The Fourth Wall
Barbara Paul
- A
- playwright
- searches
- the
- theater
- for
- a
- crazed
- saboteurSylvia
- Markey
- sits
- in
- her
- dressing
- room,
- holding
- her
- cat’s
- head
- in
- her
- hands.
- Just
- the
- head—the
- body
- is
- nowhere
- to
- be
- found.
- This
- gruesome
- act
- of
- violence
- was
- committed
- just
- a
- few
- minutes
- before
- curtain,
- and
- Sylvia
- has
- no
- time
- to
- grieve.
- She
- collects
- herself,
- and
- gets
- ready
- to
- perform.
- She
- makes
- it
- halfway
- through
- the
- second
- act
- before
- her
- nerves
- get
- the
- best
- of
- her,
- and
- she
- vomits
- onstage.
- As
- the
- run
- continues,
- so
- does
- the
- sabotage,
- and
- the
- unknown
- troublemaker
- attacks
- actors,
- vandalizes
- the
- set,
- and
- hurls
- acid
- at
- one
- of
- the
- designers.
- To
- playwright
- Abigail
- James,
- the
- meaning
- is
- clear:
- Someone
- is
- trying
- to
- murder
- her
- play.The
- police
- do
- all
- they
- can,
- but
- it
- will
- take
- someone
- who
- understands
- theater
- to
- unravel
- the
- mystery.
- This
- is
- a
- matter
- of
- revenge—and
- Abigail
- will
- settle
- it backstage.
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