"The 39 Steps" By Patrick Barlow - Calliope Productions (Boylston, MA.)
Calliope Productions
Presents Patrick Barlow's
"THE 39 STEPS"
A madcap mystery featuring romance, espionage, mistaken identity, and intrigue set in 1930's England.
Written by Patrick Barlow
Performances:
October 10, 2024 through October 20, 2024
(Contact Box Office for Exact Times)
Calliope Theatre, 150 Main Street, in Boylston, MA.
Tickets: https://www.ticketstage.com/T/CALLIOPE
Contact the Box Office at 508-869-6887
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The 39 Steps is a parody adapted from the 1915 novel by John Buchan and the 1935 film by Alfred Hitchcock.
The original concept and production of a four-actor version of the story was by Simon Corble and Nobby Dimon. Patrick Barlow rewrote this adaptation in 2005.
The play's concept calls for the entirety of the 1935 adventure film "The 39 Steps" to be performed with a cast of only four.
One actor plays the hero, Richard Hannay, an actress (or sometimes actor) plays the three women with whom he has romantic entanglements, and two other actors play every other character in the show: heroes, villains, men, women, children and even the occasional inanimate object.
This often requires lightning-fast quick-changes and occasionally for them to play multiple characters at once.
Thus the film's serious spy story is played mainly for laughs, and the script is full of allusions to (and puns on the titles of) other Alfred Hitchcock films, including "Strangers on a Train," "Rear Window," "Psycho," "Vertigo" and "North by Northwest."
ABOUT CALLIOPE PRODUCTIONS
CALLIOPE PRODUCTIONS is a year-round non-profit theatre company founded in 1982 that serves the needs and interests of audiences and performers in the Central Massachusetts region. CALLIOPE PRODUCTIONS presents six main-stage productions each year, and operates performance training workshops for students (ages 9 - 18) and adults. CALLIOPE PRODUCTIONS is a member of the American Association of Community Theatre, the Eastern Massachusetts Association of Community Theatres and the Worcester Cultural Coalition.
150 Main Street
Boylston, MA 01505
