Mix a Hitchcock masterpiece with a juicy spy novel, add a dash of Monty Python and you have The 39 Steps, a fast-paced whodunit for anyone who loves the magic of theatre! This two-time Tony and Drama Desk Award-winning treat is packed with nonstop laughs, over 150 zany characters (played by a ridiculously talented cast of four), an onstage plane crash, handcuffs, missing fingers, and some good old-fashioned romance!
The 39 Steps is a parody adapted from the 1915 Novel by John Buchan and the 1935 Film by Alfred Hitchcock. The original concept and production of a four-actor version of the story was by Simon Corble and Nobby Dimon. Patrick Barlow rewrote this adaptation in 2005.
The play's concept calls for the entirety of the 1935 adventure film The 39 Steps to be performed with a cast of only four. One actor plays the hero, Richard Hannay; an actress plays the three women with whom he has romantic entanglements; and two other actors play every other character in the show: heroes, villains, men, women, children, and even, the occasional inanimate object.
"The 39 Steps" is present by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc. www.concordtheatricals.com
"The 39 Steps" was presented by Windham Actors Guild at Searles School & Chapel in Windham, NH on February 18, 19 & 20, 2022.
