 Doris, the lead actress, has her purse stolen from her dressing room by an unseen assailant; Josiah Bunce, the stage manager, reportedly receives a telegram warning him to drop out of the play, signed by John Woodford, and the theater's new owner, Arthur McHugh, also receives a visit from Woodford's ghost.The production continues, and during the final rehearsal, Harvey Carleton inexplicably disappears from the stage during a blackout.Doris spots a mysterious masked figure in a theater box in addition to a man resembling John Woodford, but both disappear.