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Agatha Christie's "The Hollow"
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Germantown Community Theatre
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Germantown Community Theatre
October 22-November 7, 2010
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An unhappy game of romantic follow the leader explodes into murder one weekend at The Hollow, a manor home just outside London. Nearly everyone has a motive and most had the opportunity. Enter Inspector Colquhoun and Sergeant Penny to solve the crime. "As good a stage whodunit as we have had for some time." London Observer.
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Germantown Community Theatre
3037 Forest Hill Irene Rd.
Germantown, TN 38138
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$20.00: Adults $15.00: Seniors/Students** $10.00: Kids 12 and under **Students must present valid student ID
Info Phone: 901.937.3023
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Dates:
October 22-November 7, 2010
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Show times: Thursdays 7:30 pm, Fridays and Saturdays 8 pm and Sundays 2:30 pm
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Event Name: Agatha Christie's "The Hollow"
"Agatha Christie’s “The Hollow” at GCT is Anything But Hollow"
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George Conroy - ArtsMemphis Rants & Raver
from Memphis, TN,
Oct 21, 2010
The Hollow premiered in 1951 and ran for nearly a year in London. This Agathie Christie Whodunit has all the classic ingredients: a grand country house, upper middle class family, weekend house party...
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The Hollow premiered in 1951 and ran for nearly a year in London. This Agathie Christie Whodunit has all the classic ingredients: a grand country house, upper middle class family, weekend house party with variety of guests, genial butler and dutiful staff, drinks served before dinner ands throughout the scenes… all accompanied by a complex triangle of love affairs and past secrets revealed through the course of the drama. The stage set features the traditional drawing room with French doors open to a garden and high walls and windows modernized in contemporary soft colors. The clever suggestion of manicured green lawns outside creates a surrealist image of an English country estate.
This is the home of Lady Lucy Angkatell (Martha Graber), her cousin, Henrietta, played by Christina Wellford Scot, a sculptress, and her husband Sir Henry, Robert McIntosh. A weekend house party brings an array of assorted relations - including a working class second cousin Midge (Heather Malone), a dress shop employee, and a wealthy estate owning cousin Edward (Jody Koster) - with friends from London, Dr Cristow (Brad Kroeker), a physician who “hates sick people” and his timid sweet wife Gerda (Theresa Brignole). During Friday night cocktails a stranger arrives, Veronica Craye (Mary Margaret Walker), a glamorous blonde bombshell of a Hollywood movie star who astounds everyone by claiming that Dr. Cristow was her former lover. A mood of jealousy, hatred and intrigue soon colors the happy gathering when gun shots are heard.
Martha Graber plays Lady Angkatell with ladylike charm and confidence, happier in gardening gloves than evening dress. She wears the pants in the family while her husband Henry is a quiet soul wanting only a liesurely peaceful life. An interesting character, young Midge is performed by Heather Malone with gentility and refinement. Her soft and perfectly understated accent mask her character's tough inner spirit.
Theresa Brignole brings her wide rage of emotional versatility to the central role of Gerta Cristow. We feel her joy when she receives the gift of a simple statue and her sadness when it falls to the floor. She shows anger when she describes her husband’s infidelity yet perfectly portrayed faux surprise when she discovers his murdered body.
Costumes, mannerisms, accents and sharp witticisms on class and servants are all right on. The detectives from Scotland Yard, Inspector Colquhoun (Chris Sterling) and his young assistant Detective Sergeant Penny (Steven Burk) are oddly complementary. Mr. Sterling portrays his character with calm and understated professionalism while Mr. Burk is a little more eager and over the top.
This is a classy production, well directed and fast-paced to keep you on the edge of your seat. Incidental period music and excellent sound effects of rain and thunder appear at dramatic moments adding to the atmosphere. The curious aspect of Christie’s novels may be that no matter how many times we may have read the book – even years ago - or seen a television adaptation, the plot is so convoluted with so many suspects it’s easy to forget “whodunit”!
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Event Name: Agatha Christie's "The Hollow"
"Agatha Christie’s “The Hollow” at GCT is Anything But Hollow"
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posted by:
George Conroy - ArtsMemphis Rants & Raver
from Memphis, TN,
Oct 21, 2010
The Hollow premiered in 1951 and ran for nearly a year in London. This Agathie Christie Whodunit has all the classic ingredients: a grand country house, upper middle class family, weekend house party...
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The Hollow premiered in 1951 and ran for nearly a year in London. This Agathie Christie Whodunit has all the classic ingredients: a grand country house, upper middle class family, weekend house party with variety of guests, genial butler and dutiful staff, drinks served before dinner ands throughout the scenes… all accompanied by a complex triangle of love affairs and past secrets revealed through the course of the drama. The stage set features the traditional drawing room with French doors open to a garden and high walls and windows modernized in contemporary soft colors. The clever suggestion of manicured green lawns outside creates a surrealist image of an English country estate.
This is the home of Lady Lucy Angkatell (Martha Graber), her cousin, Henrietta, played by Christina Wellford Scot, a sculptress, and her husband Sir Henry, Robert McIntosh. A weekend house party brings an array of assorted relations - including a working class second cousin Midge (Heather Malone), a dress shop employee, and a wealthy estate owning cousin Edward (Jody Koster) - with friends from London, Dr Cristow (Brad Kroeker), a physician who “hates sick people” and his timid sweet wife Gerda (Theresa Brignole). During Friday night cocktails a stranger arrives, Veronica Craye (Mary Margaret Walker), a glamorous blonde bombshell of a Hollywood movie star who astounds everyone by claiming that Dr. Cristow was her former lover. A mood of jealousy, hatred and intrigue soon colors the happy gathering when gun shots are heard.
Martha Graber plays Lady Angkatell with ladylike charm and confidence, happier in gardening gloves than evening dress. She wears the pants in the family while her husband Henry is a quiet soul wanting only a liesurely peaceful life. An interesting character, young Midge is performed by Heather Malone with gentility and refinement. Her soft and perfectly understated accent mask her character's tough inner spirit.
Theresa Brignole brings her wide rage of emotional versatility to the central role of Gerta Cristow. We feel her joy when she receives the gift of a simple statue and her sadness when it falls to the floor. She shows anger when she describes her husband’s infidelity yet perfectly portrayed faux surprise when she discovers his murdered body.
Costumes, mannerisms, accents and sharp witticisms on class and servants are all right on. The detectives from Scotland Yard, Inspector Colquhoun (Chris Sterling) and his young assistant Detective Sergeant Penny (Steven Burk) are oddly complementary. Mr. Sterling portrays his character with calm and understated professionalism while Mr. Burk is a little more eager and over the top.
This is a classy production, well directed and fast-paced to keep you on the edge of your seat. Incidental period music and excellent sound effects of rain and thunder appear at dramatic moments adding to the atmosphere. The curious aspect of Christie’s novels may be that no matter how many times we may have read the book – even years ago - or seen a television adaptation, the plot is so convoluted with so many suspects it’s easy to forget “whodunit”!
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