The Dark Behind the Curtain - Gillian Cross

`They all come` - the voice was low and gloating - `rich and poor, old and young, they all need the barber . . . I sit them in my chair and . . . I cuts `em! From ear to ear!` When Jackus gets involved with the school play, he thinks it`s going to be a bore. He couldn`t be more wrong . . .`This play we`re doing, it`s not true, is it? I mean, there never was a Sweeney Todd who killed people?` Jackus never wanted to be in the school play, but he didn`t have much choice. Now he sees that what`s unfolding on-stage is more than just acting, more than just pretend. Strange things are happening. Terrifying things. Ghostly footprints. Unexplained whispering. The touch of a cold hand in the shadows . . . What has been woken by the play`s dark words? Can Jackus stop it, or are the actors doomed to play out the tragedy to the bitter end?