附註:"This play concerns imagined events surrounding the following true incident: on Thursday 10 May 1849, while the English actor William Charles Macready was performing Macbeth at the Astor Place Opera House in New York City, a riot erupted which resulted in the death of thirty-four people and the injury of over a hundred more."--Unnumbered page following title page verso.
摘要:"In New York City in 1849, not one but two productions of the Scottish play are planned for the same night: one by English actor/manager William Charles Macready, the other by American matinée idol Edwin Forrest. This tempts the fates too much. A rabble of nationalists assembles at Macready's performance and boos him off the stage. He is convinced to go on again the next night-- and a riot erupts. Macready is forced to take refuge in Forrest's theatre where the two men find a safe haven in their memories and their craft"--Dust jacket.
