Plot

Lily MacBeth manipulates husband Joe to assassinate crime boss, take over syndicate. Joe becomes paranoid, murders Lennie's father, wife. Lennie seeks revenge against Joe. Betrayals, guilt consume Joe, leading to his downfall.

Shakespeare (more-or-less) in modern gangster setting. Lily MacBeth pushes her husband Joe to rub out the reigning crime boss and become the new "kingpin" himself. Success is short- lived, however, as he confronts Lennie, a mobster whose father and wife are Joe's murder victims.—Ed Stephan <stephan@cc.wwu.edu>