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09 / 10 main stage season

This show contains suspense and adult situations

night watch

by: Lucille Fletcher

Directed by: John Lewis

 

Show Dates:
Oct: 23, 24, 30, 31 - 8pm
Nov: 6, 7 - 8pm
Nov: 1 - 3pm

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Unable to sleep, Elaine Wheeler paces the living room of her Manhattan townhouse, troubled by unsettling memories and vague fears. Her husband tries to comfort her, but when he steps away for a moment Elaine screams as she sees (or believes she sees) the body of a dead man in the window across the way.
The police are called, but find nothing except an empty chair. Elaine's terror grows as shortly thereafter she sees still another body-this time a woman's-but by now the police are skeptical and pay no heed to her frantic pleas.

Her husband, claiming that Elaine may be on the verge of a breakdown, calls in a lady psychiatrist, who agrees with his suggestion that Elaine should commit herself to a sanitarium for treatment. From this point on, the plot moves quickly and grippingly as those involved-Elaine's old friend and house guest Blanche; the inquisitive and rather sinister man who lives next door; and the nosy German maid Helga-all contribute to the deepening suspense and mystery of the play as it draws towards its riveting and chilling climax.

"A most superior thriller…which from its first blood-curdling scream to its last charming surprise is a first-class example of its genre."---NY Times

"...Miss Fletcher knows exactly what she is doing, goes about her business with gratifying swiftness and comes up with a finish worthy of one of Roald Dahl's little nifties."---NY Daily News.

"The call for a good American mystery melodrama was answered last night...fulfills all the requirements for an evening of satisfying menace and mystification."---NY Post

Produced by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service Inc.

 

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