The book ‘Magic in the Weave’ was written by Alys Clare. ‘Magic in the Weave’ is the 4th book in the Gabriel Taverner series. The story is set in 1604, it centers around a group of actors performing Shakespeare plays in the West Country due to the plague closing London’s theaters. The story is about Gabriel Taverner, a country physician, who is both bewitched and unnerved by the Company’s sexually charged staging of Othello.