The Devil's Caress
Theatre
March 23 - April 14, 2018
Star of the Sea Theatre, cnr Collingwood St and Iluka Ave
Manly, NSW
Website: http://factoryspace.org
Description
Australia’s very own Agatha Christie is coming to Sydney!Celebrating the life and works of Melbourne crime writer June Wright, this classic 1950’s murder mystery comes to stage for the first time. Waves crash and winds howl as the prerequisite number of interesting persons gather at the isolated clifftop home of two esteemed doctors, Dr Katherine Waring and her surgeon husband Kingsley...
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– ‘as odd a collection of medicos as ever snatched an appendix’ The Argus, 1952
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It’s all very Agatha Christie-esque – apart from taking place on a ‘fictional’ peninsula in Victoria – hmmm, wonder where that could be…
Interwoven with the strange nocturnal goings-on at the Warings' is the story of June Wright herself: her dealings with the press, her busy family life caring for six children and her personal tragedies.
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‘Wright was the first Australian crime writer to take seriously the idea that a woman can play a major role in detecting crime’ - Professor Stephen Knight, University of Melbourne, 2014.
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THE DEVIL’S CARESS: A fascinating fusion of the life and times of a talented writer with her most ambitious novel.
based on the novel by June Wright
directed by Roz Riley
written by Wendy Lewis
Star Of The Sea Theatre Manly
(Cnr Collingwood St & Illuka Ave)
Friday 23 March 2018 to Saturday 14 April 2018
Friday/Saturday nights at 7.30pm; Sunday matinees at 2pm
No performances over Easter weekend
Factory Space Theatre is an independent company of professional actors