DIAL M FOR MURDER MOVIE CAST WINDOWS

Director Anthony Banks moves his four actors around the stage вЂ“ circumnavigating the central sofa вЂ“ with skill and dexterity. Another effect of dipping the central lighting in the room at particular moments in the narrative is less successful. It was Alfred HitchcockвЂ™s 1954 film adaptation, with a BAFTA winning performance by Grace Kelly, that brought fame to the play and the lighting design (Lizzie Powell) pays homage to this with beautifully cast shadow effects onto the white walls. It is mentioned that Margot enjoys staying in to watch plays on TV, which is a nice touch as this play by Frederick Knott received its first public airing as an episode of BBC Sunday-Night Theatre back in 1952. Her text is beautifully precise and, over the course of the evening, we see her turn convincingly through a range of emotions from the alluringly flirtatious to the hysterically distraught. With a lot of narrative to get through, and whilst facing up-stage, some of Michael SalamiвЂ™s diction is not completely clear. It is up to Margot and the semi-undressed Max to set the scene for us.

DIAL M FOR MURDER MOVIE CAST WINDOWS

A large sofa takes up centre stage, the front door to the apartment at the rear and a pair of French windows to the side leading out past some fine-looking greenery into the sun-lit garden. All the action takes place in the living room of Tony and MargotвЂ™s Maida Vale flat (Designer David Woodhead). A pity that the sound effect of the telephone ringing is rather underwhelming and that the too similar sound of the doorbell, on occasions, causes confusion. for younger audience members, the letter M was included with the number 6 on an old-style telephone dial вЂ“ it is no surprise that the telephone, positioned centre stage, has an important role in this play. For a show that takes a telephony reference for its title вЂ“ NB. But thatвЂ™s enough of the plot of this early genre-defining murder mystery вЂ“ there are no spoilers here. Retired tennis player Tony (Tom Chambers) hatches a plan to murder his society wife Margot (Diana Vickers) in revenge for her affair with film script writer Max (Michael Salami), requiring Inspector Hubbard (Christopher Harper) to investigate the ensuing proceedings.

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