February 2005
Deathtrap Ira Levin
Cast
Keir Dullea
Mia Dillon
Tadhg Murphy
Noelle Brown
Brian De Salvo
Production Team
Directed by: Terry Byrne
Set Design by: Alan Farquharson
Costumes by: Valerie Kelly
Lighting Design by: Conleth White
Set in the isolated New England home of thriller playwright Sidney Bruhl, the action centres around the play Deathtrap, a new thriller by unknown dramatist Clifford Anderson which he has sent to Sidney for comment – or has he? Without a success to his credit for some years, Sidney plots, with his reluctant wife Myra, about how best to plagiarise Deathtrap and when Clifford turns up to discuss the play with the “Master” events take a sinister turn.
Sidney and Clifford act out a particularly gruesome pair of murders before Myra, who does not realise they are faked and suffers a fatal heart attack in consequence. Deathtrap is revealed as an ingenious means of murdering Myra, and Sydney and Clifford settle down to apparent domestic bliss. But Sidney’s plans take an unexpected twist when Dutch clairvoyant Helga ten Dorp begins to experience disquieting vibrations and Clifford decides that Deathtrap has a plot which is far too good to waste…
… a slickly oiled theatrical machine, high on entertainment values… Irish Examiner
… this is classy theatre…so impressive Munster Express
Red Kettle production is skilfully directed by Terry Byrne Sunday Times
Humour and tension are nicely balanced Ireland on Sunday
Theatre Royal, Waterford: Feb 11th – Feb 19th 2005
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