Scanned Using Scannx OS15000 PC

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

NEWS RELEASE COLLEGE Office of College Relations • Otterbein College • Westerville, Ohio 43081 (614) 898-1600 • Patricia Kessler, Director July 7, 1986 GENERAL ENTERTAINMENT FOR IMMF,r)TATE RET .F,ASK Anthony Shaffer's long-running Broadway success "Whodunnit" makes its Central Ohio premiere to close the 20th anniversary season of Otterbein Summer Theatre on a high mystery/comedy note. The spoof has all the trappings of a classic English murder mystery from the 1930s country house setting to the cast of archtypes, which includes a stuffy barrister, an eccentric archeologist, and of course, the butler. Intended to be a witty parody of Agatha Christie thrillers, "Whodunnit" treats audiences to an evening of wacky intrigue. The author of Tony award-winning "Sleuth " Shaffer has created this satirical murder mystery just for fun, with a plot that doesn't stop twisting and turning. Guest artist Ed Vaughan, also the producer/managing director of Otterbein Summer Theatre, will be featured in the production. A 1971 Otterbein graduate and currently an assistant professor in the school's department of Theatre and Dance, Vaughan was the first professional actor to appear in Otterbein Summer Theatre under the Actors Equity guest artist program as Pseudulous in "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum." Among other summer theatre appearances, Vaughan has been featured in "Harvey," "Witness for the Prosecution," and last summer's "Terra Nova." "Whodunnit" revolves around a colorful group of eight gathered in an English mansion for a weekend as guests of a woman vdio is not yet present, and may not exist at all. One by one, the members of the group ~ from the pompous rear admiral to an upper-crust call girl beccme targets for a loathscane foreigner and blackmailer, who knows that each of his fellow guests would least want disclosed. -more- Add 1-1-1 The inspector arrives with typical aplcanb to imcover clues and solve the mystery. Once again, audiences will be invited to vote for the murderer of their choice, with the winner of each nightly drawing frc*n the right guesses, taking hone a pair of tickets to the opening production of Otterbein's upcoming winter theatre season. Under the direction of guest artist Dennis Rcsner, the satirical "Whodunnit" premises to be great fun and will keep you guessing whodunnit. Romer, also a '71 Otterbein alumnus, is an active Los Angeles director and producer and television actor. He was featiired earlier this season in "Plenty." 1977 Otterbein graduate David Weller, who also designed the set of "The Foreigner," has created the perfect Victorian setting, complete with dark paneling and heavy tapestries. A free-lance designer, he most recently was involved with the design of "Isn't It Romantic?," for the Washington Arena Stage. Weller has created a variety of sets for companies across the country, including "The Middle Ages" for"Nassau Repertory Cempany," "Romantic Comedy" for the Birmingham Theatre, and the national tour of "Tintypes." David Robinson, Otterbein class of 1978, has returned to create the costxjmes for the production. The successful designer has worked for such diverse groups as Caesar's Palace in Atlantic City, Hanna Rahn's Modem Dance Company, as well as for his first film, "Nightmare Cabaret." "Whodunnit" will be presented at 8:30 p.m. Tues., July 29, through Sat., Aug. 2, with a special Sunday evening performance at 7:00 p.m. In addition, two weekend matinees are set for Sat., Aug. 2, and Sun., Aug. 3, at 2:30 p.m. To reserve your ticket, call or visit the Campus Center box office (890-3028), open 12:30-9 p.m. Mondays through Saturdays. -30-.

Copy Link

Recommended publications

1,000 Films to See Before You Die Published in the Guardian, June 2007
1,000 Films to See Before You Die Published in The Guardian, June 2007 http://film.guardian.co.uk/1000films/0,,2108487,00.html Ace in the Hole (Billy Wilder, 1951) Prescient satire on news manipulation, with Kirk Douglas as a washed-up hack making the most of a story that falls into his lap. One of Wilder's nastiest, most cynical efforts, who can say he wasn't actually soft-pedalling? He certainly thought it was the best film he'd ever made. Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (Tom Shadyac, 1994) A goofy detective turns town upside-down in search of a missing dolphin - any old plot would have done for oven-ready megastar Jim Carrey. A ski-jump hairdo, a zillion impersonations, making his bum "talk" - Ace Ventura showcases Jim Carrey's near-rapturous gifts for physical comedy long before he became encumbered by notions of serious acting. An Actor's Revenge (Kon Ichikawa, 1963) Prolific Japanese director Ichikawa scored a bulls-eye with this beautifully stylized potboiler that took its cues from traditional Kabuki theatre. It's all ballasted by a terrific double performance from Kazuo Hasegawa both as the female-impersonator who has sworn vengeance for the death of his parents, and the raucous thief who helps him. The Addiction (Abel Ferrara, 1995) Ferrara's comic-horror vision of modern urban vampires is an underrated masterpiece, full- throatedly bizarre and offensive. The vampire takes blood from the innocent mortal and creates another vampire, condemned to an eternity of addiction and despair. Ferrara's mob movie The Funeral, released at the same time, had a similar vision of violence and humiliation.
[Show full text]
Agatha Christie
Agatha Christie Investigating Femininity Merja Makinen Crime Files Series General Editor: Clive Bloom Since its invention in the nineteenth century, detective fiction has never been more popular. In novels, short stories, films, radio, television and now in computer games, private detectives and psychopaths, prim poisoners and over- worked cops, tommy gun gangsters and cocaine criminals are the very stuff of modern imagination, and their creators one mainstay of popular consciousness. Crime Files is a ground-breaking series offering scholars, students and discerning readers a comprehensive set of guides to the world of crime and detective fiction. Every aspect of crime writing, detective fiction, gangster movie, true-crime exposé, police procedural and post-colonial investigation is explored through clear and informative texts offering comprehensive coverage and theoretical sophistication. Published titles include: Hans Bertens and Theo D’haen CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN CRIME FICTION Anita Biressi CRIME, FEAR AND THE LAW IN TRUE CRIME STORIES Ed Christian (editor) THE POST-COLONIAL DETECTIVE Paul Cobley THE AMERICAN THRILLER Generic Innovation and Social Change in the 1970s Lee Horsley THE NOIR THRILLER Merja Makinen AGATHA CHRISTIE Investigating Femininity Fran Mason AMERICAN GANGSTER CINEMA From Little Caesar to Pulp Fiction Linden Peach MASQUERADE, CRIME AND FICTION Susan Rowland FROM AGATHA CHRISTIE TO RUTH RENDELL British Women Writers in Detective and Crime Fiction Adrian Schober POSSESSED CHILD NARRATIVES IN LITERATURE AND FILM Contrary States Heather Worthington THE RISE OF THE DETECTIVE IN EARLY NINETEENTH-CENTURY POPULAR FICTION Crime Files Series Standing Order ISBN 978-0-333-71471-3 (Hardback) ISBN 978-0-333-93064-9 (Paperback) (outside North America only) You can receive future titles in this series as they are published by placing a standing order.
[Show full text]
Anthony Shaffer, Fratello Gemello Del Più Noto Peter (Autore Di Black Comedy, Equus, Amadeus), Nasce in Una Famiglia Ebrea a Liverpool Il 15 Maggio 1926
programma inganno:Layout 1 25-10-2011 14:33 Pagina 1 programma inganno:Layout 1 25-10-2011 14:33 Pagina 3 Johsua Anthony Shaffer, fratello gemello del più noto Peter (autore di Black Comedy, Equus, Amadeus), nasce in una famiglia ebrea a Liverpool il 15 maggio 1926. Si laurea in legge all’ Università di Cambridge e dopo qualche anno in cui esercita la professione di avvocato, si de - dica completamente alla sua vocazione. Anthony Shaffer è stato dramma - turgo, romanziere e soprattutto sceneggiatore di alcuni famosi film di genere poliziesco di grandissimo successo. Sono di particolare impor - tanza le sue collaborazioni con Agatha Christie e Alfred Hitchcock. Muore a Londra il 6 novembre 2001. La sua opera più nota, “Sleuth”, ancora oggi continua ad essere rap - presentata nei più importanti Teatri del mondo. Romanzi • The Woman in the Wardrobe (1951 scritta insieme a Peter Shaffer, ffer pubblicata sotto lo pseudonimo di "Peter Anthony") ny Sha • How Doth the Little Crocodile? (1952 scritta insieme a Peter Antho Shaffer, pubblicata sotto lo pseudonimo di "Peter Anthony") • Withered Murder (1955 scritta insieme a Peter Shaffer, pubbli cata sotto lo pseudonimo di "Peter Anthony") • Absolution (1979 basata su una sceneggiatura di Shaffer per il film del 1978) Commedie • The Savage Parade (1963 - This Savage Parade) • Sleuth (1970) • Murderer (1975) • Whodunnit (1977 - The Case of the Oily Levantine) Sceneggiature • Mr. Forbush and the Penguins (1971 - Cry of the Penguins) • Frenzy (1972) • Sleuth (1972) • The Wicker Man (1973) • Murder on the Orient Express (1974 - uncredited rewrite) • Widow's Weeds, or, For Years I couldn't Wear My Black • Death on the Nile (1978) • Absolution (1978) • Evil Under the Sun (1982) • Apartment With Death (1988 - co-screenplay) • Sommersby (1993 - co-story) 4 5 programma inganno:Layout 1 25-10-2011 14:33 Pagina 5 considerazione sulla stupida follia che così spesso corrompe il rapporto tra gli uomini.
[Show full text]
Primopdf, Job 9
Press Release: Sleuth Press Contact: Wesley Horton, 818.955.8004 x133 [email protected] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 17, 2005 Presents Sleuth a play by Anthony Shaffer directed by Michael Michetti starring Mark Capri and Elijah Alexander with Leo Raul Cervinei, Michele Nacia and Larry L. Grahams th OPENS April 8 , 8 pm FALCON THEATRE concludes its third subscription season with Anthony Shaffer’s Tony Award- winning Best Play , Sleuth , directed by Michael Michetti, Co-Artistic Director of The Theatre @ Boston Court. Popular mystery writer Andrew Wyke (Mark Capri) lives in a world of plot twists and intricate strategies. In discovering his wife’s lover, Milo (Elijah Alexander), Mr. Wyke devises a devious plan to humiliate him. But even the best laid plans can go astray when the police arrive and a new game begins — a game where rules don’t apply and the stakes are life or death. The Falcon Theatre production stars Mark Capri , standby to Alan Rickman in the recent acclaimed Broadway production of Noel Coward’s Private Lives , and Elijah Alexander , who may be seen this summer opposite Angelina Jolie in the film Mr. & Mrs. Smith and in a recurring role on the WB’s Summerland. Rounding out the cast are the talented local actors Leo Raul Cervinei , Michele Nacia and Larry L. Grahams . * * * Playwright ANTHONY SHAFFER was educated at St. Paul’s, and Cambridge University. From 1951 to 1955 he practiced law as a barrister, and subsequently, until 1969, he was a partner in a successful film production company, scripting, directing and producing many television commercials.
[Show full text]
Literariness.Org-Beatrix-Hesse-Auth
Crime Files Series General Editor: Clive Bloom Since its invention in the nineteenth century, detective fi ction has never been more popular. In novels, short stories, fi lms, radio, television and now in computer games, private detectives and psychopaths, prim poisoners and overworked cops, tommy gun gangsters and cocaine criminals are the very stuff of modern imagination, and their creators one mainstay of popular consciousness. Crime Files is a ground- breaking series offering scholars, students and discerning readers a comprehensive set of guides to the world of crime and detective fi ction. Every aspect of crime writing, detective fi ction, gangster movie, true- crime exposé, police procedural and post- colonial investigation is explored through clear and informative texts offering comprehensive coverage and theoretical sophistication. Titles include: Maurizio Ascari A COUNTER- HISTORY OF CRIME FICTION Supernatural, Gothic, Sensational Pamela Bedore DIME NOVELS AND THE ROOTS OF AMERICAN DETECTIVE FICTION Hans Bertens and Theo D’haen CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN CRIME FICTION Anita Biressi CRIME, FEAR AND THE LAW IN TRUE CRIME STORIES Clare Clarke LATE VICTORIAN CRIME FICTION IN THE SHADOWS OF SHERLOCK Paul Cobley THE AMERICAN THRILLER Generic Innovation and Social Change in the 1970s Michael Cook DETECTIVE FICTION AND THE GHOST STORY The Haunted Text Michael Cook NARRATIVES OF ENCLOSURE IN DETECTIVE FICTION The Locked Room Mystery Barry Forshaw BRITISH CRIME FILM Subverting the Social Order Barry Forshaw DEATH IN A COLD CLIMATE A Guide to Scandinavian
[Show full text]
Crime Fiction / John Scaggs
running head recto i CRIME FICTION Crime Fiction provides a lively introduction to what is both a wide- ranging and a hugely popular literary genre. Using examples from a variety of novels, short stories, films and television series, John Scaggs: • presents a concise history of crime fiction – from biblical narratives to James Ellroy – broadening the genre to include revenge tragedy and the gothic novel • explores the key sub-genres of crime fiction, such as ‘Mystery and Detective Fiction’, ‘The Hard-Boiled Mode’, ‘The Police Procedural’ and ‘Historical Crime Fiction’ • locates texts and their recurring themes and motifs in a wider social and historical context • outlines the various critical concepts that are central to the study of crime fiction, including gender studies, narrative theory and film theory • considers contemporary television series such as C.S.I.: Crime Scene Investigation alongside the ‘classic’ whodunnits of Agatha Christie Accessible and clear, this comprehensive overview is the essential guide for all those studying crime fiction and concludes with a look at future directions for the genre in the twenty-first century. John Scaggs is a Lecturer in the Department of English at Mary Immaculate College in Limerick, Ireland. THE NEW CRITICAL IDIOM Series Editor: John Drakakis, University of Stirling The New Critical Idiom is an invaluable series of introductory guides to today’s critical terminology. Each book: . provides a handy, explanatory guide to the use (and abuse) of the term . offers an original and distinctive overview by a leading literary and cultural critic . relates the term to the larger field of cultural representation With a strong emphasis on clarity, lively debate and the widest possible breadth of examples, The New Critical Idiom is an indispensable approach to key topics in literary studies.
[Show full text]
Mousetrap………………………………….…...32
The Jefferson Performing Arts Society Presents 1118 Clearview Parkway Metairie, LA 70001 504-885-2000 www.jpas.org 1 | P a g e Table of Contents Teacher’s Notes………………………..……………….………..……..3 Standards and Benchmarks…………………………....……….…..6 Background: Agatha Christie ……………………………………….7 Background: The Mousetrap………………………………….…...32 Up Whodunnit …..…………….………....................................72 The Mousetrap Vocabulary Time Period and Phrases………76 The Mousetrap: Differences in English and American Culture …….…....95 The Mousetrap: Who Do You Think is the Suspect?……………………………...108 The Mousetrap: Six Impossible Things Before Breakfast ……………………...120 Additional Resources ……………………………….…...…..….....144 2 | P a g e Teacher’s Notes • Directed by Keith Thomas In Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap a group of strangers is stranded in a boarding house during a snow storm. The Mousetrap is a murder mystery. The suspects include the newly married couple who run the house, and the suspicions in their minds nearly wreck their perfect marriage. Other potential suspects or victims are a spinster with a curious background, an architect who seems better equipped to be a chef, a retired Army major, a strange little man who claims his car has overturned in a drift, a jurist who makes life miserable for everyone and a policeman. Who will be the suspect(s)? Who will be the victim(s)? The Background portion of this Companion is divided into two sections, background on author and playwright Agatha Christie and background on her play The Mousetrap, the longest running play in the world! Author and playwright Agatha Christie was a phenomenal woman. Intelligent and determined, she showed perseverance and a commitment to being her own person from the time she was a child.
[Show full text]
2007 - 2008 Theatre Too Season Show One: July 6 -- July 29
2007 - 2008 Theatre Too Season Show One: July 6 -- July 29 / THEATRE THREE'S 2007-2008 MAINSTAGE SEASON Theatre Three's Mack & Mabel a Broadway and London musical hit by composer JERRY HERMAN, book by MICHAEL STEWART Board of Directors July 19 -August 19 In the days of silent movies, director Mack Sennett's comictwo-reelers made his discovery,Mabel Normand, Ameri ca's most adored comedienne. Composer Jerry Herman (Hello, Dolly; Mame; La Cage aux Fol/es)celebrates this Enika Schulze, Chair; Jae Alder, pioneer filmduo in his rollicking and romantic show with his trademark musical panache and show business dazzle. D'Metria Benson, Nancy Cochran, Popcorn Roland & Virginia Dykes, Gary W. a Dallas premiere of the taboo-shattering comedy-thriller by BEN ELTON Grubbs, Jeannine Lee, Jack Lilley, September 6 - October 7 PLACE:Hollywood. TIME: Academy Award Night. CHARACTERS: A vain auteur of voguishly violent films, his ex, David G. Luther, Sonja J. McGill, his sardonic daughter, his on-the-make date, murderers inspired by his movie, and a voyeuristic TV crew. Elton's Jean Nelson, Shanna Nugent, The Dream Cafe award-winning comedyhas vulgar vigor and smart-mouthed one-liners, but surprisingly has the moral purpose of a 2800 Routh Street Jacobean revenge drama. (Rated VERY Adult) Elizabeth Rivera, Eileen Rosenblum, Ph.D., JeffSanders, Janet Spencer Dallas, Te xas 75201 Pygmalion Next door to Theatre Three GEORGE BERNARD SHAW's most illustrious and illuminating comedy Shaw, Dr. Ann Stuart, Katherine October 25 - November 25 214-956-0486 Here's a 1913 classic stage play that became a classic movie, which in turn became both the classic stage musical Ward, Karen Washington, Patsy P.
[Show full text]
Solving the Mystery of Deduction “WHODUNNIT”
Solving the Mystery of Deduction “WHODUNNIT” GUIDELINES: 1. Do not assume any facts. Don’t make the mistake that some students have made arguing that robbery was the motive because the victim’s wallet was stolen (they assume). The need to follow directions precisely is even more absolutely necessary than it usually is. 2. There is NO trick to this mystery. Only one person committed the crime; there was no conspiracy. The only suspects are the persons listed as suspects. 3. The victim was murdered; suicide is an incorrect, illogical assumption not supported by the facts. 4. Start with some sort of introduction (lead-in); some students, casting themselves in the role of Inspector, have effectively used a narrative approach. Do NOT, however, recopy the facts verbatim. Bring in facts only as necessary to support your arguments. a. After your introduction, write a paragraph explaining why you are eliminating the person who is the LEAST likely suspect. First, explain WHY s/he is a suspect; then, give your reasons for scratching him or her off your list. b. Next, argue why one of the two remaining persons is a MORE likely suspect than the one you have just eliminated, but who, alas, is also NOT GUILTY. c. Finally, convince your reader that the remaining suspect is the murderer, not only because s/he is the only one left, but also for good, logical reasons that you supply. 5. Though the evidence points more clearly to one suspect than it does to the other two, a case can be made to incriminate ANY of the three.
[Show full text]
The Evolution of the Thriller Genre in Thesis Play Author
View metadata, citation and similar papers at core.ac.uk brought to you by CORE provided by University of Birmingham Research Archive, E-theses Repository 2 Good Writers Borrow, Great Writers Kill: The Evolution of the Thriller Genre in Thesis Play Author By Ashley Lara A thesis submitted to the University of Birmingham for the degree of MASTERS OF RESEARCH IN PLAYWRITING STUDIES Drama Department College of Arts and Law University of Birmingham September 2013 Student ID: 1205246 Course Convenor: Fraser Grace University of Birmingham Research Archive e-theses repository This unpublished thesis/dissertation is copyright of the author and/or third parties. The intellectual property rights of the author or third parties in respect of this work are as defined by The Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988 or as modified by any successor legislation. Any use made of information contained in this thesis/dissertation must be in accordance with that legislation and must be properly acknowledged. Further distribution or reproduction in any format is prohibited without the permission of the copyright holder. 3 30 July 2014 – Addressing Corrections Made in Thesis Play and Dissertation I believe the submitted draft of Author and my dissertation show I have made the requested corrections as advised by the previous examiners. To begin, I revised Author to remove some of the convoluted plots points and attempted to clarify the relationship between Nick and Nola. I believe that in my current draft I have addressed the issues of authorship as it pertains to the book (Nick had the original idea while Nola wrote most of the pages).
[Show full text]
ATINER's Conference Paper Proceedings Series ART2016-0016
ATINER CONFERENCE PRESENTATION SERIES No: ART2016-0016 ATINER’s Conference Paper Proceedings Series ART2016-0016 Athens, 12 June 2017 Pinter’s Endgame: Adaptations of Sleuth and Intermediality Moonyoung Chung Athens Institute for Education and Research 8 Valaoritou Street, Kolonaki, 10683 Athens, Greece ATINER’s conference paper proceedings series are circulated to promote dialogue among academic scholars. All papers of this series have been blind reviewed and accepted for presentation at one of ATINER’s annual conferences according to its acceptance policies (http://www.atiner.gr/acceptance). © All rights reserved by authors. 1 ATINER CONFERENCE PRESENTATION SERIES No: ART2016-0016 ATINER’s Conference Paper Proceedings Series ART2016-0016 Athens, 12 June 2017 ISSN: 2529-167X Moonyoung Chung, Professor, Keimyung University, South Korea. Pinter’s Endgame: Adaptations of Sleuth and Intermediality Pinter’s Endgame: Adaptations of Sleuth and Intermediality ABSTRACT This paper attempts to read Sleuth (2007) as Harold Pinter’s endgame from which we can begin a new game again in search for an ending of both Pinter’s series of screen-plays and plays. This reading reveals Pinter’s cinematic politics based on his concomitant passions for film and politics. The 2007 film of Sleuth directed by Kenneth Branagh with Pinter’s screenplay is an adaptation of Anthony Shaffer’s play with the same title (1970). And it is also a remake film of the 1972 film directed by Joseph Mankiewicz with the original playwright’s screenplay. Thus, arguing that Pinter purposely plays his endgame not as a master playwright but as a hired screenplay writer, i.e., a minor writer for his cinematic politics, this paper examines his uses of intermediality in a series of his (un)faithful adaptations from The Servant (1963) to Sleuth (2007).
[Show full text]
Download the Book of Abstracts
KEYNOTE SPEECH MONDAY 21 JUNE 2021 Theo D’haen, KU Leuven How Glocal are Contemporary European Crime Narratives? Discussant: Andrew Pepper Affiliation: Queen’s University Belfast Without exaggeration we can say that crime narratives now constitute one of, and perhaps even the, most widespread popular genre, both in fictional and televised/streamed form, in Europe. Until the turn of the twenty-first century it was mostly anglo-produced works that dominated the European market. Of course, in many non-anglo European countries there was also crime fiction locally produced, some of it very successful, as were televised crime series. Over the last twenty years or so, however, non-anglo “glocal” crime series, drawing on global generic formulae, yet not following them slavishly, and rooted in local settings, including local languages and dialects, have gained prominence throughout Europe. Trailblazing in this regard has been so- called Nordic noir. Interestingly, these glocal productions seem to hold greater appeal Europe-wide than a number of deliberately “European” productions involving collaboration between various television companies and using actors from different countries. In fact, it would seem that the more local the productions are the wider and greater is their “European” appeal. Why is this so? 1 KEYNOTE SPEECH TUESDAY 22 JUNE 2021 Janet McCabe, Birkbeck, University of London Divided Bodies, Crossings Borders, Transnational Encounters: Towards a Feminist Approach of Transnational TV Studies Discussant: Pia Majbritt Jensen Affiliation: Aarhus University This keynote will explore the implications for a cultural representational politics of gender for transnational TV studies. I am interested in various sites of encounter—audio-visual essay practice-as research, transnational co-production, in-between-ness of representational borders—that give rise to various ways of thinking about the politics of gender at a border and how the material textures and traces of these ways of thinking embed deep within different national production cultures in global circulation.
[Show full text]