Bøger af Patrick Barlow

The 39 Steps, Abridged is a 60-minute version of the hit whodunit, speeding along but never missing any of the comic brilliance and thrilling moments of the full-length play. The shorter version features the most loved and legendary scenes, including the chase on the Flying Scotsman, the escape on The Forth Bridge, the first theatrical bi-plane crash ever staged, and the death-defying (or nearly!) finale at the London Palladium! With four actors playing a minimum of 139 roles, it's an astonishing theatrical tour de force.

Patrick Barlow's Olivier Award winning stage adaptation, based on John Buchan's gripping whodunit - memorably fi lmed by Alfred Hitchcock in 1935 - played for nine years at the Criterion Theatre in the West End.The 39 Steps, Abridged and The 39 Steps, Even More Abriged are shorter versions of the play at 60 and 40 minutes respectively. They speed along but never miss any of the comic brilliance and thrilling moments of the full-length play. The shorter versions feature the most loved and legendary scenes including the chase on the Flying Scotsman, the escape on The Forth Bridge, the fi rst theatrical bi-plane crash ever staged and the death-defying (or nearly!) fi nale at the London Palladium!With four actors playing a minimum of one hundred and thirty-nine roles, it's the most astonishing theatrical tour de force of the year.

Based on one of the timeless story of one of the best-selling books of the nineteenth century, this stage adaptation condenses the epic tale so that it can be told by just four actors (or it can be expanded for a cast of up to twenty-six). The story follows an amateur theatre troupe as they produce the massive tale of the fictional Jewish prince and merchant Judah Ben-Hur. He falls to galley slave and rises to champion charioteer within Jerusalem during the life of Jesus Christ, while the act

"Inspired by the Christmas story by Charles Dickens."

They said it was unachievable!They said it couldn't be done!But now the greatest book ever penned is brought to the stage by a towering team of just four actors - turning a theatre near you into one of the most authentic versions of Ancient Rome ever seen. Complete with... Stunning combat (featuring the latest 3D technology)! A 103% bona fide chariot race (with REAL chariots)! An authentic sea battle (with REAL water)! A decadent and unexpurgated Roman orgy (suitable for all ages)!Ben Hur is the epic set to stir your very soul.Brought to you by the writer of the Olivier nominated A Christmas Carol and Olivier and Tony Award-winning comedy The 39 Steps.

Just in time for Christmas, the distinguished historian and thespian, Desmond Olivier Dingle and his assistant Raymond Box, bring us their version of the greatest story ever told. Thrill at the mystery of the virgin birth, gasp at the miracles, and be moved by the Sermon on the Hill.