Dial M for Murder
Synopsis
"Dial M for Murder" is a classic murder mystery, famously adapted into the iconic Alfred Hitchcock film with Grace Kelly and Ray Milland.
In London, wealthy Margot Mary Wendice had a brief love affair with the American writer Mark Halliday while her husband and professional tennis player Tony Wendice was on a tennis tour. Tony quits playing to dedicate himself to his wife and finds a regular job. She decides to give him a second chance for their marriage. When Mark arrives from America to visit the couple, Margot tells him that she had destroyed all his letters but one that was stolen. Subsequently she was blackmailed, but she had never retrieved the stolen letter. Tony arrives home, claims that he needs to work and asks Margot to go with Mark to the theatre. Meanwhile Tony calls Captain Lesgate (aka Charles Alexander Swann who studied with him at college) and blackmails him to murder his wife, so that he can inherit her fortune. But there is no perfect crime, and things do not work as planned.
Review:
The play is a quintessential example of a thriller, relying on suspense, a compelling villain, and the psychological interplay between characters to create tension.
Written by : Frederick Knott
Directed by : Warren McKenzie
