Have you ever felt like murdering someone?
Well how about getting someone to do it for you? The perfect alibi, the perfect murder.
Strangers on a Train is the classic Hitchcock thriller. Two strangers on a train, a chance encounter, a guarded conversation and the plan for the perfect murder is hatched.
Laurence Fox in Strangers on a Train at the Gielgud theatre in London
This taught thriller, Strangers on a Train comes to the Gielgud theatre previewing from the 2nd to 9th November with the opening press night scheduled for the 11th November 2013. With an all star cast including Laurence Fox, of the Fox acting dynasty and probably most famous for his leading role as Detective Sergeant James Hathaway in the ITV drama series Lewis.
The play also stars Jack Huston, best known for his role as Richard Harrow in Boardwalk Empire, stage and screen actor Christian McKay, Miranda Raison who stars as Jo Portman in the BBC T.V. series Spooks and acclaimed Shakespearian actress Imogen Stubbs. Tickets for Strangers on a Train at the Gielgud theatre are now on sale.
This gripping and tense play is based on Patricia Highsmith’s acclaimed novel which itself was the basis of Alfred Hitchcock’s classic suspense film about two men who plot a perfect murder.
When tennis pro Guy Haines meets smooth-talking Bruno Antony in the bar of a train, he finds the stranger sympathetic with his desire to be rid of his clinging wife. A seemingly innocent conversation soon takes a sinister turn into dangerous reality. The enigmatic Bruno proposes that they swap murders, Bruno will murder Guy’s wife in exchange for Guy murdering Bruno’s father.
The plot thickens and the suspense builds as a lethal cocktail of blackmail and psychological torment conspire to threatened Guy’s very sanity, his career and his marriage. His deadly dilemma is to kill, or to stand accused of the murder he didn’t commit.
