SLEUTH
by Anthony Shaffer
October 17 at 7:30pm
Seaside Repertory Theatre / Main stage
Anthony Shaffer's play is set in the Wiltshire, England manor house of
Andrew Wyke, an immensely successful mystery writer. His home reflects
Wyke's obsession with the inventions and deceptions of fiction and his
fascination with games and game-playing. He lures his wife's lover,
Milo Tindle, to the house and convinces him to stage a robbery of her
jewelry, a proposal that sets off a chain of events that leaves the
audience trying to decipher where Wyke's imagination ends and reality
begins
Theatre critic Clive Barnes wrote in 13th November 1970 edition of The
New York Times: "As clever as a wagonload of monkeys solving the
crossword puzzle of The Times of London and as intricate as the
Hampton Court maze. It is good, neat, clean and bloody fun and I most
cordially recommend it." He also gave it another favourable review two
years later when Paul Rogers had replaced Anthony Quayle. Other
reviews were just as quick to praise. “Sleuth is one of the best
melodramas I have ever seen. Maybe it is the best” wrote John Chapman
in the New York Daily News. “Wickedly entertaining” was Walter Kerr's
feelings in The Sunday New York Times.
Tickets $10
please call 231-0733 or order online
by Anthony Shaffer
October 17 at 7:30pm
Seaside Repertory Theatre / Main stage
Anthony Shaffer's play is set in the Wiltshire, England manor house of
Andrew Wyke, an immensely successful mystery writer. His home reflects
Wyke's obsession with the inventions and deceptions of fiction and his
fascination with games and game-playing. He lures his wife's lover,
Milo Tindle, to the house and convinces him to stage a robbery of her
jewelry, a proposal that sets off a chain of events that leaves the
audience trying to decipher where Wyke's imagination ends and reality
begins
Theatre critic Clive Barnes wrote in 13th November 1970 edition of The
New York Times: "As clever as a wagonload of monkeys solving the
crossword puzzle of The Times of London and as intricate as the
Hampton Court maze. It is good, neat, clean and bloody fun and I most
cordially recommend it." He also gave it another favourable review two
years later when Paul Rogers had replaced Anthony Quayle. Other
reviews were just as quick to praise. “Sleuth is one of the best
melodramas I have ever seen. Maybe it is the best” wrote John Chapman
in the New York Daily News. “Wickedly entertaining” was Walter Kerr's
feelings in The Sunday New York Times.
Tickets $10
please call 231-0733 or order online