The vaulted glazed roof is now hung with eagle and swastika banners and everyone in authority, even the railway porters, wears swastika armbands. Blanche is left in Austria, but a fugitive couple continues with the others on the train, Eric, a prominent barrister, with his mistress Margaret, whom he has short-changed on their secret love tryst in Venice. One can see why he wants to keep his head down throughout the shenanigans on the train, but why does he carry a loaded pistol? CONTACT | Change ). Then a clever transform into an international express train of the period. This is fired by the officers’ reaction to the dancing of folk songs on the station concourse, to the music of a blind beggar, an itinerant accordion-player. Gwen’s other on-screen credits include the title role in ITV’s Barbara, Duty Free, A Bit of a Do and Heartbeat. The Playhouse Weston-Super-Mare, 16 – 22 September 2019 You can Update Your Preferences or Unsubscribe at any time by clicking the link in the footer of any email we send you. A jolly fine show; what, what! 11 – 16 March 2019 Richmond Theatre. They are a mixed bunch of wealthy wanderers, from different nationalities. It is as German as Wienersnitzel and as English as Eton mess. Bill Kenwright presents the latest instalment in the hugely successful Classic Thriller Theatre Company.. ‘Master of Suspense’ Alfred Hitchcock ’s The Lady Vanishes will open at Theatre Royal Windsor on 9 January 2019 and will star husband and wife Juliet Mills and Maxwell Caulfield. However, their companionship is short lived, for Miss Froy parenthesises the plot, for she is the eponymous Lady who vanishes, and does so for most of the action. Juliet Mills, an Emmy award-winning actress, made her debut with her father, John Mills, in the film, In Which We Serve, aged just 11 weeks. It is Miss Froy’s disappearance on the train that results in a concatenated chain of events. Together as the young leads, they make an appealing and empathetic couple and, with Juliet Mills as the lead name, a strong and integrated core to the cast. Where can I find a full cast list? Learn how your comment data is processed. Keen to know who everyone is but there’s only a promo flyer here at Queen’s Theatre Barnstaple and not everyone is listed. It is advertised at the Belgrade Theatre on September 24th to 28th. Playing Mrs Froy is BAFTA-nominated actress Gwen Taylor, who for decades was one of Britain’s most celebrated TV stars, including her role as Anne Foster in Coronation Street. Sophisticated, well-groomed, urbane, he appears anxious to help the disorientated Iris. (What, one wonders, and never finds out, were they doing in Budapest, whence they have come?) Why though is a critically injured patient swathed in bandages bought on-board the train, and why the nun … the nun in high heels to whom he gives instructions for administering a Mickey-Finn? The play’s setting in in Austria in late spring 1938, immediately after the Anschluß. PRIVACY | ADVERTISE | 1 – 6 April 2019 Chesterfield Theatre. The Lady Vanishes manages to be both an evocative period piece and an entertaining spoof. From → Classic Thriller Theatre, Drama, Richmond Theatre. Princess Theatre Torquay, 25 – 30 November 2019 Alfred Hitchcock, Anschluss, Austria, Bill Kenwright, Budapest, Chamberlain, Classic Thriller Theatre, cricket, Eastenders, Ethel Lina White, film, Germany, humour, Juliet Mills, Lorna Fitzgerald, Matt Barber, Maxwell Caulfield, Morgan Large, Nazi, Old Trafford, politics, Richmond Theatre, Roy Marsden, swastika, The Lady Vanishes, travel, Victoria, Vienna, violence, Winston Churchill, Zurich, by Sidney Gilliat and Frank Launder, adapted by Anthony Lampard. Ex-Corri star Philip Lowrie portrays the hurt dignity of the prickly Eric with a steely seemliness, and Elizabeth Payne’s brittle Margaret really hits the mark. There is Iris’s American friend Blanche, played with sparkle by Natalie Law, who multi-roles as the polyglot stewardess on the train, and the mysterious nun. Enter mining engineer and amateur folk musicologist Max, who strikes up a love-hate relationship with Iris, following a spat with the Nazi officers in the station. ( Log Out /  His Majesty’s Theatre Aberdeen. 28 January – 2 February 2019 Theatre Royal Bath. This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. Its been to Essex, was on at the Palace Theatre between 21 – 26 January. ( Log Out /  Joe Reisig’s powerful performance as the sinister jack-booted and leather coated Nazi is the epitome of the ruthless tough-nut. Juliet Mills, one of Richmond’s most eminent established actresses, plays Miss Froy with a comfortable poise that is well-received by the home audience. Octagon Theatre Yeoville, 18 – 23 November 2019 Matt Barber, as the initially bemused Max, puts great energy into his role. Actors have great fun playing villains and this cast is no exception. Did I mention a shoot-out? More atmosphere is provided by Charlie Morgan Jones’s lighting design and effective Dan Samson atmospheric sound design. Why no performance in Milton Keynes which we could get to from The Fens ? Just as well, since most cricket terms are untranslatable, and the two sporty chums, Charters and Caldicott, are totally preoccupied with getting to Old Trafford for the test match. Change ), You are commenting using your Twitter account. In the guard’s van, his luggage includes a vanishing cabinet and a storage basket with Indian clubs and super-sharp rapiers: for natty tricks or nefarious trickery … who knows? 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