Light Thickens Author:Ngaio Marsh LIGHT THICKENS is the last book by one of the greatest of all mystery writers, the late Dame Ngaio Marsh. Peregrine Jay, director of London's Dolphin Theater, has a tricky problem: how to stage MACBETH successfully with a volatile cast of eccentric actors, despite some rather sinister goings-on, such as the disembodied head of Banquo's g... more »host that keeps turning up in strange places, the large swords left where they might kill someone, and several other disturbing deeds. Soon the entire cast is grumbling about the damned "Scot's play".
Then, during one performance, a scene involving a claymore, a giant Scottish battle sword, goes murderously wrong; the gore on the stage is REAL!« less