Following the phenomenal success of The Agatha Christie Theatre Company, which sold approximately two million tickets over a decade of first class productions, comes a new chapter from Bill Kenwright’s Classic Thriller Theatre Company.
Edgar Wallace’s The Case of the Frightened Lady opens at Theatre Royal Windsor on Wednesday 10th January 2018 followed by a nationwide tour. It is adapted by Antony Lampard and directed by Roy Marsden with design by Julie Godfrey, lighting design by Chris Davey and sound design by Dan Samson.
Edgar Wallace is one of the most popular and prolific crime writers of the 20th Century and the brains behind the iconic film, King Kong. Having written more than 150 detective novels throughout his career his gripping page-turners are regarded as the bedrock of the modern thriller, and The Case of the Frightened Lady remains one of his most celebrated works.
Featuring TV favourites Gray O’Brien and Rula Lenska; Denis Lill, Charlie Clements, Philip Lowrie, April Pearson, Ben Nealon and Glenn Carter.
When Inspector Tanner is called in to investigate a ruthless murder at Mark’s Priory, the grand ancestral home of the Lebanon family, he quickly discovers that nothing is quite as it seems. The household is controlled by the family physician, the footmen behave more like guests than servants and the secretary Isla is afraid for her life. As Tanner moves closer to the heart of the mystery he uncovers a shocking and closely guarded secret…
