2. Teil der Thrillerserie um die junge Theaterregisseurin Kate
Sheldon und gleichzeitige Expertin für den alten Meister, von dem
bis heute keiner genau zu wissen glaubt, ob es ihn wirklich gab, ob
sein Name nur ein Pseudonym einer historischen Persönlichkeit oder
gar einer Gruppe von Schriftstellen war: William Shakespeare.
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.
