Rope
by S.T.A.G.E. Bulverde
Feb. 15 - Mar. 03
Fridays-Sundays
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, 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.
Rope - Written by Patrick Hamilton
Directed by Barry Goettl
Rope
by Patrick Hamilton
S.T.A.G.E. Bulverde
February 15 - March 03, 2024
February 15,16,17, 2024, 8 pm, 18 2:30 pm,
February 23,24 8 pm, 25 2:30pm, March 1,2 8 pm, 3 2:30pm
Krause House, S.T.A.G.E. Theatre
