Rope
by S.T.A.G.E. Bulverde

Dec. 11 (2023)

For the mere sake of adventure, danger, and the "fun of the thing," Wyndham Brandon persuades his weak-minded friend, Charles Granillo, to assist him in the murder of a fellow undergraduate, a perfectly harmless man named Ronald Kentley. They place the body in a wooden chest, and to add spice to their handiwork, invite a few acquaintances, including the dead youth's father, to a party, the chest with its gruesome contents serving as a supper table. The horror and tension are worked up gradually; thunder grows outside, the guests leave, and we see the reactions of the two murderers, watched closely by the suspecting lame poet, Rupert Cadell. Finally they break down under the strain and confess their guilt.

Rope by Patrick Hamilton, first produced and published in 1929, was filmed by Alfred Hitchcock in 1948 and remains to this day one of the classics of the thriller genre.

---

Auditions December 11, 2023, 7:00 pm

1300 Bulverde Road, Bulverde, TX78163 - S.T.A.G.E. / Bulverde Community Theatre

Directed by Barry Goettl

Show Dates: February 15, 2024 – March 3, 2024

Characters: 6M, 2F

WYNDHAM BRANDON- young 
CHARLES GRANILLO - a Spaniard, young 
KENNETH RAGLAN - very young 
LEILA ARDEN - young 
SIR JOHNSTONE KENTLEY - old 
MRS DEBENHAM - about fifty 
RUPERT CADELL - about twenty-nine