Fatal Attraction
Written by Bernard Slade
Directed by Ian Macdonald
13 – 18 May 2013
Suzannah Churchill and Elieen Warner
That stellar practitioner of Broadway comedy at its best has here turned his hand, quite successfully, to another genre the mystery thriller. This gripping play takes place in the beach house of Blair Griffen, movie star. Blair is getting divorced, and her husband Morgan is coming to pick up his painting. Then a papparazzo named Tony Lombardi, who is obsessed with Blair, kills Morgan; only to be murdered, in turn, by Blair. Turns out, it is all a plot on the part of Blair and her lesbian lover to generate a resurgence of interest in Blair’s career via all the publicity surrounding the murders. The plotters have not counted, though, on dealing with Lieutenant Gus Braden.
Cast
Blair Griffin – Suzannah Churchill
Morgan Richards – John Hart
Tony Lombardi – Simon Eile
Sergeant Doris Aylesworth – Gill Peters
Lieutenant Gus Braden – Richard Self
Maggie Stratten – Eileen Warner
The Crew
Stage Manager – Roger Butler
Set Design – Roger Butler
Set Build – Roger Butler with Albert Tilbury, Tony Bate, Graham Peters, Dave Birmingham
Continuity – Betty Bailey
Lighting – Pam and Alan Hunt
Sound – Steve Nash
Properties – Jennie Leeper, Emma Constant, Mary Board, Kelly Randall
Wardrobe – Marjorie Sawyer, Carole Bramall
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