsals begin at the foot of Scotland's Dunsinnan Hill, it doesn't take long fur the curse to stir. A tarot card leads Kate to Birnam Wood, where she finds a local woman dead in circumstances that suggest not just ritual murder, but ancient pagan sacrifice.
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Macbeth is a famously cursed play, fraught with gruesome violence and supernatural evil. Some of Kate Stanley's friends question her choosing to direct its production for the 400th anniversary of its first performance, but Kate's expertise in the little-known secrets and obscure mysteries of Shakespeare make her a natural. However, bizarre ritual objects begin to turn up at rehearsals, and it becomes clear someone is using the production to send a message in the form of very dark ancient magic. The cast is unnerved both by the gruesome pranks and the historical creepiness of this play, and consider abandoning the production. But a local young boy, the namesake of the 17th-century actor who first played the role of Lady Macbeth, is abducted, and the puzzling ransom notes make the boy's survival dependent upon making the play happen. As opening night approaches, Kate digs deep into the obscure and magical allusions in Macbeth, and draws on all her skill and knowledge of occult Shakespeare to decipher the ransom note riddles and save the kidnapped boy.
Autoren-Porträt von Jennifer Lee Carrell
Jennifer Lee Carrell ist promovierte Anglistin und Amerikanistin. Sie hat Literatur und Geschichte an der Harvard University unterrichtet und für die Hyperion Theatre Company bei zahlreichen Shakespeare-Aufführungen Regie geführt. Als Journalistin schreibt sie u.a. für das Smithsonian Magazine.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Jennifer Lee Carrell
- 2010, 448 Seiten, Maße: 10,6 x 17,6 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: Penguin US
- ISBN-10: 0452296102
- ISBN-13: 9780452296107
Sprache:
Englisch
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