Superstitions of "The Scottish Play"
By (Author) Carolyn Keene
26
Simon & Schuster
Aladdin
12th February 2025
United States
Children
Fiction
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Crime and mystery fiction
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Thrillers / suspense
Hardback
208
Width 140mm, Height 210mm, Spine 17mm
Nancy investigates a string of accidents at the theater in the twenty-sixth Nancy Drew Diaries, a fresh approach to a classic series.
When Ned is cast in a stage production of Macbeth, led by the famous but peculiar director Bear Larouche, Nancy volunteers to help with the set. Shes also allowed to sit in on a few rehearsals, where she gets an earful from the director about theater superstitions: never say Macbeth out loudonly refer to it as The Scottish Playnever wear blue, no peacock feathers onstage, and so on.
The play is off to a promising start until Ned breaks the most important rule and accidentally says Macbeth in the theater. And then accidents begin happening during rehearsals. It quickly goes from odd to scary, and the director is ready to cancel the show.
Nancy might not believe in superstition, but she does believe in intuition, and hers is telling her that the cause behind these incidents isnt a curse, but someone in the cast. Its up to her to find out who before opening night.
Carolyn Keene is the author of the ever-popular Nancy Drew books.