| The Grapevine Issue 172 2014
He is Richard Hannay, a sterotypical
British hero whose upper lip is so stiff
there is little else he could say and
you are about to enjoy the ingenious
fun and thrilling action of the most
hilarious spy thriller to ever play Gata.
“GOLLY!”
The woman was Annabella Schmidt.
Her murder is the start for him of an
incredible adventure.
To acquit himself of her murder and
to save King and country our stiffupper-lip hero will be traversing the
length and breadth of the country,
foiling a German spy ring, falling in
love, escaping a faceless assassin
and getting in and out of impossible
situations.
A ripping adventure likely to keep you
on the edge of your seat and having
you laugh out loud.
Richard Hannay is the creation of
John Buchan, the hero of his spy
thriller,’ The 39 Steps’ published in
1915.
Alfred Hitchcock took considerable
liberties with the novel to make his
hit movie in 1935 and Patrick Barlow wrote an adaptation of Hitchcock’s film which has been playing
to packed houses at the Criterion
Theatre in London’s Piccadilly since
2007. It has won ‘Best Comedy’
awards in the UK, USA, France and
Australia. How did Hitchcock become
hilarious? Not by becoming a satiric
target but by being an accomplice –
many of the funniest and raciest lines
in Mr Barlow’s adaptation come directly from the movie.
The Javea Players’ production which
plays the Union Musical, Gata from
Monday November 3 to Friday November 7 is produced and directed
by Cherry Cabban.
Javea Players
take “39 Steps”
Curtain-up each evening is at 8pm.
Tickets are priced at 12 euros (11 euros for parties of ten and over) and
are available from the box office on
96 579 4937 and online at
[email protected]