The 39 Steps (play)

The 39 Steps ( German: " The 39 Steps "). 's A farce after the 1915 published the same crime novel by John Buchan and the movie by Alfred Hitchcock in 1935 The song was written by Patrick Barlow, the one in his adaptation to original concept by Simon Corble and Nobby Dimon for two actors supported.

History

The basic idea of the piece is to retell the entire plot of the film with only four actors and economical props on a simple stage. An actor represents the hero named Richard Hannay is an actress embodies the three women with whom it comes in the course of action to romantic entanglements, the other two actors play all the other characters ( male and female ), occasionally even inanimate objects. This makes quick changes of mood (lighting, background music ) is required, sometimes the actors have to play multiple characters at the same time. In this way, the exciting and totally serious espionage story of the film to a comedy act in the style of Monty Python. The text is full of allusions and malapropisms other Hitchcock films from the window to the courtyard on psychoanalysis to North by Northwest.

The piece in the version for four actors premiered in June 2005 at the West Yorkshire Playhouse, directed by Fiona Buffini, a year later, the first London production followed under the title " John Buchan 's The 39 Steps " at the Tricycle Theatre. The German -language premiere was on 17 April 2008 in Grenzlandtheater Aachen. Since it was put in countless productions in a variety of countries (including the UK, USA, Australia, Canada, Israel, Hong Kong, Mexico, Greece, Spain, Argentina, Philippines, South Korea)

Awards

The piece was (2007) and What's On Stage Award for "Best Comedy " with the Olivier Award, the production on Broadway (2008) received two Tony Awards ( Best Lighting Design and Best Sound design ).