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The 39 Steps

Presented by The Circuit Playhouse at The Circuit Playhouse

May 13-June 5, 2011

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Hitchcock meets hilarious in this madcap comic thriller, a juicy spy story mixed with a dash of Monty Python mayhem. A young man bored with his life falls in with a mysterious woman claiming to be a secret agent and soon he’s the target of a cross-country manhunt with a shadowy organization called “The 39 Steps” on his trail. Four actors take on over 150 roles in a plot packed with intrigue, international danger, an on-stage plane crash, old-fashioned romance, high-spirited comedy, and a death-defying finale!

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    The Circuit Playhouse

    51 S Cooper
    Memphis, TN 38104

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    $33 - Adults $20 - Students, Seniors, Military $10 - Children $20 - All Tickets Opening Weekend

    Info Phone: 901-726-4656

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  • Dates & Times

    Dates:
    May 13-June 5, 2011

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    Thursday-Saturday at 8:00pm, Sunday at 2:00pm

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    • Event Name: The 39 Steps
      "Review by Glenda Mace - ArtsMemphis Rants & Raver"
      Comment posted by: Glenda Mace - ArtsMemphis Rants & Raver from Memphis, TN, May 15, 2011
      

      The 39 Steps, a play adapted to the stage by Patrick Barlow, based on both the 1915 John Buchnan novel and the 1935 film by Alfred Hitchcock, opened at Circuit Friday, May 13. What fun. This... Expand

      The 39 Steps, a play adapted to the stage by Patrick Barlow, based on both the 1915 John Buchnan novel and the 1935 film by Alfred Hitchcock, opened at Circuit Friday, May 13. What fun. This slapstick comedy is a bit of silliness in the best sense of the word. Perhaps Commedia dell'arte meets Monty Python would be the better description. Fast paced and commedically directed by Kevin Shaw The 39 Steps takes us on a romp from London thorough Scotland and back again. The loosely threaded espianoge plot begins when Richard Hannay, played by resident company member, Michaell Gravois, wakes to find the mysterious Annabella with a knife in her back. Now a suspect for the murder, Hannay begins the treck across Scotland to prove his innocence while managing to stay one step ahead of the police. The conceit of this four character play is that besides Michael, who deftly plays Richard, the other three actors play a multitude of roles, never bothering to hide the quick costume metamorphosis from to the other. There is a rolling door that is used for all entrances and exits, one hand-held upper window frame that has the glass broken each time Hannay dives through it to escape capture and dialects that change along with the change of a coat. The excellent cast includes Jenny Lynn Christofferson, who plays all of the dazzling female romantic characters. Ryan Kathman, billed as Clown 1 and Matt Reed, billed as Clown 2, who play all the other characters, both men and women with hilarious results. The design crew has provided lighting, sound and set that enhances all the chaos of the chase, and the stick puppets and scrim diversions that provide amusing commentary on the art of theatrical illusion. Collapse

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    • Event Name: The 39 Steps
      "Review by Glenda Mace - ArtsMemphis Rants & Raver"
      Comment posted by: Glenda Mace - ArtsMemphis Rants & Raver from Memphis, TN, May 15, 2011
      

      The 39 Steps, a play adapted to the stage by Patrick Barlow, based on both the 1915 John Buchnan novel and the 1935 film by Alfred Hitchcock, opened at Circuit Friday, May 13. What fun. This... Expand

      The 39 Steps, a play adapted to the stage by Patrick Barlow, based on both the 1915 John Buchnan novel and the 1935 film by Alfred Hitchcock, opened at Circuit Friday, May 13. What fun. This slapstick comedy is a bit of silliness in the best sense of the word. Perhaps Commedia dell'arte meets Monty Python would be the better description. Fast paced and commedically directed by Kevin Shaw The 39 Steps takes us on a romp from London thorough Scotland and back again. The loosely threaded espianoge plot begins when Richard Hannay, played by resident company member, Michaell Gravois, wakes to find the mysterious Annabella with a knife in her back. Now a suspect for the murder, Hannay begins the treck across Scotland to prove his innocence while managing to stay one step ahead of the police. The conceit of this four character play is that besides Michael, who deftly plays Richard, the other three actors play a multitude of roles, never bothering to hide the quick costume metamorphosis from to the other. There is a rolling door that is used for all entrances and exits, one hand-held upper window frame that has the glass broken each time Hannay dives through it to escape capture and dialects that change along with the change of a coat. The excellent cast includes Jenny Lynn Christofferson, who plays all of the dazzling female romantic characters. Ryan Kathman, billed as Clown 1 and Matt Reed, billed as Clown 2, who play all the other characters, both men and women with hilarious results. The design crew has provided lighting, sound and set that enhances all the chaos of the chase, and the stick puppets and scrim diversions that provide amusing commentary on the art of theatrical illusion. Collapse

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