By Oregon Coast TODAY
Dial T for Theatre West’s next production, “Dial M for Murder,” opening Thursday, Jan. 9 in Lincoln City.
Set in London in 1952, the play centers around former tennis player Tony Wendice, who is plotting to have his unfaithful wife, Margot, murdered so he can inherit her money. He hires a former acquaintance to kill her, but the plan goes awry when Margot fights back and ends up killing the would-be assassin.
The deceptions and suspense build as the story heads toward its dramatic conclusion.
Written by Frederick Knott, the play premiered in 1952 on BBC Television before being performed on stage in the same year in London’s West End, and then New York’s Broadway. In 1954, Alfred Hitchcock directed the film with Knott writing the screenplay based on his original script. In Hitchcock’s film, Tony is played by Ray Milland and Margot is played by Grace Kelly in her last film role before becoming Princess of Monaco.
The Theatre West production is directed by Cathye Wehr as part of a 50th anniversary retrospective celebrating some of the company’s most popular plays from the past half-century. “Dial M for Murder” was first produced by Theatre West in 2003, directed by Tracy Ratliff Blakeman.
The play runs through Saturday, Feb. 1, with performances at 7 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, and one 2 p.m. matinée Sunday, Jan. 19.
Tickets are $20 for adults; $18 for seniors, military and students; and $15 for children aged 12 and younger. Theatre West is located at 3536 S.E. Highway 101 in Lincoln City. For more information, go to www.theatrewest.com or call 541-994-5663.
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