Intermission Magazine: A latchkey, a handbag, and a letter: the plot of Frederick Knott’s classic thriller Dial M for Murder hinges on small objects. For his hit film adaptation of this 1952 play about a man who murders his wife to nab her inheritance, Alfred Hitchcock highlighted essential details via close-ups and unexpected cinematographic angles. But in a live production, how should the audience know where to look?
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I love this show so much! I worked on it two summers ago and I have been obsessed with it ever since. I have never seen the movie but I know it is well known. The thing I find interesting about this article and the concept it is discussing is that the plot of the show does not really drop hints that foreshadow the end. I do think this tool could be used really interestingly. I remember one of the tasks during the show was to track the gun which is the murder weapon from off stage back onstage to the murder location while the show was happening and I was fully visible. I was costumed to blend in but I did always think about how that happened right in front of everyone and was not actually helpful because it had nothing to do with plot. The show is very busy and there are a lot of plot lines. I would love to see this production and how they attempted to make it clearer and more interesting.
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