Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10
Cast: Richard Ede, Olivia Greene, Andrew Hodges, Rob Witcomb.
The secrets of The 39 Steps have long been discussed, bandied around the drawing rooms of gentleman clubs and inner circles of foreign governments for such a long time that the dashing pencil moustache and rugged figure of Richard Hannay positively quivers at the thought of saving the country from the dastardly plot afoot.
Originally published by L.S. Media. December 8th 2009.
Cast: Richard Braine, Dugald Bruce-Lockhart, Katherine Kingsley, Dan Starkey.
The team behind the Liverpool Playhouse pulled a real cracker for its final performance of the year and decade and watched it explode in delight, laughter and a touch of good old fashioned British daring do.
John Buchan’s classic The Thirty Nine Steps has been given the comedy treatment and like Spymonkey’s reworking of Moby Dick earlier on in the season it was excellently written and had the benefit of some superb comic acting.