The Shakespeare Curse
- 作者
- 出版社 little brown
- 出版时间 2010年1月 第1版
- ISBN 9780751542226
- 定价 63.00
内容简介
Macbethisafamouslycursedplay,fraughtwithgruesomeviolenceandsupernaturalevil.SomeofKateStanley'sfriendsquestionherchoosingtodirectitsproductionforthe400thanniversaryofitsfirstperformance,butKate'sexpertiseinthelittle-knownsecretsandobscuremysteriesofShakespearemakeheranatural.However,bizarreritualobjectsbegintoturnupatrehearsals,anditbecomesclearsomeoneisusingtheproductiontosendamessageintheformofverydarkancientmagic.Thecastisunnervedbothbythegruesomepranksandthehistoricalcreepinessofthisplay,andconsiderabandoningtheproduction.Butalocalyoungboy,thenamesakeofthe17th-centuryactorwhofirstplayedtheroleofLadyMacbeth,isabducted,andthepuzzlingransomnotesmaketheboy'ssurvivaldependentuponmakingtheplayhappen.Asopeningnightapproaches,KatedigsdeepintotheobscureandmagicalallusionsinMacbeth,anddrawsonallherskillandknowledgeofoccultShakespearetodeciphertheransomnoteriddlesandsavethekidnappedboy.
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